# NZR WG class > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/NZR_WG_class > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/NZR_WG_class.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZR_WG_class > Source revision: 1318413521 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) NZR WG class WG No. 492, Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. Type and origin Power type Steam Builder NZGR Hillside Build date 1910-1912 Total produced 20 Specifications Configuration: ​ • Whyte 4-6-4T Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Driver dia. 45 in (1.143 m) Adhesive weight 29.7 long tons (30.2 t) Loco weight 50.5 long tons (51.3 tonnes; 56.6 short tons) Fuel type Coal Firebox: ​ • Grate area 16.9 sq ft (1.57 m2) Boiler pressure 200 lbf/in2 (1,379 kPa) Heating surface 738 sq ft (68.6 m2) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 14 in × 22 in (356 mm × 559 mm) Performance figures Tractive effort 15,330 lbf (68.19 kN) Career Operators NZR Locale All of New Zealand The **NZR WG class** was a development of the preceding WF class of all purpose tank locomotive. Later in their careers most (14) were rebuilt as [WW](/source/NZR_WW_class) class.[1] The locomotives were designed by [A. L. Beattie](/source/A._L._Beattie), who described them as a "large tank locomotive."[2] ## In service The locomotives were used on suburban trains in Wellington and Auckland.[2] ### Rimutaka Incline See also: [Rimutaka Incline](/source/Rimutaka_Incline) 1917 photograph of WG 480, Godber Collection, [Alexander Turnbull Library](/source/Alexander_Turnbull_Library). WG 480 was built by New Zealand Railways at [Hillside](/source/Hillside_Engineering) (maker's no 104/10), and entered service in October 1910. It was altered for use on the [Rimutaka Incline](/source/Rimutaka_Incline) to assist the "Fell" locomotives cope with the military traffic to and from the [New Zealand Expeditionary Forces](/source/New_Zealand_Expeditionary_Force) training camp at Featherston. The cowcatchers were altered to clear the high Fell centre rail, and it had an acetylene headlamp arranged to follow the alignment of the track on curves. The locomotive was written off in June 1969, and preserved at the [Glenbrook Vintage Railway](/source/Glenbrook_Vintage_Railway).[3] ## Withdrawals All of the locomotives were withdrawn by 1956.[2] ## See also - [NZR W class](/source/NZR_W_class) - [NZR WA class](/source/NZR_WA_class) - [NZR WB class](/source/NZR_WB_class) - [NZR WD class](/source/NZR_WD_class) - [NZR WE class](/source/NZR_WE_class) - [NZR WF class](/source/NZR_WF_class) - [NZR WW class](/source/NZR_WW_class) - [NZR WS / WAB class](/source/NZR_WAB_class) - [Locomotives of New Zealand](/source/Locomotives_of_New_Zealand) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELloyd197464_1-0)** [Lloyd 1974](#CITEREFLloyd1974), p. 64. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalmerStewart1965100_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalmerStewart1965100_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPalmerStewart1965100_2-2) [Palmer & Stewart 1965](#CITEREFPalmerStewart1965), p. 100. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Steam locomotive 480, Wg class (4-6-4T type)"](https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.293135). [Alexander Turnbull Library](/source/Alexander_Turnbull_Library). Retrieved 7 February 2020. ### Bibliography - 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). - Lloyd, W. G. (1974). *Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971* (2nd ed.). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9582072-1-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9582072-1-6). - 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). v t e Rail vehicles of New Zealand Diesel locomotives Mainline DA (inc. DAA, DAR) DB (inc. DBR) DC (inc. DCP) DF (English Electric) DF (General Motors) inc. DFT, DFB, DFM DG (inc. DH of 1956) DI DJ DL DM DQ and QR DX (inc. DXB, DXC, DXR) Shunt DE DH of 1978 DS DSA DSB DSC DSG DSH (on order) DSJ TR Electric locomotives 1500 V DC EA (later EO of 1968) EC ED EO of 1923 EW 25 kV AC EF Battery E EB Diesel multiple units ADK/ADB class diesel multiple unit ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit Electric multiple units 1500 V DC (Wellington) "English Electric" DM (inc. D trailers) "Ganz Mavag" EM (inc. ET trailers) "Matangi" FP (inc. FT trailers) "Tūhono" BEMU (on order) 25 kV AC (Auckland) AM (inc. AMP, AMT, AMA) Railcars RM class 88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets) Clayton steam railcar Edison battery-electric railcar Red Terror railcar Midland railcar Leyland experimental petrol railcar McEwan Pratt petrol railcar Model T Ford railcar Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar Silver Fern railcar Standard railcar Thomas Transmission railcar Vulcan railcar Wairarapa railcar Westinghouse railcar Others A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage Steam locomotives A 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 & 1875 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 WB WD WE WF WG WH WJ WS WW X Y Locomotive hauled carriages 50-foot carriage 56-foot carriage AC class (Grassgrubs) ex-British Rail Mark 2 carriage AK carriage FM class guards van SX carriages Track evaluation, cranes, and maintenance ETM class track evaluation car EL class rail cranes ETM class rail maintenance equipment Locomotives of New Zealand Rail transport in New Zealand Railway preservation in New Zealand. This New Zealand rail-related article is a stub. 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