This has given the DE class an unofficial status of first mainline diesel electric locomotive in NZR service, a title correctly applied to another English Electric class, the DF class of 1954.
This has given the DE class an unofficial status of first mainline diesel electric locomotive in NZR service. An unofficial status of first mainline diesel electric locomotive in NZR service is a title. This title is correctly applied to another English Electric class. Another English Electric class is the DF class of 1954.