DC4790 awaits departure from Auckland's Britomart Terminal with the Wellington-bound 'Overlander', while sister unit DC4732 stands alongside with a local MAXX suburban service.

542 cruises into whareroa with another load of white gold.

5068 & 5137 head into the arvo sun with another whareroa bound milkie

Train 849 rounds the S curves near Mt White Bridge, between Cass and Arthurs Pass.

DFT7117 heads up southbound 925 freight in Middleton Yard (Christchurch), awaiting departure for Dunedin.

An interior view of the cab of DCP4628 at Christchurch, before departure of the TranzAlpine to Greymouth.

DCP4628 and DCP4513 lead the westbound TranzAlpine through snow drifts near Avoca on New Zealand's spectacular Midland Line.

En route from Stillwater to Greymouth, DSC2366 leads a short freight shuttle through Dobson at sunset, and past the memorial to the man for whom the village is named.

A rather large 687 (compared to usual) crosses the Estuary at Pandora on a calm Sunday afternoon.

DXB5460 DCP4513 on 803 TranzAlpine crossing the Taramakau River West of Jacksons

DXB5172 heads train number 734 along the shoreline of Lake Grassmere and the Salt Works near Blenheim at sunset.

The returning southbound TranzCoastal train heads south from Kaikoura in the late afternoon. While in Kaikoura you can whale watch, swim with dolphins, watch the fur seals, eat at Hine's fish-and-... (more)

DFT 7295 and DQ 6347 leave the coast behind as they head inland near Wharanui. The South Island's 'main north line' line between Christchurch and the rail ferries at Picton features more than an h... (more)