Ahh no! they've replaced the character-laden rickety old wooden bridge across the Cass River with this clean and functional item. DCs 4513 + 4761 head west with a decent off-season train of seven ... (more)

A pair of cleanish KiwiRail DCs roll the TranzAlpine passenger train across the Broken River Viaduct, the third of four viaducts it will cross on its westward journey. While it's hardly the Orient... (more)

It's not quite as fancy as Switzerland's Landwasserviadukt, but New Zealand makes do with the locality of Staircase (population:0). After leaving an unmanned passing loop of the same name, wes... (more)

After traversing the Waimakariri gorge, Staircase and Broken River, the TranzAlpine passenger train reaches relatively flat land for a brief period as it heads toward the Southern Alps on a lovely... (more)

It finally happens. MTR renewed LRV 1005 links with the ex-KCR LRV 1057. Something similar happened 13 years ago when KCR renew their LRV and changed the livery from orange, white to red, blue and... (more)

DXB5460 DCP4513 on 803 TranzAlpine crossing the Taramakau River West of Jacksons

On a perfect mid-winter midmorning, DFT 7199 and DC 4761 swing the Tranz Alpine passenger train away from Lake Brunner and alongside the picturesque Arnold river as they head towards their destina... (more)

Sitting here at a desk in an office in a building in the middle of Long Island, I'm supposed to be working - but instead I'm posting a picture on RP and missing my homeland of New Zealand. Once or... (more)

KiwiRail attired DX 5460 and DC 4513 bring a short off-season TranzAlpine train toward Moana, with the swampy edge of Lake Brunner and the foothills of the Southern Alps in the background.

DCs 4761 and 4628 head a westbound TranzAlpine passenger train across the bridge over the Cass River after emerging from a thick fog that blanketed the line between Springfield and Cass.

KiwiRail attired DX 5460 and DC 4513 bring a short off-season TranzAlpine train up the Kaimata bank, less than an hour from its westbound destination of Greymouth.

DCs 4761 and 4628 head a westbound TranzAlpine passenger train into the Southern Alps on a crystal clear late-winter morning. After three consecutive days of freshly painted KiwiRail locos on the ... (more)

A CP 5942 is in charge of coke empties for Roseport on a sunny afternoon.

DXC5454 in fresh Kiwi Rail livery leads DCP4801 on the west-bound TranzAlpine, climbing the Bealey Valley towards Arthur's Pass.

A pair of DCP class work the morning west-bound TranzAlpine service across the Bealey River, in the Arthur's Pass National Park. The water is absolutely freezing, but needs to be crossed to get to... (more)