# NZR OB class

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NZR OB class Wellington and Manawatu Railway 11, circa 1904 Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Serial number 9018, 9021 Build date 1888 Total produced 2 Specifications Configuration: ​ • Whyte 2-8-0 • UIC 1′C n Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Driver dia. 43 in (1.092 m) Length 51 ft 3 in (15.62 m) Adhesive weight 34 long tons 6 cwt (76,800 lb or 34.9 t) 34 long tons 6 hundredweight (34.9 t; 38.4 short tons) Loco weight 38 long tons 10 cwt (86,200 lb or 39.1 t) 38 long tons 10 hundredweight (39.1 t; 43.1 short tons) Tender weight 19 long tons 2 cwt (42,800 lb or 19.4 t) 19 long tons 2 hundredweight (19.4 t; 21.4 short tons) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 3 long tons 10 cwt (7,800 lb or 3.6 t) 3 long tons 10 hundredweight (3.6 t; 3.9 short tons) Water cap. 1,500 imp gal (6,800 L; 1,800 US gal) Firebox: ​ • Grate area 16.5 sq ft (1.53 m2) Boiler pressure 165 lbf/in2 (1,138 kPa) Heating surface 1,013 sq ft (94.1 m2) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm) Valve gear Stephenson Valve type Slide valves Performance figures Tractive effort 15,177 lbf (67.51 kN) Career Operators Wellington and Manawatu Railway New Zealand Government Railways Numbers WMR 11, 12 NZR 455, 456 Locale Wellington - Longburn section Retired 1931, 1929 Disposition Withdrawn

The **OB class** was the first class of [steam locomotives](/source/Steam_locomotive) constructed by the [Baldwin Locomotive Works](/source/Baldwin_Locomotive_Works) for the [Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company](/source/Wellington_and_Manawatu_Railway_Company) (WMR) in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). The class consisted of two locomotives ordered in 1888, and they entered service in September of that year as WMR No.'s 11 and 12.[1]

When the WMR and its locomotive fleet was acquired by the government and merged into the national [New Zealand Railways](/source/New_Zealand_Railways_Department) (NZR) in 1908, the two locomotives were considered to be similar to the [O class](/source/NZR_O_class) but with enough differences to warrant the separate OB classification. No. 11 became OB 455 and No. 12 became OB 456, and they ended their days working around [Napier](/source/Napier%2C_New_Zealand). OB 456 was retired in September 1929, and was followed in March 1931 by OB 455, which had survived to be one of the final operating locomotives of WMR heritage, along with [NC](/source/NZR_Nc_class) 461 and [UD](/source/NZR_UD_class) 465, both of which were withdrawn in the same month.

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalmerStewart196590_1-0)** [Palmer & Stewart 1965](#CITEREFPalmerStewart1965), p. 90.

## External links

- [New Zealand Steam locomotives — OB class](http://www.trainweb.org/nzsteam/ob_class.html)

## References

- Millar, Sean (2011). *The NZR Steam Locomotive*. Wellington: [New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society](/source/New_Zealand_Railway_and_Locomotive_Society). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-908573-89-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-908573-89-9).

- Palmer, A. N.; Stewart, W. W. (1965). *Cavalcade of New Zealand Locomotives*. Wellington: [A H. & A W. Reed](/source/Reed_Publishing). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-207-94500-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-207-94500-7).

- Stewart, W. W. (1974). *When Steam was King*. Wellington: [A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd](/source/Reed_Publishing). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-589-00382-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-589-00382-1).

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