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Class register[]

Key: In service In service, Main Line-certified Under overhaul/Restoration Stored Static display Scrapped
TMS number Introduced Status Current livery Notes
30007 October, 1987 Undergoing KiwiRail Electric Blue Under refurbishment
30013 January, 1988 Undergoing KiwiRail Electric Blue Under refurbishment
30036 January, 1988 Withdrawn August, 1991 & Scrapped April 2003 International

Orange Small Numbers

Withdrawn after damage sustained by a derailment due to a washout at Oio which also killed the driver. Scrapped April 2003.
30042 February, 1988 In Service KiwiRail Electric Blue Refurbished
30059 February, 1988 In Service KiwiRail Electric Blue Refurbished
30065 March, 1988 Withdrawn December, 2000 & Scrapped July, 2021 International Orange Stored at Hutt Workshops. Scrapped in August, 2021 due to projected replacement by DL class locomotives. due to the same reason as 30128 & 30186.
30071 February, 1988 Commissioning KiwiRail Electric Blue Refurbished
30088 February, 1988 Withdrawn August, 1991 & Scrapped February, 2007 International

Orange

Withdrawn after damage sustained by the same incident as 30036. Scrapped February 2007.
30094 March, 1988 In Service Kiwirail Electric Blue Refurbished
30105 November, 1988 Undergoing KiwiRail Electric Blue Under refurbishment
30111 February, 1988 Withdrawn June, 2015 International Orange Stored at Hutt Workshops for spare parts, projected to be scrapped
30128 March, 1988 Withdrawn July, 2021 & Scrapped August, 2021 International Orange Scrapped in August, 2021 due to projected replacement by DL class locomotives.
30134 March, 1988 Undergoing KiwiRail Electric Blue Under refurbishment
30140 May, 1988 Undergoing KiwiRail Electric Blue Under refurbishment
30157 March, 1988 Withdrawn November, 2015 International Orange Laid up due to a serious electrical fire suffered at Palmerston North on 24 November 2015.[1][2][3]Stored at Hutt Workshops for spare parts, projected to be scrapped
30163 May, 1988 In Service KiwiRail Electric Blue Refurbished
30186 July, 1988 Withdrawn July, 2021 & Scrapped August 2021 International

Orange

Scrapped in August, 2021, due to the same reason as 30128.
30192 August, 1988 In Service KiwiRail Electric Blue Refurbished
30203 October, 1988 Undergoing KiwiRail Electric Blue Under refurbishment
30226 September, 1988 In Service KiwiRail Electric Blue

(Fern-shaped fade between the two shades of blue)

Refurbished

First EF to complete refurbishment and wear the KiwiRail Electric Blue livery. Briefly carried the name Tekapo, named after the Lake Tekapo Hydroelectric Power Plant, but plans to name the rest of the class similarly were scrapped and 30226 had its name removed.

30232 April, 1989 In Service KiwiRail Electric Blue Refurbished
30249 February, 1989 Undergoing KiwiRail Electric Blue Under refurbishment
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