DL Arrival and Delivery

DH 2868 reverses onto the recently unloaded DL 9095 at the Port of Auckland

3 June 2011

DL 9135 recently unloaded at the Port of Auckland, shortly before being coupled onto DL 9095

3 June 2011

DH 2868 marshals DL 9095 onto DL 9135 at the Port of Auckland on a cloudy day. These are the first two DLs in the second batch of 14 locomotives, adding to the six locomotives that arrived in November 2010

3 June 2011

DH 2868, DL 9095 and DL 9135 together at the Port of Auckland

3 June 2011

DH 2868 waits between DL unloadings at the end of the port yard

3 June 2011

The presently near-empty Port of Auckland yard, with DH 2868 and the two DLs visible

3 June 2011

DC 4029 moves five new DL class locomotives out of the Port of Auckland yard and into the KiwiRail yard across the road

5 June 2011

DL 9204 and DL 9170 in the KiwiRail yard near the Port of Auckland. Note the locomotives have been placed in opposite directions on the tracks

5 June 2011

Side view of DL 9106

5 June 2011

Old and new: DC 4029 shunts a rake of DLs into the KiwiRail yard beside Tamaki Drive. DC 4029 first entered service in 1967 as DA 1533

5 June 2011

DLs in the yard with DC 4029 hiding amongst them

5 June 2011

Another view of the eleven DLs currently in the yard

5 June 2011

DL 9187, still in its green covering, is trucked from the ship to the rail yard for unloading

5 June 2011

DL 9187 in mid-air as crew prepare to lower it onto the tracks

5 June 2011

Now safely on the ground, KiwiRail crew begin unwrapping DL 9187

5 June 2011

A now fully unwrapped DL 9187 gleams in the afternoon sun at the Port of Auckland

5 June 2011

DC 4029 backs onto DL 9187, preparing to tow it across the road to join the 11 DLs already offloaded

5 June 2011

DLs bask in the sun at the KiwiRail yards

5 June 2011

DL 9095 sandwiched between other DLs

5 June 2011

DL 9014 and DL 9066 tow 14 fresh-off-the-boat DLs into the west loop at Papakura for the second en-route check. The 16 DLs are bound for Te Rapa where the second batch will be commissioned

9 June 2011

Dirty already: the cowcatcher of DL 9129 already could use a wash

9 June 2011

The majority of the DLs at Papakura

9 June 2011

DLs, DC 4369 and an ADK at Papakura

9 June 2011

DLs at Papakura

9 June 2011