The DL class were built to KiwiRail specifications by CNR Dalian, China from 2010 to 2014. Another 15 or 16 locomotives are being placed on order for delivery in 2018. The MetroPort trains run vir... (more)

MetroPort train from Tauranga passes through Pokeno. These trains run around the clock and are almost always DL hauled.

MetroPort train MP4 from Tauranga approaches Papatoetoe with not far to the destination of Southdown terminal inland port. In recent years twin ports of Tauranga/ Mt Maunganui have become New Zeal... (more)

MP4 is a MetroPort train running from port of Tauranga to their inland port terminal in South Auckland. The trains run around the clock 6 days a week, mostly DL hauled (sometimes treated to a DXB... (more)

MetroPort train from Tauranga approaches Papakura, passing a new siding (now electrified) for the Auckland Transport units which will start operating as far as here from 2014. Trains to Pukekohe ... (more)