page_title: New Zealand DB class locomotive
section_title: Rebuild to DBR
hierarchical_section_title: New Zealand DB class locomotive / Rebuild to DBR
caption_attribution_description: English: NZR DB class - NZR Locomotive DBR 1254 in MAXX Livery at Westfield, Auckland, New Zealand on 28 June 2006.
context_page_description: The New Zealand DB class and DBR class locomotive is a type of diesel-electric locomotive built for service on New Zealand's rail network. They were built by General Motors Diesel of Canada as a narrow-gauge version of the EMD G8 model, with seventeen locomotives constructed. Ten of these were later rebuilt into the DBR class.
context_section_description: In the late 1970s the decision was undertaken to rebuild the Dᴮ class along similar lines to that being undertaken for the Dᴬ class into the DC class. The rebuilt Dᴮ units were designated as DBR (R = rebuild). The work was undertaken by Clyde Engineering in Australia and involved the lowering of the short hood to improve visibility for the driver, new cabs and the installation of a new EMD 8-645 engine. Ten units were rebuilt between 1980 and 1982.
caption: DBR 1254 at Westfield, Auckland.
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