794 steams home near Hunterville from a day excursion run to Taihape. 794 is based at the Feilding Steam Rail depot but is actually owned by New Zealand Railway Locomotive Society.

644 was built at Hillside, Dunedin in 1915. This mixed train ran as part of the Festival of Steam for the 40th Anniversary year of Glenbrook Vintage Railway. The railway is a section of the Waiuku... (more)

7200 looks stunning in this setting complete with flowering native trees (our Christmas foliage) on the hillsides around the capital. The DF class was built by EMD in Canada and enetered service i... (more)

Ab 608 hauled Steam Incorporated Tour train meets DFT 7199 working train 624 from Palmerston North to Napier at Takapau.

Ja 1275 huals a GVR Mainline Steam excursion train from Glenbrook to Hamilton passing the old Tuakau station site

Steam Incorporated excursion train to Woodville climbs the grade to Wiwaka tunnel on a section of the line that now only sees occasional excursion trains. 1431 was built by Clyde Engineering in N... (more)

Commuter train to Johnsonville exits tunnel 7. This line was part of the Main Trunk out of Wellington until Tawa Deviation with its long tunnels was opened in 1937. The steep 1 in 40 Johnsonville... (more)

Northern Explorer (known simply as "Dora") from Auckland approaches Waikanae just north of New Zealand's capital. The trip of 680Km takes almost 11 hours.

Northern Explorer passes through Papatoetoe bound for Wellington which will be reached in about 10 hours. The train was built by Hillside Enginering in Dunedin and won a design award. In the dista... (more)

F 163 built by Dubs and Co. Glasgow in 1880 is the oldest mainline certified locomotive in New Zealand. Feilding & District Steam Rail host and operate this Rail Heritage Trust locomotive. The tr... (more)

Commuter train from Upper Hutt to Wellington crosses the Hutt River at Ava. Built by Ganz Mavag (Hungary) these car sets entered service in 1982. Most have been withdrawn and are all destined to ... (more)

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)

MetroPort train from Tauranga approaches Papakura hauled by a DXC brought up from South Island after the sidelining of the CNR built DL class fleet. The DXC has modifications for working through t... (more)

Northern Explorer climbs towards the Raurimu Spiral as it ascends the volcanic plateau dominated by Mt Ruapehu (2797m) in the distance. The train takes over 10 hours to cover the 680Km from Auckla... (more)

Ab 663 was retired by NZR in 1969 and purchased by Mainline Steam in 1983. After restoration, 663 returned to mainline in 1997. The train is seen just after arrival with the coaches from Feildin... (more)