The NZR B class of 1874 was the first of two steam locomotive classes to be designated as B by the Railways Department that then oversaw New Zealand’s national rail network (the second B class was introduced in 1899). Ordered from the Avonside Engine Company in 1874 the locomotives were of the Double Fairlie type and were the first British-built locomotives to feature Walschaerts valve gear.
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