DXB 5108 assists 9515 on a train of timber and paper products bound for the port of Napier crossing Kopua Viaduct. The DL class was built by CNR Dalian from 2010. Though well regarded by train cre... (more)
Ab 608 hauled Steam Incorporated Tour train meets DFT 7199 working train 624 from Palmerston North to Napier at Takapau.
Mainline Steam's New Zealand Tour train is hauled by Ka 942 to Napier near Takapau. The train continued to Gisborne the next day, the only time a Ka visited Gisborne. It was also the last steam t... (more)
The Mainline Steam NZ Tour in 2011 featured the only ever trip by a Ka from Napier to Gisborne. Enroute to Napier the train crosses Kopua Viaduct, the last of 6 steel trestles north of Dannevirke.... (more)