NZR DA CLASS


The NZR 'DA class', built between 1955 and 1967, was the most numerous class of locomotive to run on New Zealand's national railway network, with 146 locomotives, five more than the previous largest class, the AB steam locomotive of 1915. They were EMD G12 models, similar to the Queensland Rail 1400 class[1]. Two subclasses of the DA existed in later years: DAA (now extinct) and DAR. A lighter version of the DA, the DB, was designed to run on secondary routes from which the DA was excluded.

Contents
Operation
Rebuilds and withdrawal
External link
List of locomotives in class

Operation


The DA class was built to operate main-line passenger and freight trains, and some services on secondary lines. They had a wheel arrangement of A1A-A1A under the UIC classification system, generated 1425 hp (1060 kW), and ran at up to 100 km/h. Although they were not the first class of main-line diesel locomotives to operate in New Zealand (this was the DF of 1954), they were the first class to really displace the steam motive power, which dominated NZR until the 1950s. They were well suited to hauling freight and passenger trains, and operated the "Scenic Daylight" service between Auckland and Wellington. When they arrived in New Zealand the tunnels south of Paekakariki on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) were not large enough for them and they could not operate into Wellington via the NIMT until these tunnels were enlarged.
Toll Rail DAR 517. Photo: Andrew Hamblyn.

Rebuilds and withdrawal


In 1970, six members of the class were converted to shunt the Te Rapa yards and reclassified DAA. Between 1977 and 1983 85 DAs were rebuilt as a new class, the DC, most by Clyde Engineering of Australia and five by NZR at the Hutt Workshops. Of the locomotives not converted, the last was retired in 1989 and six were preserved, while a seventh passed into the ownership of Tasman Pulp and Paper. The Tasman locomotive was bought by Tranz Rail (the successor to NZR) in 1998 and reclassified DAR, as the front hood had been rebuilt to provide better visibility.

External link



★ New Zealand Diesel and Electric Traction - Class DA

List of locomotives in class


'Original number
(DA class)'		'TMS number
(DA class)'		'In service''Withdrawn''Current status''Notes'
140011September 1955November 1983Preserved, on display at MOTATWas DAA 1400
140128July 1988PreservedWas DAA 1401
140234September 1955February 1988ScrappedWas DAA 1402
140340February 1988ScrappedWas DAA 1403
140457February 1988ScrappedWas DAA 1404
1405
140663February 1988ScrappedWas DAA 1406
140786Scrapped
140892Scrapped
1409103Scrapped
1410126Preserved, Steam Incorporated
1411132Scrapped
1412149Scrapped
1413155Scrapped
1414161Scrapped
1415178Scrapped
1416184Scrapped
1417190Scrapped
1418201Scrapped
1419218February 1988Scrapped
1420224Scrapped
1421230Scrapped
1422247Scrapped
1423253Scrapped
1424276Scrapped
1425282Scrapped
1426Scrapped
1427299Scrapped
1428316Scrapped
1429322Preserved
1430339Scrapped
1431345Preserved, Steam Incorporated
1432351Scrapped
1433368Scrapped
1434374Scrapped
1435380Scrapped
1436397Scrapped
1437408February 1988Scrapped
1438414Scrapped
1439420Scrapped
1440437February 1988Scrapped
1441Rebuilt as DC 4421
1442443Scrapped
1443466Scrapped
1444472Scrapped
1445489Scrapped
1446495Rebuilt as DC 4513
1447506Scrapped
1448512In ServiceRebuilt as DAR 517
1449529Scrapped
1450535Scrapped
1451541Scrapped
1452558Scrapped
1453564Rebuilt as DC 4916
1454570
1455Rebuilt as DC 4254
1456587Rebuilt as DC 4945
1457593Rebuilt as DC 4939
1458Rebuilt as DC 4450
1459604Rebuilt as DC 4951
1460610Scrapped
1461627Scrapped
1462633Scrapped
1463656Scrapped
1464662Rebuilt as DC 4565
1465679Rebuilt as DC 4686
1466685Rebuilt as DC 4640
1467691Scrapped
1468702Scrapped
1469719Rebuilt as DC 4761
1470Rebuilt as DC 4317
1471725Preserved
1472731Rebuilt as DC 4703
1473748Scrapped
1474754Rebuilt as DC 4634
1475760Rebuilt as DC 4847
1476777Rebuilt as DC 4784
1477783Rebuilt as DC 4657
1478Rebuilt as DC 4162
1479800Rebuilt as DC 4922
1480817Rebuilt as DC 4692
1481823Rebuilt as DC 4818
1482846Rebuilt as DC 4790
1483Rebuilt as DC 4277
1484852Rebuilt as DC 4801
1485869Rebuilt as DC 4853
1486875Rebuilt as DC 4824
1487881Rebuilt as DC 4778
1488898Rebuilt as DC 4663
1489909Rebuilt as DC 4588
1490Rebuilt as DC 4323
1491915Rebuilt as DC 4628
1492921Rebuilt as DC 4876
1493Rebuilt as DC 4283
1494938Rebuilt as DC 4726
1495944Rebuilt as DC 4749
1496950Rebuilt as DC 4755
1497Rebuilt as DC 4473
1498967Rebuilt as DC 4611
1499973Rebuilt as DC 4732
1500Rebuilt as DC 4185
1501Rebuilt as DC 4035
1502Rebuilt as DC 4248
1503Rebuilt as DC 4438
1504Rebuilt as DC 4058
1505Rebuilt as DC 4536
1506Rebuilt as DC 4225
1507Rebuilt as DC 4041
1508Rebuilt as DC 4191
1509Rebuilt as DC 4110
1510Rebuilt as DC 4369
1511Rebuilt as DC 4179
1512Rebuilt as DC 4064
1513Rebuilt as DC 4156
1514Rebuilt as DC 4070
1515Rebuilt as DC 4087
1516996Rebuilt as DC 4830
1517Scrapped
1518Rebuilt as DC 4300
1519Rebuilt as DC 4133
1520Rebuilt as DC 4104
1521Rebuilt as DC 4127
1522Rebuilt as DC 4571
1523Rebuilt as DC 4093
1524Rebuilt as DC 4605
1525Rebuilt as DC 4006
1526Rebuilt as DC 4444
1527Rebuilt as DC 4219
1528Rebuilt as DC 4352
1529November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4231
1530Rebuilt as DC 4415
1531Rebuilt as DC 4260
1532Rebuilt as DC 4012
1533November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4029
1534Rebuilt as DC 4496
1535Rebuilt as DC 4202
1536Rebuilt as DC 4346
1537November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4542
1538Rebuilt as DC 4594
1539November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4559
1540November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4375
1541November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4467
1542November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4398
1543November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4409
1544November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4381
1545November 1967Rebuilt as DC 4507


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