The Northern Explorer nears the end of an 11-hour journey from the capital as it passes by near Middlemore Hospital. Assisting is 7023 and both locomotives were built by EMD in Canada in 1979 and ... (more)

Heavy cape gauge 4-6-4 tank steamlocomotive of the Feilding & Districts Steam Rail Society, on the occasion of the celebration 100 years north-south main line of New Zealand at Feilding. The 1000 ... (more)

Cape gauge 4-8-4 steamlocomotive Ka # 942 "Nigel Bruce" (owner Ian Welch) of the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust, on the occasion of celebrating 100 years after the last spike of the north... (more)

Cape gauge 4-8-2 steamlocomotive J # 1211 "GLORIA" of owner Ian Welch with the 2008 Mainline Steam Heritage Trust tour train is storming along Black's Beach towards Gisborne.

For me one of the best looking steamlocomotive worldwide, semi-streamlined J # 1211 "Gloria" is sitting in the yard of the easternmost station of New Zealands 1067 mm gauge network, after arrival ... (more)

Train 124 makes a seasonal comeback due to the cancellation of the daylight train 126 while work is done on the Auckland Transport network over the holiday period. The train is nearing the end of... (more)

Cape gauge 4-8-2 J # 1211 "Gloria", former New Zealand Railway, now privately owned by Ian Welch and converted to burn oil, pulling a steam charter of the "Mainline Steam Heritage Trust" at the sm... (more)

An unusual lash up of Mainline Steam's Jb 1236 and DJ 1229 with 7213 and 7049 to add color and the power to get the train back to Plimmerton depot without a relief crew for the steam locomotive. ... (more)

The DFB class was originally built by EMD in Canada in 1979 and rebuilt in 1990s as DFT with recent upgrade with Brightstar etc. 126 is the only daylight train on the rustic and rugged North Auckl... (more)

The DFB class was originally built by EMD in Canada in 1979 and rebuilt in 1990s as DFT with recent upgrade with Brightstar etc. This Metlink train connects Masterton and other towns with the capi... (more)

The DFB class was originally built by EMD in Canada in 1979 and rebuilt in 1990s as DFT with recent upgrade with Brightstar etc. Train 126 is the only train that traverses the 210 Km long rustic a... (more)

The DX class was built by General Electric's Erie, PA plant and entered service from 1972. From 1988 the DX class received a series of modifications and, with new motors and Brightstar fitted, wer... (more)

The Capital Connection runs between Palmerston North and the capital and back on weekdays, the trip taking just over 2 hours. This is the return trip passing through Mana having just crossed an i... (more)

DFB 7335 assists 4041 (an EMD G12 rebuild) moving a train load of logs from Waingawa near Masterton to CentrePort in the capital. In the distance is Rimutaka range which the train has passed thro... (more)

The DF class was built by GM in Canada and upgraded to GT22MC in 1990's. Metlink leases KiwiRail power for trains between the capital and Masterton. This train is one of the afternoon peak trains ... (more)