Wg and Ww Classes

A DigitalNZ Story by Graham Anderson

Image: Ww Class steam locomotive

Ww Class steam locomotive

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Steam locomotive beside a water tower

Steam locomotive beside a water tower

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ww Class steam locomotive NZR 131, 4-6-4T type, Petone Workshops

Ww Class steam locomotive NZR 131, 4-6-4T type, Petone Workshops

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Steam locomotive 480, Wg class (4-6-4T type)

Steam locomotive 480, Wg class (4-6-4T type)

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Passenger train with "Ww" class locomotive 673, at an unidentified railway station.

Passenger train with "Ww" class locomotive 673, at an unidentified railway station.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ww Class steam locomotive NZR 131, 4-6-4T type, Petone Workshops

Ww Class steam locomotive NZR 131, 4-6-4T type, Petone Workshops

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Steam locomotive "Ww" class 679 at the Petone Railway Station, 1923

Steam locomotive "Ww" class 679 at the Petone Railway Station, 1923

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Steam locomotive 492, Wg class

Steam locomotive 492, Wg class

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Steam locomotive 565, Ww class

Steam locomotive 565, Ww class

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Steam locomotive 492, Wg class

Steam locomotive 492, Wg class

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: "Ww" class steam locomotive No 678, which was used for the Royal visit of 1920

"Ww" class steam locomotive No 678, which was used for the Royal visit of 1920

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: "Ww" class steam locomotive No 678, which was used for the Royal visit of 1920

"Ww" class steam locomotive No 678, which was used for the Royal visit of 1920

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: The Wellington to Upper Hutt train leaving Silverstream.

The Wellington to Upper Hutt train leaving Silverstream.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Race train crossing Silverstream Bridge

Race train crossing Silverstream Bridge

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Runaway shunting train comes into violent head-on collision with mixed train at Auckland: three railwaymen injured and much damage to rolling-stock

Runaway shunting train comes into violent head-on collision with mixed train at Auckland: three railwaymen injured and much damage to rolling-stock

Auckland Libraries

Image: On Royal Train, Summit to Wellington. Duke of Gloucester visit, 1934-1935

On Royal Train, Summit to Wellington. Duke of Gloucester visit, 1934-1935

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: New Zealand Railways Workshop

New Zealand Railways Workshop

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: British Empire Games 100 kilometre road race

British Empire Games 100 kilometre road race

Auckland Libraries

Image: Auckland Railway Station

Auckland Railway Station

Auckland Libraries

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Steam locomotive Ww 491

Steam locomotive Ww 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Photograph of locomotives WW 491 and K 900

Photograph of locomotives WW 491 and K 900

MOTAT

Image: Ww-class 4-6-4T locomotive No. 556 at Summit in 1929; driver C.J. 'Bob' Oliff.

Ww-class 4-6-4T locomotive No. 556 at Summit in 1929; driver C.J. 'Bob' Oliff.

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: New Zealand Railways locomotive, Wg 4-6-4 T class; number 493

New Zealand Railways locomotive, Wg 4-6-4 T class; number 493

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: New Zealand Railways locomotive, Wg 4-6-4 T class; number 496

New Zealand Railways locomotive, Wg 4-6-4 T class; number 496

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: New Zealand Railways locomotive, Ww class; number 571

New Zealand Railways locomotive, Ww class; number 571

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: New Zealand Railways locomotive, Ww 4-6-4 T class; number 565

New Zealand Railways locomotive, Ww 4-6-4 T class; number 565

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: New Zealand railways locomotive, Ww 4-6-4 T series

New Zealand railways locomotive, Ww 4-6-4 T series

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: New Zealand Railways locomotive, Wg 4-6-4 T class; number illegible

New Zealand Railways locomotive, Wg 4-6-4 T class; number illegible

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: [NZ Railways - Trains. Railway Locomotives]

[NZ Railways - Trains. Railway Locomotives]

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Row of locomotives outside the Hutt Railway Workshops, Woburn

Row of locomotives outside the Hutt Railway Workshops, Woburn

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ww Class steam locomotive NZR 131, 4-6-4T type, Petone Workshops

Ww Class steam locomotive NZR 131, 4-6-4T type, Petone Workshops

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ww or Wg Class locomotive shunting wagons at Upper Hutt.

Ww or Wg Class locomotive shunting wagons at Upper Hutt.

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Summit station yard; clearing debris from the tracks. Five men visible.

Summit station yard; clearing debris from the tracks. Five men visible.

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Train alongside the Hutt River, showing retaining walls

Train alongside the Hutt River, showing retaining walls

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Summit station; southbound stock train about to leave; guard in foreground.

Summit station; southbound stock train about to leave; guard in foreground.

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: New Zealand Railways locomotive, Ww 4-6-4 T class; number 679

New Zealand Railways locomotive, Ww 4-6-4 T class; number 679

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Steam locomotive Ww 644 at Onehunga railway station, 1954

Steam locomotive Ww 644 at Onehunga railway station, 1954

MOTAT

Image: Steam locomotive Ww 678, 1956

Steam locomotive Ww 678, 1956

MOTAT

Image: Train pulled by steam locomotive "Ww" class 679, approaching Silverstream.

Train pulled by steam locomotive "Ww" class 679, approaching Silverstream.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Two steam locomotives, "Ww" 645 on the left, probably at Hillside Railway Workshops.

Two steam locomotives, "Ww" 645 on the left, probably at Hillside Railway Workshops.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ww Class steam locomotive NZR 565, 4-6-4T type.

Ww Class steam locomotive NZR 565, 4-6-4T type.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Ww class locomotive with passenger train descending the grade from Kaitoke

Ww class locomotive with passenger train descending the grade from Kaitoke

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: "Ww" class steam locomotive passing automatic three position electric signals in the Silverstream Gorge.

"Ww" class steam locomotive passing automatic three position electric signals in the Silverstream Gorge.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: An Interesting Workshops Scene. — The last two locomotives (W.W. 645 and Ab. 714) to be delivered from the old workshops at Petone. Locomotive building and repairs are now carried out at the Department's up-to-date workshops in the Hutt Valley

An Interesting Workshops Scene. — The last two locomotives (W.W. 645 and Ab. 714) to be delivered from the old workshops at Petone. Locomotive buil...

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Steam Locomotive, Queen St. crossing, Levin, 1969

Steam Locomotive, Queen St. crossing, Levin, 1969

Kete Horowhenua

Image: Summit Station yard : Photograph

Summit Station yard : Photograph

Wairarapa Archive

Image: 'W' [actually WG] class locomotive leaving the old Auckland station

'W' [actually WG] class locomotive leaving the old Auckland station

Auckland Libraries

Image: Steam locomotive 166, Wg class

Steam locomotive 166, Wg class

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Steam locomotive 481, Wg class (4-6-4T type)

Steam locomotive 481, Wg class (4-6-4T type)

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Train hauled by a "Wg" class steam locomotive crossing bridge over Waikareao Estuary, Tauranga

Train hauled by a "Wg" class steam locomotive crossing bridge over Waikareao Estuary, Tauranga

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Putting on the Finishing Touches. — (W. W. Stewart, photo.) — W.G. Class locomotive in the final stages of repair at the Hutt Valley Workshops, Wellington

Putting on the Finishing Touches. — (W. W. Stewart, photo.) — W.G. Class locomotive in the final stages of repair at the Hutt Valley Workshops, Wel...

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Steam locomotive hauling a goods train, passing beneath an overhead bridge.

Steam locomotive hauling a goods train, passing beneath an overhead bridge.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Wairarapa-class railcar Rm-10 'Arawa'; crossing southbound train at Silverstream.

Wairarapa-class railcar Rm-10 'Arawa'; crossing southbound train at Silverstream.

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Evening.' Post" Photo. 'OFF THE LINE AT, NGAHAURANGA.—Traffic on the out line between.. Ngahquranga and-Petone was held up for the: greater part:of to-day by the derailment of the engine of a morning Wellingifin-Petpne ,-;:-7' 77; '. train. No serious damage was done. , (Evening Post, 13 April 1932)

Evening.' Post" Photo. 'OFF THE LINE AT, NGAHAURANGA.—Traffic on the out line between.. Ngahquranga and-Petone was held up for the: greater part:of...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Locomotive running sheds, 1940s

Locomotive running sheds, 1940s

Auckland Libraries

Image: Locomotive Shed.

Locomotive Shed.

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Photograph of MOTAT in the early 1970s

Photograph of MOTAT in the early 1970s

MOTAT

Image: Satisfactory test of a new viaduct on the Wellington-New Plymouth railway

Satisfactory test of a new viaduct on the Wellington-New Plymouth railway

Auckland Libraries

Image: Trains at the Rumutaka Incline tunnel : Photograph

Trains at the Rumutaka Incline tunnel : Photograph

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Extending the North Auckland Main Trunk Railway

Extending the North Auckland Main Trunk Railway

Auckland Libraries

Image: Taranaki's day of celebration: interesting sidelights at the opening of the new railway last week

Taranaki's day of celebration: interesting sidelights at the opening of the new railway last week

Auckland Libraries

Image: Railway sidings, 1950s

Railway sidings, 1950s

Auckland Libraries

Image: Railway sidings, 1950s

Railway sidings, 1950s

Auckland Libraries

Image: Railway Station, Matamata

Railway Station, Matamata

Auckland Libraries

Image: Railway sidings

Railway sidings

Auckland Libraries

Image: Steaming Up': An Early Morning Scene in the Thorndon Railway Yards At Wellington, North Island

Steaming Up': An Early Morning Scene in the Thorndon Railway Yards At Wellington, North Island

Auckland Libraries

Image: Gardner Bros. & Parker, New Lynn.

Gardner Bros. & Parker, New Lynn.

Auckland Libraries

Image: Steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

Auckland Libraries

Image: Frosty Morning, Thorndon

Frosty Morning, Thorndon

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: [Frosty Morning, Thorndon]

[Frosty Morning, Thorndon]

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Steam engine at Silverstream, Upper Hutt

Steam engine at Silverstream, Upper Hutt

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Shunting engine loading coal, Helensville station

Shunting engine loading coal, Helensville station

MOTAT

Image: Getting On Step Of Cowcatcher. — The wrong way

Getting On Step Of Cowcatcher. — The wrong way

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: Completion of the long-required Parnell Tunnel duplication: The first inward train to Auckland emerging at the city end on 28 March

Completion of the long-required Parnell Tunnel duplication: The first inward train to Auckland emerging at the city end on 28 March

Auckland Libraries

Image: Auckland - Rotorua Express, near Newmarket Tunnel, Auckland - Photograph taken by W W Stewart

Auckland - Rotorua Express, near Newmarket Tunnel, Auckland - Photograph taken by W W Stewart

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Breakdown Train Arrives At The Scene. — Views of portions of the Hutt-Wellington line damaged by the great storm which struck the capital city on the morning of 16th August. The rapidity with which services were restored over the damaged section was a ...

Breakdown Train Arrives At The Scene. — Views of portions of the Hutt-Wellington line damaged by the great storm which struck the capital city on t...

Victoria University of Wellington

Image: 'Official opening, Waiuku railway', 1922.

'Official opening, Waiuku railway', 1922.

Auckland Libraries

Image: Crane towed by locomotive, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand

Crane towed by locomotive, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Evcnlnc Tost" Photo. Modern Methods in the railway coalyardii at Wellington. A stationary engine hauls the coal up the incline, a portion of which is seen on the left iri the lop picture, whence it is tipped direct, into the locomotive's tender from the adjustable shoot on, the right, a much quicker and more convenient.method . . than the old: system of' cqalingi.shoiyn in[the...lower picture.. . . . (Evening Post, 25 March 1938)

Evcnlnc Tost" Photo. Modern Methods in the railway coalyardii at Wellington. A stationary engine hauls the coal up the incline, a portion of which ...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Troop train at Featherston Camp, postcard : digital image

Troop train at Featherston Camp, postcard : digital image

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Troop train at Featherston Camp, postcard : digital image

Troop train at Featherston Camp, postcard : digital image

Wairarapa Archive

Image: Photograph of locomotive WW 491

Photograph of locomotive WW 491

MOTAT

Image: Steam locomotive Ww 556, 1959

Steam locomotive Ww 556, 1959

MOTAT