recent years have reduced the number of in service failures and train operating problems. With Pacific National selling the Tasmanian railway system to TasRail, six locomotives have been repainted into the new grey and yellow livery. DQ 2001, which had just been reassembled, became the first loco to be repainted in the new livery in August 2010. Two DQs are carrying special advertising panels, in-place of TasRails logo. 2006 carries a level crossing safety advertisement, while 2012 carries logos commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Rosebery Mine. The three QRs were again used as trail units in Tasmania due to the lack of radios and other equipment, as what are fitted to other lead locomotives. They were also occasionally used for yard shunts. The three locos never saw much service in the first few years, with 2062 and 2102 being placed into storage within the first year, with 2056 following not long after. The three later returned to service. QR 2102 withdrawn again after a major engine failure in July 2002. 2056 was again withdrawnin August 2005. By 2008, only 2062 remained in service. The loco was generally on the Melba Line, but was occasionally used on the South Line. This loco was withdrawn in November 2009. The locomotives were stored at East Tamar Workshops after withdrawal. They were transported to One Steels scrap yard in Bell Bay in June 2012, where they were scrapped. The DQs and QRs were sold to TasRail in 2001. By late 2015, DQs 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 were placed into storage, requiring heavy overhauls and other work before being available for use. Although since then, DQ 2008 has since returned to service due to an locomotive shortage. In 2017, it was confirmed that DQ 2007 would be converted into a driving trailer for the Railton to Devonport cement trains, to replace DV 1. As of , it was still ongoing Withdrawal in New Zealand Following the sale of twelve DQs and three QRs locomotives to TasRail, Tranz Rail retained DQs 6324, 6347, 6376 and 6382 and QRs 2027, 2079 and 2085. The trio of QRs were seen used as slave units on freight trains in both islands, and occasionally on the Coastal Pacific. In March/April 2000, DQs 6347 and 6376 were transferred to the South Island for the coal shuttles between Middleton and Lyttelton. In mid-November that year, DQs 6324 and