Tranz Rail DX 5384/4559 working #730 northbound goods crosses the Seddon road/rail bridge on New Zealand’s South Island. Like the single track railway line, the bridge is also one-way except it... (more)

Running slightly ahead of schedule, a matching pair of TranzRail livery locos cross the Waimak River on the Midland Line. Fresh snow, pristine weather and the rapidly approaching Autumn make for a... (more)

DXB 5097 leads 627 southbound over the Ngaruroro river.

The TranzCoastal from Christchurch to Picton is reaching its final destination. The locomotive is still in the Toll Rail colors and lettering. The first car is a baggage van, the second a combined... (more)

General Electric DXB 5143 from 1972 in the fresh new KiwiRail colors with a Mainline Steam charter on the 21 m high Okarahia viaduct with the Pacific ocean.

Two DX General Electric diesels (2050 kW each, U26C model) from 1976 are towing Mainline Steam's charter train over the 56 m high Broken River viaduct on the ascent to Arthur's Pass. The fence beh... (more)

Instead of the damaged steamlocomotive Jb 1236, two DX diesel are in front of Mainline Steam's charter from Christchurch to Arthur's Pass. The locomotives, still in the Toll Rail colors but with n... (more)

545 tucked away in the loop at Patea on the banks of the Patea river. The old meat grading works and coolstores seen in the background have been abandoned since the 60's.

Ready to leave with southbound empty service 545.

Empty milk service E39 trundles through rural South Taranaki on its way south.

5385 and 7267 hold the main with loaded milk service 544 after crossing with an empty southbound.

DFB 7348 rounds the curve at Normanby in the early morning light. This is a GE Brightstar equipped GMD. Formally known as DFT 7254 it was involved in a huge head on collision and spent several yea... (more)

5022 with a small 544 at Ruatangata, halfway between Wanganui and Marton.

DXB 5287, recently removed from coal service and "freshened" at Hutt Shops, including removal of coal chutes, sits on the head of empty milk service 545 at Whareroa waiting for loaded 542 to arriv... (more)