Steam Inc vintage train on charter run to Whangarei is headed by Da 1431. The 200Km line through rustic and rugged countryside has been threatened with closure for years and rumor has this as prob... (more)

ORB No 2 built by Mitsuibishi in 1967 is privately owned but based at Steam Incorporated. Assisting is DS 202 Drewry of 1955. The cars were used on an excursion marking 100 years of ANZAC Day hono... (more)

1271 was built by NZR Hillside in Dunedin and was one of the last steam locomotives to enter service for NZ Railways. After being withdrawn 1970 it was restored by Steam Incorporated and returned... (more)

Railway Enthusiasts Society run trip to Tokoroa with Ja 1240 seen rounding the curve after crossing the Waikato River at Ngaruawahia. At Hamilton the train takes the ECMT line to Tauranga, crossi... (more)

Mainline Steam NZ Steam Tour heads for Gisborne with Ka 942 - seen here near Nuhaka with the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop. This section of line was closed in March 2012 after storm damage and th... (more)

DC4524 in push operation on MAXX Auckland Transport service from Britomart to Papakura leaving Papatoetoe. The old station building, restored and relocated above track level for community use, can... (more)

Steam Inc excursion train to the annual Napier Art Deco Festival steams north of Woodville. Napier was rebuilt in Deco architecture after 7.8 earthquake in 1931 and the festival is complete with ... (more)

1431 was built by Clyde Engineering in NSW in 1957 for NZ Railways. It was sold to Steam Incorporated in 1988 and, after restoration, returned to mainline service in 2009. Here it waits at Woodvi... (more)

Built in 1915, 608 was dedicated as a war memorial honoring the railwaymen who did not return from WW1. It is owned by New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society and leased to Steam Inc. The annual ... (more)

Ab 608 was built by NZR Addington (Christchurch) in 1915 and named "Passchendaele" in 1925 as a War Memorial for over 400 railwaymen who perished in WW1. It is now owned by NZ Railway & ... (more)

Empty log train passes through western suburbs en-route to Whangarei. The 200Km long North Auckland Line is rustic and rugged beyond the Waitakere terminus for Auckland Transport trains. It face... (more)

DFB 7213 leads DC 4191 on train 627 from Napier passing through Otane (between Hastings and Waipawa.) 4-8-2 Ja 1271 with Steam Inc excursion train was waiting in the loop.

DFM 7145 approaches Huapai with train 125 from Whangarei. The scenic and rustic line passes through 13 tunnels over the 200 Km. It currently loses around $2 million annually due to light traffic... (more)

Train 649 conveys logs from Waingawa near Masterton to Centre Port in Wellington, passing through Manor Park in the Hutt Valley.

The Overlander from Auckland to Wellington crosses the 55m high Toi Toi Viaduct. There was still snow in the station nearby at Waiouru this day after a late snow storm a few days prior.