New Zealand Track Evaluation Carriage

New Zealand Track Evaluation Carriage
ETM432 Track Evaluation Car
Manufacturer	Plasser & Theurer
Entered service	Current
Number built	1
Number in service	1
Fleet numbers	ETM432
Operators	TranzRail, KiwiRail
Lines served	All lines
Specifications
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)

The New Zealand Track Evaluation Carriage is a self-propelled vehicle, usually identified as EM80 or ETM432, and is used in New Zealand to evaluate track conditions.

It is expected to be replaced in its primary role by 2027, but will be kept as a backup.^[1]

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Rail vehicles of New Zealand

Diesel locomotives

Mainline	DA (inc. DAA, DAR) DB (inc. DBR) DC (inc. DCP) DF (English Electric) DF (General Motors) inc. DFT, DFB, DFM DG (inc. DH of 1956) DI DJ DL DM (on order) DQ and QR DX (inc. DXB, DXC, DXR)
Shunt	DE DH of 1978 DS DSA DSB DSC DSG DSJ TR

Electric locomotives

1500 V DC	EA (later EO of 1968) EC ED EO of 1923 EW
25 kV AC	EF
Battery	E EB

Diesel multiple units

• ADK/ADB class diesel multiple unit
• ADL/ADC class diesel multiple unit

Electric multiple units

1500 V DC (Wellington)	"English Electric" DM (inc. D trailers) "Ganz Mavag" EM (inc. ET trailers) "Matangi" FP (inc. FT trailers)
25 kV AC (Auckland)	AM (inc. AMP, AMT, AMA)

Railcars

RM class	88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets) Clayton steam railcar Edison battery-electric railcar Red Terror railcar Midland railcar Leyland experimental petrol railcar McEwan Pratt petrol railcar Model T Ford railcar Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar Silver Fern railcar Standard railcar Thomas Transmission railcar Vulcan railcar Wairarapa railcar Westinghouse railcar
Others	A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage

Steam locomotives

• A of 1873
• A of 1906 (inc. A^D)
• A^A
• A^B
• B of 1874
• B of 1899
• B^A
• B^B
• B^C
• C of 1873
• C of 1930
• D of 1874
• D of 1929
• E of 1872 & 1875
• E of 1906
• F
• F^A (inc. F^B)
• G of 1874
• G Garratt of 1928 (inc. Pacific rebuild)
• H
• J of 1874
• J of 1939
• J^A
• J^B
• K of 1877
• K of 1932
• K^A
• K^B
• L
• L^A
• M
• N
• N^A
• N^C
• O
• O^A
• O^B
• O^C
• P of 1876
• P of 1885
• Q of 1878
• Q of 1901
• R
• S
• T
• U
• U^A
• U^B
• U^C
• U^D
• V
• W
• W^A
• W^AB
• W^B
• W^D
• W^E
• W^F
• W^G
• W^H
• W^J
• W^S
• W^W
• X
• Y

Locomotive hauled carriages

• 50-foot carriage
• 56-foot carriage
• AC class (Grassgrubs)
• ex-British Rail Mark 2 carriage
• AK carriage
• FM class guards van
• SX carriages

Track evaluation, cranes, and maintenance

• ETM class track evaluation car
• EL class rail cranes
• ETM class rail maintenance equipment

• Locomotives of New Zealand
• Rail transport in New Zealand
• Railway preservation in New Zealand.