Bumble-Bee (livery)
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DFT 7145 in "bumble bee" livery. Photo by Joseph Christianson.
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:
- 4012 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4058 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4185
- 4300
- 4317
- 4323 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4398 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4421
- 4438
- 4473
- 4565
- 4726 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4847
- 4853
DFB class:
- 7158 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7160 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7200 - now in the MAXX livery
DFT class:
- 7008 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 1 livery
- 7049 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 7077 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7145 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7226 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7282 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 7295 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
DH class:
- 2822 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
DSC class:
- 2419 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 2678
- 2746
DSG class:
- 3020 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 3114 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery and under overhaul at Hutt Workshops
- 3236 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 3251 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
DSJ class:
- 4017 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4045 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
DXB class:
- 5166 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
DXC class:
- 5039 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 1 livery
- 5195 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5229 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5327 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5402 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5419 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5425 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5500 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5517 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5520 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
EF class:
- 30013
- 30042
- 30071
TR class:
- 724 - now preserved by the Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society
- 874 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 908
See also
- List of NZ railfan jargon