KiwiRail General Electric U25C DXC5402 & EMD/Hutt Workshops EMD GT22MC DFB7158 cross Annex Road level crossing, Christchurch, on 10th March 2024 with container train 939 1720 Christchurch - Invercargill. It is not uncommon in New Zealand for the second loco to be shut down and only started when required, as was the case here.
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.
