NZR E class (1906)
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NZR E class (1906)

E 66 at Petone Workshops in February 1906, just after it was built.
NameNZR E class (1906)
PowertypeSteam
CaptionE 66 at Petone Workshops in February 1906, just after it was built.
BuilderNew Zealand NZGR, Petone Workshops
Serialnumber69
Builddate1906
Totalproduction1
Whytetype2-6-6-0T
Gauge1067 mm
Driversize36.5 in (0.9 m)
Length37 ft 2 in (0.9 2) over buffers
Weightondrivers 
Weight 
FueltypeCoal
Fuelcap 
Watercap1250 impgal (31.8 2)
Firesize26.0 sqft (2.4 m2)
Totalsurface1540 sqft (143.1 m2)
Boilerpressure200 lbf/in2 (18.6 m2)
Cylindercount4 HP, 4 LP, Vauclain compound
Hpcylindersize9.5 x 18 in (241.3 x 457.2 mm )
Lpcylindersize16 x 18 in (406.4 x 457.2 mm )
Tractiveeffort24200 lbf (614680 kN)
RailroadNZGR
RoadnumberE 66
NicknamesPearson's Dream
Firstrundate1906
Withdrawndate1917
DispositionScrapped

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The E class comprised a single steam locomotive operated by New Zealand Railways (NZR) from 1906 until 1917. Classified as E 66 and nicknamed Pearson's Dream after its designer, it was an experimental Mallet locomotive designed to work on the Rimutaka Incline. The "E" classification was previously used by the Double Fairlie E class of 1872-75, but the classification was free as they had all been withdrawn by the time E 66 entered service. After the withdrawal of E 66, "E" was again re-used on the battery-electric E class of 1922.

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Rail vehicles of New Zealand

Battery electric locomotivesE - EB
Diesel locomotivesDA (inc. DAA, DAR) - DB (inc. DBR) - DC (inc. DCP) - DE - DF (English Electric) - DF (General Motors) inc. DFT - DG (inc. DH of 1956) - DH of 1978 - DI - DJ - DL - DQ (inc. QR) - DS - DSA - DSB - DSC - DSG - DSJ - DX (inc. DXB, DXC and DXR) - TR
Diesel Multiple UnitsADK (inc. ADB trailers) - ADL (inc. ADC trailers)
Electric locomotivesEA (later EO of 1968) - EC - ED - EF - EO of 1923 - EW
Electric Multiple UnitsDM (inc. D trailers) - EM (inc. ET trailers) - "Matangi" FP (inc. FT trailers)
RailcarsRM class railcars: 88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets) - Clayton steam railcar - Edison battery-electric railcar - Leyland diesel railbus - Leyland experimental petrol railcar - MacEwan-Pratt petrol railcar - Model T Ford railcar - Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar - Silver Fern - Standard - Thomas Transmission - Vulcan - Wairarapa - Westinghouse

Non-RM class railcar: A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage

Steam locomotivesA of 1873 - A of 1906 (inc. Ad) - AA - AB - B of 1874 - B of 1899 - BA - BB - BC - C of 1873 - C of 1930 - D of 1874 - D of 1929 - E of 1872-75 - E of 1906 - F - FA (inc. FB) - G of 1874 - G Garratt of 1928 (inc. Pacific rebuild) - H - J of 1874 - J of 1939 - JA - JB - K of 1877 - K of 1932 - KA - KB - L - LA - M - N - NA - NC - O - OA - OB - OC - P of 1876 - P of 1885 - Q of 1878 - Q of 1901 - R - S - T - U - UA - UB - UC - UD - V - W - WA - WAB (inc. WS) - WB - WD - WE - WF - WG - WH - WJ - WW - X - Y
Locomotive hauled carriages50-foot carriage - 56-foot carriage - ex-British Rail Mark 2 carriage- AK carriage - FM class guards van
See also: Locomotives of New Zealand; Motive power explanation; Multiple units and Railcars descriptions.



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