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Trains in Auckland.

DL 9233 running through Papatoetoe just after 9am one morning.

The last (unrefurbished) "Ganz" EMU at Thorndon. (2021)

A very lucky spot from my last trip to Wellington. New to New Zealand Railways Corporation in 1982, the EM/ET EMUs were introduced to replace the aging English Electric DM/D Class multiple units on suburban services in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Owing to the name of their builder, Ganz-MÁVAG, the EM/ET EMUs were often referred to as "Ganz units."

From 1996-2002, the entire fleet was refurbished by TranzRail, and in 2010, Te Pane Matua Taiao/GWRC refurbished EM 1373/ET 3373 again as part of a proposal to further modernise the Ganz units. This fell through and colloquially EM 1373/ET 3373 is known as the "Super Ganz"

In 2016, the FP/FT EMUs were introduced to replace the aging EM/ET EMUs, and most of the fleet was sold to a South African buyer for conversion to un-powered trailer cars. As of 2024, nothing has been done with them, and they are slowly rusting away in South Africa.