Very nearly at the end of its journey, 7173 sits on the arrival at Palmerston North, waiting entry to the yard after bringing train 545 down from Whareroa.
This manifest train passing though Muri station (now closed) is nearly at the end of an overnight 420 miles run from Westfield (Auckland) to Wellington. The DX class entered service from 1972 and... (more)
Northern Explorer train from Wellington hauled through Paekakariki by DFB in Toll Rail livery. The train has nearly 400 miles and 10 hours to go to reach Auckland. The award winning cars were bui... (more)
Northern Explorer train from Auckland to Wellington hauled by DFB in Toll Rail livery. The train is about to enter Tawa 2 Tunnel which at about 3 miles (4.5Km) is the longest on the North Island M... (more)
Train 134 from New Zealand Steel Mission Bush approaches Papatoetoe in the suburbs of Auckland with just a few miles to go to the Wesfield classification yard. This DL is from the first batch bui... (more)