Tags: Locomotive.
The New Zealand E class locomotive comprised a single steam locomotive operated by New Zealand Railways (NZR) from 1906 until 1917. Classified as E 66 and nicknamed Pearson’s Dream after its designer it was an experimental Mallet locomotive designed to work on the Rimutaka Incline. The E classification was previously used by the Double Fairlie E class of 1872-75 but the classification was free as they had all been withdrawn by the time E 66 entered service.
