Inside the EF Electric Locomotive

Tour through the heart of the EF Electric Locomotive.

Power type Electric
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Build date 1986 - 1988
UIC classification Bo-Bo-Bo
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Cape gauge
Length 19.6 metres (64 ft 4 in)
Locomotive weight 107 tonnes (105 long tons)
Electric system 25kV 50 Hz AC
Current collection Method pantograph
Traction motors 6
Top speed 105 km/h (65 mph)
Power output 3,000 kW (4,000 hp) (continuous)
Class EF, previously Class 30
Number in class 22
Number 30007 - 30249
Nicknames "Toasters"
Locale North Island Main Trunk between Palmerston North and Te Rapa
First run 1988 - 1989
Disposition 17 in service; 2 Scrapped, 3 Out-of service

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