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. Introduced in 1995 by Tranz Rail to replace New Zealand Rail's blue livery, introduced in 1990. The scheme was known as Cato blue after its creator, Cato Partners.[1]

The rights to Cato Blue were sold to Tranz Scenic in 2001, and DCPs 4559 and 4761 received repaints in the livery, but with the Tranz Scenic logo in place of the Tranz Rail logo, and DCP 4628 had the Tranz Scenic logo painted on without the whole loco being repainted. DSC 2624 was repainted by Tranz Scenic with the cab being repainted yellow, instead of grey. TR 943 was repainted blue on the cab, long hood and short hood, with the Tranz Rail logo painted on the cab instead of the long hood.

It was then replaced in 2001 when Tranz Rail introduced the Bumble-Bee livery to promote level crossing safety.

As of November 2016, 1 DCP, 10 DSC's, 1 EF and 3 TR's are still in service in this livery.

Gallery

Lists of locomotive that wore/wear the Cato Blue livery

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References

  1. ↑ "Cato Partners - Tranz Rail". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
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