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Encyclopedia > NZR DJ Class
NZR DJ Class
NZR DJ Class
Two DJ class locomotives in service for TGR
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
UIC classification Bo-Bo-Bo
Gauge 1067mm
Length 14.1 m
Total weight 64t
Prime mover Caterpillar D398; V12
Top speed 97 km/h
Power output 672 kW (900 hp)
Tractive effort 128 kN
Career NZR, TGR
Number in class 64
Number TMS numbers: 3009 - 3689
Early numbers: 1200 - 1263
Locale South Island
First run 1968 - 1969
Retired 1988 -
Current owner Toll Rail(1), TGR (5) Mainline Steam (5)
Disposition 53 scrapped;
6 in service;
5 preserved

The NZR DJ class locomotive is a class of diesel-electric locomotive used in New Zealand. The class were purchased from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries with a modernisation loan from the World Bank to replace steam locomotives in the South Island, where most of the class members worked most of their lives. The Taieri Gorge Railway is a railway based at Dunedin Railway Station in the South Island of New Zealand. ... Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) (三菱重工業, Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō) TYO: 7011 is a Japanese company. ... The UIC classification is a comprehensive system for describing the wheel arrangement of locomotives. ... Eurotunnel Class 9 9702 with a freight shuttle at Coquelles terminal 2 April 2004. ... Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... For the philosophical/theological concept of a prime mover (that is, a self-existent being that is the ultimate cause or mover of all things), see cosmological argument. ... Tractive effort is the pulling force exerted, normally by a locomotive, though the term could also be used for anything else that hauls a load. ... The Taieri Gorge Railway is a railway based at Dunedin Railway Station in the South Island of New Zealand. ... The South Island The South Island is one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ... Toll Rail, commonly Toll, is the only long-haul railway operator in New Zealand. ... The Taieri Gorge Railway is a railway based at Dunedin Railway Station in the South Island of New Zealand. ... Mainline Steam is a New Zealand organisation devoted to the restoration and operation of historic mainline steam locomotives. ... Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) (三菱重工業, Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō) TYO: 7011 is a Japanese company. ... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... The South Island The South Island is one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ...


They are the second class of locomotive in New Zealand to utilise the Bo-Bo-Bo wheel arrangement, the other classes being the EW class and the EF class. In both cases, this wheel arrangement was used to provide a lower axle-load due to track conditions. Eurotunnel Class 9 9702 with a freight shuttle at Coquelles terminal 2 April 2004. ... Locomotive wheel arrangement is how the wheels of the locomotive are arranged by type, position, and connections. ... The NZR EW class locomotive was a class of electric locomotive used in Wellington, New Zealand. ... The EF Class (previously classified Class 30) are the only mainline electric locomotives in service on New Zealands national rail network. ...


The locomotives were retired from service in the late 1980s. This was mainly due to their age and the the introduction of driver-only services, for which the class were unsuited, owing to their high short hoods and small front windows.


Five members of the class remain in service for the Taieri Gorge Railway in Otago and another (3096) for Toll Rail. Five others are preserved by Mainline Steam. The Taieri Gorge Railway is a railway based at Dunedin Railway Station in the South Island of New Zealand. ... Otago (help· info) is one of the regions of New Zealand and lies in the south-east of the South Island. ... Toll Rail, commonly Toll, is the only long-haul railway operator in New Zealand. ... Mainline Steam is a New Zealand organisation devoted to the restoration and operation of historic mainline steam locomotives. ...


External links

  • New Zealand Diesel and Electric Traction - Class DJ


 

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