New Zealand Railways class DL

From 2002 there were plans in New Zealand at KiwiRail to procure new diesel locomotives. After realizing that New Zealand did not have the necessary know-how for completely independent production and that the American and Australian manufacturers could not deliver in a timely manner, they were the first western railway company to order locomotives in China. They came from CRRC Dalian and were powered by a 20-cylinder diesel from the German manufacturer MTU. With an output of 3,600 hp, they are the most powerful diesel-electric locomotives in New Zealand. Although there were initially problems with the reliability, these were resolved and a total of 73 locomotives were built from five orders between 2009 and 2023.