Cato Blue (livery)
Cato Blue is an informal term describing a New Zealand railway locomotive livery (resulting from the combination of blue, grey and yellow in the colour scheme) found in common usage amongst the railfan community. The livery was first worn on DFT 7160 as a variation of the New Zealand Rail blue livery.[1] With the introduced of Tranz Rail on 18 October 1995, the livery was adopted to replace New Zealand Rails blue livery, which was introduced in 1991. The scheme was known as Cato Blue after its creator, Cato Partners.[2] DFT 7199 was the first locomotive repainted in the livery after Tranz Rail took over the rail system.[3]
It wasn't just locomotives that were repainted in the livery. All of the 44 Ganz-Mavag built EM/ET electric multiple units, along with one of the English Electric built DM/D EMU units were also repainted in the Cato Blue livery, with the Tranz Metro logo on the side of each car. Tranz Scenics 56-foot, 60-foot and 64-foot carriages and AG vans were also repainted in the livery, with the Tranz Scenic logo on each of side of the carriages. Several 56-foot carriages, that were used on the Wairarapa Connection until 2007, had the Tranz Metro logo on them.
It was then replaced in May 2001 when Tranz Rail introduced the Bumble-Bee livery to promote level crossing safety.[4]
As of March 2017, one DCP, ten DSCs, one EF and two TRs still operate in this livery. AG 153 can be seen being used on the Capital Connection when AG 130 is out of service. Although the two ADs, and five AGs are in storage in Otahuhu and Waltham, they are still operational and can be seen being used on special occasions.[5]
Variations
Since the introduction of the livery in October 1995, there have been a couple of variations on several locomotives:[6]
- Several locomotives that were repainted in the New Zealand Rail livery, had the Tranz Rail logo painted over the New Zealand Rail logo, along with a blue oblong patch. Some locos received the livery with blue cab stripes.
- A small group of locos had truncated stripes long enough to cover over the non-reflective numbers[7]
- DFT 7145 had blue cab stripes, but without the numbers applied for a short period of time.[8]
- DXs 5431 and 5517 had been repainted into the livery, but yellow cabs instead of grey. Both locos were repainted in the original version before being repainted in this variation, and later they had black chutes fitted on the right side of the long-hood.
- TR 943 was repainted in the livery with blue all over the sides of the long and short hoods and cab, grey on top of the hoods and cab, yellow head-stocks and the Tranz Rail logo painted on the cab. The loco was original repainted in this livery by Hillside Workshops with "Transtec Engineering Dunedin" painted on the sides of the long-hood, but this was later removed.[9]
- Although not an official variation, DCP 4755 received KiwiRail stickers on the front of the short-hood, and back of the long-hood.
With the rights to Cato Blue sold to Tranz Scenic in 2001, DCP 4761 received a repaint in the livery, but with the Tranz Scenic logo in place of the Tranz Rail logo. DCPs 4559 and 4628 had the Tranz Scenic logo painted on over the Tranz Rail logo.[10] DSC 2624 was repainted by Tranz Scenic with the cab being repainted yellow, instead of grey.[11]
Lists of locomotives and other rolling stock that wore/wear the Cato Blue livery
Diesel Locomotives
- 517 - repainted in the Toll Rail "Corn-Cob" livery and now scrapped
- 4041 - repainted in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4058 - repainted in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4093 - repainted in the MAXX blue livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4110 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4162 - now scrapped
- 4185 - repainted in the Bumble-Bee livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4191 - repainted in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4202 - now scrapped
- 4219 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4231 - now stored at Hutt Workshops and sold to Progress Rail
- 4283 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4300 - repainted in the Bumble-Bee livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4346 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4352 - now stored at Hutt Workshops and sold to Progress Rail
- 4369 - repainted in the MAXX livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4381 - repainted in the MAXX livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4398 - repainted in the Bumble-Bee livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops and sold to Progress Rail
- 4438 - repainted in the Bumble-Bee livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4467 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4496 - now scrapped
- 4507 - now stored at Hutt Workshops and sold to Progress Rail
- 4542 - now stored at Hutt Workshops and sold to Progress Rail
- 4588 - shipped to Tasmania and now scrapped
- 4594 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4640 - now stored at Hutt Workshops and sold to Progress Rail
- 4657 - now scrapped
- 4692 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4726 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4732 - repainted in the MAXX livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops and sold to Progress Rail
- 4749 - now scrapped
- 4784 - now stored at Hutt Workshops and sold to Progress Rail
- 4922 - repainted in the MAXX livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4513 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4559 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4611 - repainted in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4628 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 4634 - repainted in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 4755
- 4761 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7010 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7023 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7049 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7158 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7160 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7173 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7186 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7199 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7200 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7213 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7239 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7241 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7267 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7282 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7307 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7322 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7335 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7348 (as DFT 7254) - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7008 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 1 livery
- 7036 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7051 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7064 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 7077 - repainted in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery and now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 7092 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7104 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7117 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- 7132 - repainted in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7145 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7226 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 7295 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 2816 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2822 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2839 - now in the Toll Rail "Corn-Cob" livery
- 2845 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2851 - now in the Toll Rail "Corn-Cob" livery
- 2868 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 6007 - shipped to Tasmania
- 6013 - shipped to Tasmania
- 6036 - shipped to Tasmania
- 6324 - shipped to Durban, South Africa
- 6330 - shipped to Tasmania
- 6347 - shipped to Durban, South Africa
- 6353 - shipped to Tasmania
- 6376 - shipped to Durban, South Africa
- 6382 - shipped to Durban, South Africa
- 551 - now preserved by the Goldfields Railway
- 2203
- 2216 - repainted in Toll Rail "Corn-Cob" livery and now scrapped
- 2229
- 2244 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2257 - now owned by Ravensdown, New Plymouth
- 2285 - now scrapped
- 2298 - now scrapped
- 2312 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2325
- 2338 - now stored at Hutt Workshops and for sale
- 2340 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2353
- 2366
- 2379 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2381 - now scrapped
- 2406
- 2419 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2421 - now owned by Alliance Meats, Lorneville
- 2434 - now scrapped
- 2447 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2462 - now in the Toll Rail livery
- 2475 - now scrapped
- 2490 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2502
- 2515 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2528 - now scrapped
- 2530
- 2543
- 2556 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2569 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2584 - now preserved by the Waitara Railway Preservation Society.
- 2597 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2609 - now scrapped
- 2624 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2652
- 2665 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2678 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2680 - now scrapped
- 2693 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2705 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 2718 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 2720 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 2733 - now scrapped
- 2746 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 2759 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 3005 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3018 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3020 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3033 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3046 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3059 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3061 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3074 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3087 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3101 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3127 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3155 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3168 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3170 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3196 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3210 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3236 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3249 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3264 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3277 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 3304 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 4017 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 4032 - now in the Toll Rail "Corn-Cob" livery
- 4060 - now in the Toll Rail "Corn-Cob" livery
- 5016 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5022 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5051 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5068 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5074 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5080 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5097 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 1 livery
- 5108 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5114 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5120 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5137 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 1 livery
- 5143 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 1 livery
- 5166 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5448 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5039 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 1 livery
- 5172 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5189 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5206 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5212 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5258 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5264 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5270 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5293 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 1 livery
- 5304 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5310 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5327 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5333 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5356 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5385 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5391 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5402 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5425 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5431 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5454 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5460 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5483 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5517 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 5520 (as 5045) - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 8007 - now in the KiwiRail Phase 2 livery
- 2027 - shipped to Illinois
- 2056 - shipped to Tasmania
- 2062 - shipped to Tasmania
- 2079 - shipped to Illinois
- 2085 - shipped to Illinois
- 2102 - shipped to Tasmania
- 3032 - shipped to Tasmania
- 730 - now preserved by the Museum of Transport and Technology
- 799 - now scrapped
- 822
- 868
- 880 - now in the KiwiRail livery
- 943 - now preserved by the National Railway Museum of New Zealand
Electric Multiple Units
- DM 147/D 2842 - repainted into the Tranz Metro "Two-Tone" Blue livery and now scrapped
- EM 1004/ET 3004 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1010/ET 3010 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1027/ET 3027 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1056/ET 3056 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1062/ET 3062 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1079/ET 3079 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1085/ET 3085 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1091/ET 3091 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1102/ET 3102 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1119/ET 3119 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1131/ET 3131 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1148/ET 3148 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1154/ET 3154 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1160/ET 3160 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1177/ET 3177 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1183/ET 3183 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1217/ET 3217 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1223/ET 3223 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1246/ET 3246 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1252/ET 3252 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1269/ET 3269 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1281/ET 3281 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1298/ET 3298 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1309/ET 3309 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1315/ET 3315 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1321/ET 3321 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1338/ET 3338 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1344/ET 3344 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1350/ET 3350 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1367/ET 3367 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1373/ET 3373 - repainted in the Metlink Grey livery and now preserved by the Canterbury Railway Society
- EM 1396/ET 3396 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1407/ET 3407 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
- EM 1413/ET 3413 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1436/ET 3436 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1442/ET 3442 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1459/ET 3459 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1465/ET 3465 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1471/ET 3471 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1488/ET 3488 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1494/ET 3494 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1505/ET 3505 - now stored in the Wellington Rail Yard
- EM 1511/ET 3511 - now shipped to South Africa
- EM 1528/ET 3528 - now stored at Hutt Workshops
56-foot Carriages
A class:
- 2028 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2052 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2079 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2095 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2100 - now scrapped
- 2127 - now scrapped
- 2218 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2234 - now preserved by Steam Incorporated
- 2242 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2250 - now scrapped
- 2269 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2277 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2325 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 3022 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 56030 - now preserved by the Railway Enthusiasts Society
- 56121 - now preserved by the Railway Enthusiasts Society
- 56156 - now preserved by Steam Incorporated
- 56180 - now preserved by the Railway Enthusiasts Society
- 56263 - now preserved by the Railway Enthusiasts Society
- 56496 - now preserved by the Railway Enthusiasts Society
- 56544 - now preserved by Steam Incorporated
- 56595 - now preserved by the Kingston Flyer
- 56742 - now preserved by the Railway Enthusiasts Society
AB class:
- 3534 - now preserved by Steam Incorporated
AC class:
- 3548 - now preserved by the Weka Pass Railway
AL class:
- 2015 - formerly preserved by the Weka Pass Railway and now scrapped
- 2021 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2050 - now scrapped
- 2067 - now scrapped
- 2073 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 2096 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
AO class:
- 19 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 25 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 31 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 48 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 54 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 60 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 77 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 83 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 100 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 117 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 123 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 146 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 152 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 169 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 175 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 181 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 198 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 209 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 215 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 221 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 238 - now stored in Middlemarch
AS class:
- 30 - now preserved by the Feilding and District Steam Rail Society
- 56073 - now preserved by Steam Incorporated
ASO class:
- 1 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 14 - formerly preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust and now scrapped
- 27 - now preserved by Steam Incorporated
- 108 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 110 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 136 - now preserved by the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- 149 - now stored in Middlemarch
- 151 - now stored in Middlemarch
64-foot Carriages
- 3170 - now repainted in the Capital Connection Blue livery
- 3177 - now repainted in the Capital Connection Blue livery
- 3190 - now repainted in the Capital Connection Blue livery
- 3200 - now repainted in the Capital Connection Blue livery
- 3207 - now repainted in the Capital Connection Blue livery
- 3211 - now repainted in the Capital Connection Blue livery
- 3245 - now repainted in the Capital Connection Blue livery
50-foot Vans
- 49- now stored in Otahuhu
- 55 - now rebuilt as AKV 39
- 61 - now rebuilt as AKV 26
- 78 - now rebuilt as AKL 34
- 90 - now stored in Waltham
- 101 - now rebuilt as AKV 13
- 118 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 124 - now rebuilt as AKL 21
- 130 - now repainted in the Capital Connection Blue livery
- 147 - now stored in Waltham
- 153
- 176 - now scrapped
- 182 - now stored in Waltham
- 199 - now stored in Waltham
- 216 - now rebuilt as AKV 41
- 222 - now repainted in the Metlink Blue livery
- 239 - now preserved by Dunedin Railways
- 245 - now rebuilt as AKL 19
Gallery
- DC 4784 in Dunedin.
- DCP 4559 crossing the ex-double-decker Awatere River bridge, north of Seddon.
- DCP 4611, along with EW 1805, near Paekakariki.
- DCP 4628 departing Christchurch with the Tranz Coastal (now the Coastal Pacific) departing Christchurch.
- DCPs 4761 and 4801 (in the Corn-Cob livery) in Arthurs Pass with the TranzAlpine.
- DE 504 in Dunedin with an A class carriage in the Cato Blue livery.
- DFB 7213 and DC 4542 and three A class carriages (in the background) in the Cato Blue livery, and DSGs 3236, 3251 and DFT 7295 (all three in the Bumble-Bee livery) in the Dunedin Rail Yard.
- DFB 7213 and DFT 7295 (in the Bumble-Bee livery) in Dunedin.
- DFT 7117 in Dunedin.
- DSC 2693 in Dunedin.
- DSG 3127 with a shunt of empty timber wagons at Lyttelton
- DX 5483 and DXC 5356 (in the Corn-Cob livery) in Picton.
- DX 5483, along with DXC 5356 (in the Corn-Cob livery), in Picton.
- EF 30163 (in the International Orange livery) hauling the Overlander near Waiouru with three AO class carriages and an AG van.
- EM 1056 at the Wellington railway station.
- ET 3056 at the Wellington railway station.
- EM 1511/ET 3511 at the Wellington railway station.
- KA 942 passing through Kirwee with an excursion to Arthurs Pass with an AG van, four AOs class and one ASO class carriages in the Cato Blue livery.
- WAB 794 with the eight Capital Connection S class carriages and an AG van in the Cato Blue livery after departing from Woodville.
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