DXB and DXC locomotives were brought back from South Island to fill in for the CNR DL class sidelined when asbestos was discovered. This train from the steel mill at Mission Bush south-west of Auckland is only minutes away from arrival at Westfield yard.
Trains on 3' 6" (1.067m) track from Whangarei to Bluff with virtually heritage rebuilt EMD and GE locomotives still the mainstay power. The network was privatized in 1990's and operated by Toll until 2008 when state owned KiwiRail was established.