page_title: New Zealand EF class locomotive
section_title: Livery
hierarchical_section_title: New Zealand EF class locomotive / Livery
caption_attribution_description: English: KiwiRail train on route from Feilding to Halcombe, and probably further.
context_page_description: The New Zealand EF class locomotive is a class of 22 25 kV 50 Hz AC electric locomotives that operate on the North Island Main Trunk between Palmerston North and Te Rapa in New Zealand. They are the only class of electric locomotives in revenue service in New Zealand.
  The EF class was built by Brush Traction in Loughborough, United Kingdom between 1986 and 1988 to run on the new electrified central section of the NIMT. The locomotives, at 3,000 kilowatts, are the most powerful locomotives to operate in New Zealand, and the design of the class has been used in designing other electric locomotives overseas, including the Le Shuttle Eurotunnel Class 9 electric locomotives that operate in the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.
context_section_description: Of the 17 EF Class locomotives currently in service, nine are painted in a livery other than the original International Orange scheme that they were introduced in:
  10 in the International Orange ("Fruit Salad")
  1 in Tranz Rail blue ("Cato Blue")
  3 in Tranz Rail black ("Bumble-Bee")
  6 in KiwiRail
  The remaining three locomotives not in operational service (EFs 30065, 30128 and 30186) are all presently painted in the International Orange scheme. No EFs were ever painted in the Toll Rail "Corn Cob" scheme.
  The rust removal and repaint into the new KiwiRail scheme began in September 2009 with 30163, followed by 30059 in February 2010, 30134 in March 2010, 30249 in April 2010, 30226 in July 2010 and 30203 in September 2014. It is expected that the remaining units will be rebranded in KiwiRail livery as they go through extended maintenance. So far, the KiwiRail repainting has been done at Hutt Workshops, which means the locomotives must be towed (as part of a diesel hauled freight service) to and from Wellington. The units painted in International Orange have the road numbers displayed in large type in the centre of the body (with the exception of EF 30007), while the other schemes have them in smaller type on the cabs.
caption: Three EF locomotives on a freight train north of Feilding. The first locomotive is in the International Orange livery.
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