The NZR Q class were a pair of
2-4-4T
In Whyte notation, a 2-4-4, or Boston-type, is a steam locomotive with two unpowered leading wheels followed by four powered driving wheels and four unpowered trailing wheels. The wheel arrangement was only used for tank locomotives.
Equivale ...
type tank engines built by
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
. They were similar, in appearance, to the earlier
K class of the same manufacturer and were purchased by the Rakaia & Ashburton Forks Railway Company
for working their newly constructed railway to
Methven from
Rakaia, which later became the
Methven Branch
The Methven Branch was a branch line railway that was part of New Zealand's national rail network in Canterbury. It opened in 1880 and operated until 1976.
Construction
In 1877, the District Railways Act was passed to enable districts to cons ...
.
See also
*
NZR Q class (1901)
*
Locomotives of New Zealand
References
Bibliography
*
*
Steam locomotives of New Zealand
Scrapped locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1878
3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of New Zealand
Rogers locomotives
{{NewZealand-rail-transport-stub