NZR DS class
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The NZR
DS class is a class of 16 diesel
shunting
locomotive
s built by the Vulcan Foundry
and supplied by the Drewry Car Co from 1949 - 1955.
starting from the early 1980s, the class were withdrawn.
New Zealand Railways Department
The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system. The Department was created in 1880 and was reformed in 1981 into the New...
DS class is a class of 16 diesel
Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...
shunting
Switcher
A switcher or shunter is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been...
locomotive
Locomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
s built by the Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry
Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
and supplied by the Drewry Car Co from 1949 - 1955.
Operation
The locomotives were largely allocated to shunting yards, and later industrial service.Withdrawal
As part of the rationalisation of New Zealand Railways CorporationNew Zealand Railways Corporation
KiwiRail Network, formerly ONTRACK , is the infrastructure arm of KiwiRail. The ONTRACK trading name was introduced in 2004 after the government repurchased all of New Zealand's rail infrastructure from Toll NZ. It does not operate revenue rolling stock...
starting from the early 1980s, the class were withdrawn.
Class register
| Original no. | TMS no. | Introduced | Withdrawn | Allocated | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DS 200 | DS 13 | March 1955 | November 1982 | South Island | Withdrawn, scrapped. |
| DS 201 | DS 36 | April 1955 | April 1982 | South Island | Withdrawn, to Ohai Railway Heritage Board Trust. |
| DS 202 | DS 42 | April 1955 | April 1984 | North Island | Withdrawn, to Steam Incorporated Steam Incorporated Steam Incorporated, often abbreviated to Steam Inc., is a railway heritage and preservation society based at the Paekakariki Railway Station, Paekakariki at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast, approximately 50 minutes north of Wellington on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Unlike... , Paekakariki Paekakariki Paekakariki is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It is 22 km north of Porirua and 45 km north-east of Wellington, the nation's capital city.... . |
| DS 203 | DS 59 | May 1955 | November 1982 | South Island | Withdrawn, to Ocean Beach Railway Ocean Beach Railway The Ocean Beach Railway is a heritage railway that operates in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located between John Wilson Drive in the suburb of Saint Kilda and sports grounds near Forbury Park Raceway, and runs parallel with the city's main beach, Ocean Beach... , Dunedin Dunedin Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until... . |
| DS 204 | DS 65 | June 1955 | April 1982 | Withdrawn, scrapped. | |
| DS 205 | DS 71 | August 1949 | March 1981 | Withdrawn, scrapped. | |
| DS 206 | DS 88 | August 1949 | March 1981 | Withdrawn, scrapped. | |
| DS 207 | DS 94 | September 1949 | August 1984 | North Island | Withdrawn, to Glenbrook Vintage Railway Glenbrook Vintage Railway The Glenbrook Vintage Railway is a steam railway in Glenbrook, New Zealand. One of New Zealand's premiere rail heritage sites, it is not a museum as such, but rather a fully self-supporting, operating steam railway, built almost entirely by volunteer labour... , Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... . |
| DS 208 | September 1949 | September 1978 | Withdrawn, scrapped. | ||
| DS 209 | DS 105 | April 1953 | March 1981 | Withdrawn, scrapped. | |
| DS 210 | DS 111 | March 1953 | March 1981 | Withdrawn, scrapped. | |
| DS 211 | May 1953 | September 1978 | Withdrawn, scrapped. | ||
| DS 212 | DS 128 | May 1953 | March 1981 | Withdrawn, scrapped. | |
| DS 213 | DS 134 | June 1953 | November 1982. | Withdrawn, to PPCS then Midland Rail Heritage Trust, Springfield Springfield, New Zealand Springfield is a small town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, in the South Island, of New Zealand. In 2001 it had a population of 219. At the foot of the Southern Alps, west of Christchurch, it is the most westerly town of the central Canterbury Plains... . |
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| DS 214 | DS 140 | June 1953 | March 1981 | Withdrawn, now a static "work of art" | |
| DS 215 | DS 157 | May 1953 | November 1982 | Withdrawn, to Midland Rail Heritage Trust, Springfield Springfield, New Zealand Springfield is a small town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, in the South Island, of New Zealand. In 2001 it had a population of 219. At the foot of the Southern Alps, west of Christchurch, it is the most westerly town of the central Canterbury Plains... . |