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KiwiRail to End Electric Freight Haulage

KiwiRail to End Electric Freight Haulage

Following two years of studies, national railway KiwiRail announced on December 21 that it had decided to cease electric haulage of freight trains on the North Island Main Trunk line in favour of using diesel locomotives. Electric traction will be phased out over the next two years, but the 25 kV 50 Hz infrastructure is to […]