After delivery in April 2023, the latest batch of ten DL class locomotives entered service through June 2023, making their initial runs on the Golden Triangle and to Kinleith. Near our headquarters in Pokeno, seven of the ten new arrivals have been spotted in service, which we caught around the Waikato township.
The ten new locomotives are:
DL 9694 (not yet in service)
DL 9705 (not yet in service)
DL 9711
DL 9728
DL 9734 (not yet in service)
DL 9740
DL 9757
DL 9763
DL 9786
DL 9792

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