The NZR DH class is a type of diesel-electric shunting locomotive in New Zealand

Locomotives of New Zealand

Locomotives of New Zealand currently in operation owned by KiwiRail consist of 172 diesel-electric locomotives, 22 electric locomotives, 3 railcars, and 103 shunting locomotives...

. The class consists of six heavy shunt U10B type loco built by General Electric

General Electric

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 in the US in 1978. The class are almost all used in the Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 area for heavy shunting duties, including services to the Port of Auckland.

The class should not be confused with the English Electric

English Electric

English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers...

 DH class

NZR DG class

The NZR DG and DH class locomotives were a class of diesel-electric locomotives used on New Zealand's national rail network, built by English Electric.- Introduction :...

of 1956; as all of the old DHs had been reallocated DG in 1968, the classification was re-used.

Class register

TMS No.	Original No.	Introduced	Current Livery	Status	Allocated to	Notes
DH 2816	900	May 1979	KiwiRail	In service	North Island
DH 2822	901	November 1978	KiwiRail	In Service	North Island
DH 2839	902	December 1978	Toll Rail ("Corn Cob")	In service	North Island
DH 2845	903	September 1978	KiwiRail	In service	North Island
DH 2851	904	November 1978	Toll Rail ("Corn Cob")	In service	North Island
DH 2868	905	March 1979	KiwiRail	In service	North Island