Trains on the Murupara Branch serve one of the largest forestry operations in the world. The logs are processed into paper at the nearby mill at Kawerau or exported through the port of Mt Maunganu... (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.

MetroPort train MP4 from Tauranga approaches Papatoetoe with not far to the destination of Southdown terminal inland port. In recent years twin ports of Tauranga/ Mt Maunganui have become New Zeal... (more)

MetroPort train from Tauranga crosses the 39m high Wainui Viaduct on the grade up to the Kaimai Tunnel (longest in NZ.) This is one of the busiest sections of railroad in NZ and was opened in 1978... (more)

Metlink train 1602 to Masterton passes through Ngauranga station.

Steam Inc excursion from Paekakariki, Wellington depot to Masterton arriving at the junction of Woodville after passing through the Manawatu Gorge. Wind turbines in background are said to generat... (more)

A south-bound freight runs between north and south lanes of Highway 1 between Auckland and Hamilton. The river is the Waikato which flows from Lake Taupo.

4751 leads 4104 on train 126 conveying empty log and wood chip wagons approaching Helensville just beyond the western suburbs. Log traffic will cease beyond Whangarei later this year with the rem... (more)

DL 9141 leads 9187 on train 217 from Auckland approaching Palmerston North. The DL class was built in China by CNR and is the most powerful diesel locomotive operated by KiwiRail.

DC 4467 leads DL 9354 on train 134 from NZ Steel at Mission Bush to Westfield. The JPS covered wagons carry steel coils.

Just out of Westfield, this train will pass through 13 tunnels enroute to Whangarei. At Wellsford it will pick up a rake of loaded four wheel wagons-a rarity now on KiwiRail network.

The Northern Explorer crosses Orakei Basin near the end of 420-mile/ 680Km journey from Wellington which takes about 11 hours. The award winning train was built at Hillside works, Dunedin and ente... (more)

1431 was built by Clyde Engineering in NSW in 1957 for NZ Railways. It was sold to Steam Incorporated in 1988 who restored and returned it to mainline service in 2009. Here it is seen just north o... (more)

7051 hauls the Wellington bound Northern Explorer through Wiri, passing the Auckland Transport Electric Train depot. The locomotive was originally built in Canada 1979 to 1981. The train was bui... (more)

The DF class were built by EMD Canada and entered service in 1979 and were rebuilt with turbo in 1990s and then BrightStar and other upgrades. Nearly all remain in service, including 7335 which no... (more)