CNR Dalian built DL class were built from 2010 and are the first new locomotives in NZ for nearly 25 years. Assisting DC 4467 is an EMD G22AR rebuild of DA class G12A which were introduced from 1955. These veteran locomotives are still seen hard at work on the KiwiRail network.
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.