Traction & Rolling Stock

KiwiRail electric haulage reprieved

2018-10-30T17:03:40

KiwiRail is to retain electric haulage of freight trains on the North Island Main Trunk line (Photo: Cody Cooper/CC BY-SA 3.0).

NEW ZEALAND: The government has agreed to fund the refurbishment of 15 locomotives to enable electric haulage of freight trains on the North Island Main Trunk line to continue.

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