New Zealand DF class locomotive (1979)
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This article is about the locomotive first introduced in 1979. For the 1954 locomotive, see NZR DF class (1954).
The New Zealand DF class locomotive of 1979 is a class of 30 Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives built by General Motors Diesel of Canada between 1979 and 1981.[2] Between 1992 and 1997, all the locomotives were rebuilt as the DFT class, a turbocharged version of the DF.[1]
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The class should not be confused with the English Electric NZR DF class of 1954; as all of the old DF locomotives had been retired by mid-1975, the "DF" classification was free to be re-used.[3]