Bumble-Bee is an informal term describing a New Zealand railway

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...

 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...

 livery

Livery

A livery is a uniform, insignia or symbol adorning, in a non-military context, a person, an object or a vehicle that denotes a relationship between the wearer of the livery and an individual or corporate body. Often, elements of the heraldry relating to the individual or corporate body feature in...

 (resulting from the combination of black and yellow in the colour scheme) found in common usage amongst the railfan

Railfan

A railfan or rail buff , railway enthusiast or railway buff , or trainspotter , is a person interested in a recreational capacity in rail transport...

 community.

The livery, first introduced in 2001 to promote level crossing

Level crossing

A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...

 safety, was initially trialled on Tranz Rail

Tranz Rail

Tranz Rail, formally Tranz Rail Holdings Ltd , was the main rail operator in New Zealand from 1991 until it was purchased by Toll Holdings in 2003.- Formation :...

 locomotive DC 4323

NZR DC class

The NZR DC class locomotive is the most common class of locomotive currently in operation on the New Zealand rail network. Primarily employed to haul freight trains operated by KiwiRail, the class is also used for long-distance passenger trains operated by Tranz Scenic and suburban passenger trains...

 (photo), and over time was applied to numerous other locomotive classes up until the time that Toll

Toll NZ

Toll Group Limited is a New Zealand trucking company. A subsidiary of the Australian company Toll Holdings, it has its headquarters in Auckland. It carries out operations by road and in the air, and formerly by rail and sea....

 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

NZR DF class (1979)

The NZR DF class of 1979 is a class of 30 Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives built by General Motors Diesel of Canada between 1979 and 1981. Between 1992 and 1997, all the locomotives were rebuilt as the DFT class, a turbocharged version of the DF....

• 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)
• DFT 7282:
• DFT 7295:

DH class

NZR DH class

The NZR DH class is a type of diesel-electric shunting locomotive in New Zealand. The class consists of six heavy shunt U10B type loco built by General Electric in the US in 1978...

• DH 2822: (now in KiwiRail livery)

DSC class

NZR DSC class

The NZR DSC class is a heavy shunting locomotive used throughout New Zealand. The class was built in seven batches, the first 18 locomotives being built by British Thomson-Houston of the United Kingdom, with the remainder being built by New Zealand Railways....

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

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...

• 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

NZR DSJ class

The NZR DSJ class is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotive used on the New Zealand rail network. The class has a very similar overall design to the DSG class, but is instead single-engined, has a cab that is offset from the centre, and is both shorter and lighter than its twin-engined...

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

DX class

NZR DX class

The NZR DX class is a class of 49 Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives that currently operates on New Zealand's national railway network.Built by General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, they were introduced to New Zealand between 1972 and 1976. The class is based on the General Electric...

• 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

NZR EF class

The NZR EF class is a class of 22 25 kV AC electric locomotives that operate on the North Island Main Trunk between Palmerston North and Te Rapa in New Zealand...

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

TR class

NZR TR class

The NZR TR class is a class of diesel shunting locomotives built by many different manufacturers. Many of these locomotives have been withdrawn, but some are still in service. The first locomotives of this class were built by the Drewry Car Co in 1936, and had 52 kW or 90 kW petrol engines...

• TR 708:
• TR 742:
• TR 908: