page_title: NZR KB class
hierarchical_section_title: NZR KB class
caption_attribution_description: English: "Kb" 969, a Kb class steam locomotive, 4-8-4 type, probably photographed by Stanley Arthur Rockliff, ca 1940.
context_page_description: The NZR Kᴮ class of 1939 was a class of six mixed traffic steam locomotives built for New Zealand Railways Department, that operated on New Zealand's railway network. After the success of the K class, the Kᴮ class were built to meet the increasing traffic demands on the Midland Line in the South Island. The locomotives had a wheel arrangement of 4-8-4 and first appeared with distinctive streamlining, mainly to hide their ACFI feedwater systems.
context_section_description: The NZR Kᴮ class of 1939 was a class of six mixed traffic steam locomotives built for New Zealand Railways Department (NZR), that operated on New Zealand's railway network. After the success of the K class, the Kᴮ class were built to meet the increasing traffic demands on the Midland Line in the South Island. The locomotives had a wheel arrangement of 4-8-4 and first appeared with distinctive streamlining, mainly to hide their ACFI feedwater systems.
caption: KB class 4-8-4 steam locomotive, NZR number 969, c. 1940 at Hillside Workshops in Dunedin.[1] Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.
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