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New Zealand DF class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by English Electric· from 1954· class of 10 New Zealand (2′Co)(Co2′) diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DF1501: Nzsteam D. J. Maciulaitis· Public domain
what is it?
The New Zealand DF class locomotive of 1954 is the first class of mainline diesel-electric locomotives built for New Zealand's national railway network, built by English Electric.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 21 years (1954–1975).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1975
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- English Electric
- operators
- New Zealand Railways Department
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (2Co)(Co2)
- length
- 17.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6956191, Wikipedia: New Zealand DF class (1954) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.