it was both uneconomic to repair the units and they would be surplus to existing requirements. Both were scrapped at Hutt Workshops in April 2003 and February 2007 respectively. Usable salvaged parts had been stripped to support the remainder of the fleet. 30007 was laid up during the mid-1990s but was returned to service not long after. EFs 30065, 30128 and 30186 were laid up in late 1990s and were in long-term storage at Palmerston North as surplus to operational requirements. All three were moved to Hutt Workshops in 2010. Two other EF locos were withdrawn - 30111 was withdrawn in late 2015 due to requiring an air compressor change, but due to it being surplus at the time KiwiRail used it's Bogies for another EF. 30157 was withdrawn after catching fire in 2015. Both locomotives are stored in Palmerston North. In December 2016, it was announced that the EF class locomotives would be withdrawn over a two-year period and replaced by DL class locomotives, with the overhead lines remaining in place should the need for electric traction arise in the future. EFs 30163 and 30249 were removed from service in the first quarter of 2018, and EFs 30128 and 30186 were scrapped at Hutt Workshops in during the weeks of late-July and early-August 2021. Overhauls Following the 2017 general election KiwiRail and the new Labour-led Coalition Government announced on 30 October 2018 that capital funding would be made available to refurbish 15 of the locomotives at the Hutt Workshops, extending the service life by 10 years for their continued use on the NIMT electrification in line with the new Government's energy and emissions policies. EF30226 and EF30163 were transferred to the Hutt Workshops via the Wairarapa Line in November 2019 for overhaul by KiwiRail in collaboration with original manufacturer Brush Traction, now a subsidiary of Wabtec. By this stage only eight remained in service. As at December 2020, work on the first locomotive, EF30226, had commenced at Hutt Workshops. It had been repainted in a new yellow and blue livery and named Tekapo. As of , the locomotive has had the Tekapo name removed, and the livery is now under wraps. KiwiRail had indicated in a Ministerial Briefing that the overhaul of the 15 EF locomotives should be completed in 2023. The 2022 - 2024 Statement of Corporate Intent (SCI) now has a 2022 target for the first refurbished