EF 30042 in an "electric blue" livery in Feilding, following refurbishment, April 2024.
Type and origin
Power type
Electric
Builder
Brush Traction, Loughborough, England
Build date
1986 – 1988
Specifications
Configuration:
• UIC
Bo′Bo′Bo′
Gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length:
• Over couplers
19.61 metres (64 ft 4 in)[1]
• Over body
18.56 metres (60 ft 11 in)[1]
Width
2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in)[1]
Height:
• Pantograph
3.95 metres (13 ft 0 in)[1]
• Body height
3.915 metres (12 ft 10.1 in)[1]
Loco weight
107 t (105 long tons; 118 short tons)
Electric system/s
25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead
Current pickup(s)
Pantograph
Traction motors
6 × 500 kW (670 hp) DC motor[1]
Performance figures
Maximum speed
105 km/h (65 mph)
Power output
3,000 kW (4,000 hp) (continuous)
Career
Class
EF, previously Class 30
Number in class
22
Numbers
30007 – 30249
Nicknames
Toasters
Locale
North Island Main Trunk between Palmerston North and Te Rapa
First run
1988 – 1989
Disposition
4 in service
6 under overhaul
3 laid up
4 scrapped
The New Zealand EF class locomotive (originally Class 30)[1] is a class of 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric locomotives that operate on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) between Palmerston North and Te Rapa in New Zealand. Built by Brush Traction in Loughborough, England between 1986 and 1988[1] to run on the new electrified central section of the NIMT, at 3,000 kilowatts (4,000 hp), they are the most powerful locomotives to operate in New Zealand.
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