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SR Z class
The SR Z class was an 0-8-0T 3-cylinder tank engine designed by Richard Maunsell and intended for heavy shunting on the Southern Railway, the first eight entering into service in 1929. It was a successful design and would have been built in greater numbers, but an order for a further ten was cancelled in 1930 due to the reduction in freight traffic as a result of the Great Depression.
Background.
The newly amalgamated Southern Railway needed a group of powerful shunting tank locomotives to
Z-class
Z-class may refer to:
- SR Z Class, a class of steam locomotive built by the Southern Railway in the United Kingdom
- WAGR Z class, a class of diesel-mechanical locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways
- W and Z-class destroyer, a class of destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944
- Z-Class Melbourne Tram, a single bogie electric tram used in Australia