page_title: NZR X class
hierarchical_section_title: NZR X class
caption_attribution_description: English: "X" 588, an X class steam locomotive, photographed leaving a Petone workshop shed by Albert Percy Godber, ca 1913. William Albert Godber (son of photographer) is standing on the engine.
context_page_description: The New Zealand X class was a pioneering class of eighteen 4-8-2 steam locomotives built for New Zealand Railways Department and designed by A. L. Beattie that operated on the national rail network of New Zealand. In 1908, a heavy and powerful locomotive was required to haul traffic on the newly completed mountainous central section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, and as a logical progression of the 4-6-2 Q class design, the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement was created for the X class.
context_section_description: The New Zealand X class was a pioneering class of eighteen 4-8-2 steam locomotives built for New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) and designed by A. L. Beattie that operated on the national rail network of New Zealand. In 1908, a heavy and powerful locomotive was required to haul traffic on the newly completed mountainous central section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, and as a logical progression of the 4-6-2 Q class design, the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement was created for the X class.
caption: X class 588, photographed leaving Petone Workshops circa 1913. Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
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