16 Mar 2022

KiwiRail's oldest diesel shunt rolls into retirement

From Checkpoint, 5:55 pm on 16 March 2022

KiwiRail's oldest diesel shunt is rolling full steam ahead into retirement.

The 85-year-old locomotive known as TR-56 is being replaced by a zero-emission electric shunt.

Our reporter Soumya Bhamidipati and cameraman Angus Dreaver were at the farewell.