DFB7186 and DXB5137 arrive in Auckland's Westfield Yard with a freight service from Hamilton and Wellington before sunrise. At this time, older classes such as the DFT/DFB and DX Series locos were filling in on KiwiRail's frontline services due to the sudden withdrawal of the newer DL Class, which were withdrawn during early March over asbestos concerns.
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.
