The NZR DSJ class is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotive

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

 used on the New Zealand rail network

Rail transport in New Zealand

Rail transport in New Zealand consists of a network of gauge railway lines in both the North and South Islands. Rail services are focused primarily on freight, particularly bulk freight, with limited passenger services on some lines...

. The class has a very similar overall design to the DSG class

NZR DSG class

The NZR DSG class is a type of diesel-electric shunting locomotive used in New Zealand. The class shares a central cab design with the smaller DSC class shunting locomotive, and is twin-engined...

, but is instead single-engined, has a cab that is offset from the centre, and is both shorter and lighter than its twin-engined counterpart. The first DSJ was assembled in Japan by Toshiba Heavy Industries

Toshiba

is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...

, the same company who built the EO class

NZR EA class

The NZR Ea class were used by New Zealand Railways between 1968 and 1997 on the OtiraArthur's Pass section of the Midland line in the South Island, through the Otira Tunnel...

 electric locomotives. The remaining four were assembled at the former Addington Workshops

Addington Workshops

The Addington Railway Workshops was a major railway facility established in the Christchurch suburb of Addington in May 1880 by the New Zealand Railways Department. The workshops were previously in Carlyle Street and closed in 1990.-Description:...

 in Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

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With only 5 members in this class, it represents one of the smaller contingents of shunt locomotives in current use.

Class register

TMS No.	Introduced	Current Livery	Status	Allocated to	Notes
DSJ 4004		KiwiRail	In service	Wellington Yard - due for return to Picton	Assembled in Japan.
DSJ 4017		KiwiRail	In service	South Island
DSJ 4032		Toll Rail ("Corn Cob")	In service	North Island
DSJ 4045		KiwiRail	In service	North Island
DSJ 4060		Toll Rail ("Corn Cob")	In service	North Island