Westfield-Wellington manifest train at Ngaruawahia near Hamilton where diesel power will give way to EF class electric locomotives. Assisting the DFT is DL 9164 built by Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock, China with MTU engines.
Trains on 3' 6" (1.067m) track from Whangarei to Bluff with virtually heritage rebuilt EMD and GE locomotives still the mainstay power. The network was privatized in 1990's and operated by Toll until 2008 when state owned KiwiRail was established.