NZR DL class Locomotives for KiwiRail (CKD9B)
NZR DL Class (DL 9043) KiwiRail -- CKD9B
The NZR DL class designed by CNR Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company Limited is a class of diesel-electric locomotives under construction for KiwiRail. Once commissioned, they will be the most powerful diesel-electric locomotives in service in New Zealand. It was previously reported that the class was to be known as the DK class, however KiwiRail have since reclassed it DL, after the builder of the locomotives, Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock. The first locomotive will be numbered DL 9008. They are expected to enter service from late 2010 or early 2011. They will be the first new locomotives to enter service on the New Zealand railway network in more than 20 years.
