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New Zealand DSH class locomotive
🇳🇿 New Zealand ·built by Stadler Rail· from 2027· type of diesel-hybrid locomotives being manufactured for KiwiRail
what is it?
The New Zealand DSH class of battery-diesel hybrid shunting locomotives is under order for KiwiRail from Stadler Rail. 24 locomotives are on order from Stadler, with the first three expected to enter service in June 2027. The locomotives are intended to replace the DSC class locomotives, the remainder of which were introduced in the 1960s.
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 -1 years ago, in 2027.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2027
- in service from
- 2027
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Battery-diesel
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- builders
- Stadler Rail
- operators
- KiwiRail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q136261457, Wikipedia: New Zealand DSH class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.