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The NZR RM class Sentinel-Cammell was a steam-powered railcar operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR). It was the only one of its type to operate in New Zealand, and one of only two steam railcars trialled in the country; the other was the Clayton steam railcar. [1]
The NZR RM class Standard railcars were a class of railcar operated by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) in the North Island of New Zealand.Officially classified as RM like all other railcar classes in New Zealand, they acquired the designation of "Standard" to differentiate them from other railcar classes. [1]
The arrival of the first railcars was greeted with enthusiasm by local newspapers, [15] and were described as a "new-dawn for long-distance rail travel" in New Zealand. [15] A number of "ministerial special" promotional services were run in March 1955, and the first service operated by an 88-seater railcar was the Wellington-Gisborne daily ...
The first Vulcan railcar arrived in New Zealand in September 1940. Three more arrived by April 1941, with all nine members in operation by the second half of 1942. Ten railcars were built, but only nine arrived in New Zealand as the ship carrying the tenth was sunk during World War II .
The NZR RM class Silver Fern was a class of rail motor in New Zealand.The three air-conditioned and sound-proofed 723-kW [1] 96-seater diesel-electric twin-set railcars were built by Kawasaki under contract with Nissho Iwai of Japan. [3]
The last type of railcar in regular service in New Zealand to use the "RM" classification was the Silver Fern railcars.. The RM class was the classification used by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) and its successors gave to most railcars and railbuses that have operated on New Zealand's national rail network.
Model T Ford railcar in 1926. [1]The NZR RM class Model T Ford railcar was a type of rail motor that operated on New Zealand's national rail network.Only two were built, classified as RM 4 and RM 5, and they were experimental railcars designed in an attempt to offer improved passenger services on quiet country branch lines that served regions with small populations.
The NZR RM class Wairarapa railcar was a class of railcars on New Zealand's national rail network. They entered service in 1936 (three weeks after the Midland railcars) and were classified RM like all other classes of railcars in New Zealand; they came to be known as the "Wairarapa" class as they were designed to operate over the famous ...