The NZR WE Class were rebuilt from earlier Addington built B class locomotives. In service, the first two were tried on the Rimutaka Incline, however, they lacked the required adhesion on the 1 in 15 (6.67%) grade. They were later transferred to Greymouth for use on the Rewanui Incline, where they were far more successful, on the line's 1 in 25 (4%) grade. It is not known if they ever operated on the Roa Incline.
class, class, were, rebuilt, from, earlier, addington, built, class, locomotives, service, first, were, tried, rimutaka, incline, however, they, lacked, required, adhesion, grade, they, were, later, transferred, greymouth, rewanui, incline, where, they, were, . The NZR WE Class were rebuilt from earlier Addington built B class locomotives In service the first two were tried on the Rimutaka Incline however they lacked the required adhesion on the 1 in 15 6 67 grade They were later transferred to Greymouth for use on the Rewanui Incline where they were far more successful on the line s 1 in 25 4 grade It is not known if they ever operated on the Roa Incline NZR WE classWE class No 198Type and originPower typeSteamBuilderNZGR Addington WorkshopsBuild date1902 1943Total produced3SpecificationsConfiguration Whyte4 6 4TGauge3 ft 6 in 1 067 mm Driver dia 42 5 in 1 080 m Adhesive weight35 long tons 36 t Loco weight55 2 long tons 56 1 tonnes 61 8 short tons Fuel typeCoalFirebox Firegrate area17 5 sq ft 1 63 m2 Boiler pressure180 lbf in2 1 241 kPa Heating surface1 037 sq ft 96 3 m2 CylindersTwo outsideCylinder size16 in 22 in 406 mm 559 mm Performance figuresTractive effort15 780 lbf 70 19 kN CareerOperatorsNZRLocaleWest CoastDispositionWithdrawn ScrappedThe three We class locomotives lasted until 1964 1 See also EditNZR W class NZR WA class NZR WB class NZR WD class NZR WF class NZR WG class NZR WW class NZR WS WAB class Locomotives of New ZealandReferences Edit Palmer amp Stewart 1965 p 81 Bibliography Edit Stewart W W 1974 When Steam was King Wellington A H amp A W Reed Ltd ISBN 978 0 589 00382 1 Palmer A N Stewart W W 1965 Cavalcade of New Zealand Locomotives Wellington A H amp A W Reed ISBN 978 0 207 94500 7 This New Zealand rail related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NZR WE class amp oldid 1112731163, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
