The New Zealand DE class was a class of fifteen diesel-electric shunting locomotives, introduced by the New Zealand Railways with an intention to replace steam locomotives on shunting duties with dies
DE 504 in service for Taieri Gorge Railway, shunting at Dunedin.
New Zealand Railways Corporation is the state-owned enterprise that owns the land beneath KiwiRail's railway network on behalf of the Crown. The corporation has existed under a number of guises since
New Zealand DE class locomotive
…early 1980s, two class members were fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk 2 engines, which were also used in the DG class locomotives. As part of the New Zealand Railways Corporation's plan to reduce the number of first-generation diesels in the late 1980s, a number of the class were scrapped or sold for preservation. Out of the…
The electrification of the central section of the North Island Main Trunk was completed in 1988.
DXB5143, the first locomotive to be painted in the KiwiRail livery, stands at Wellington railway station Platform 9 on 1 July 2008.