Bumble-Bee (livery)

Bumble-Bee is an informal term describing a New Zealand railway locomotive livery (resulting from the combination of black and yellow in the colour scheme) found in common usage amongst the railfan community.

The livery, first introduced in 2001 to promote level crossing safety, was initially trialled on Tranz Rail locomotive DC 4323 (photo), and over time was applied to numerous other locomotive classes up until the time that Toll introduced its own livery.

Locomotives to receive the Bumble Bee livery

DC class

• DC 4012:(now in KiwiRail livery)
• DC 4058:(now in KiwiRail livery)
• DC 4185:
• DC 4300:
• DC 4317:
• DC 4323:(now in KiwiRail livery)
• DC 4398:
• DC 4421:
• DC 4438:
• DC 4473:
• DC 4565:
• DC 4571:
• DC 4726:(now in KiwiRail livery)
• DC 4847:
• DC 4853:

DFT class

• DFT 7008 (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DFT 7049:
• DFT 7077:
• DFM 7145: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DFB 7158: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DFB 7160: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DFB 7200: (now in MAXX livery)
• DFM 7226: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DFT 7282:
• DFT 7295:

DH class

• DH 2822: (now in KiwiRail livery)

DSC class

• DSC 2419:(now in KiwiRail livery)
• DSC 2678:
• DSC 2746:

DSG class

• DSG 3020: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DSG 3114: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DSG 3236: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DSG 3251: (now in KiwiRail livery)

DSJ class

• DSJ 4017: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DSJ 4045: (now in KiwiRail livery)

DX class

• DXC 5039: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DXB 5166: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DXC 5195:
• DXC 5229:
• DXC 5327: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• DXC 5402: (now in Toll Rail livery)
• DXC 5419:
• DXC 5425: (now in Toll Rail livery)
• DXC 5500: (now in Toll Rail livery)
• DXC 5517:
• DXC 5520: (now in KiwiRail livery)

EF class

• EF 30013:
• EF 30042: (now in KiwiRail livery)
• EF 30071:

TR class

• TR 708:
• TR 742:
• TR 908:

See also

• List of NZ railfan jargon