Rebuilt General Electric U26Cs, KiwiRail 5241 and 5500, lead intermodal train 736-22 northbound through Ethelton, New Zealand, on October 22, 2016.

The late morning departure of the KiwiRail train #736 allows for a different vantage point than the previous norm for this train as it passes through the community of Oaro, which is nestled betwee... (more)

The ultimate street running? Just south of Greymouth, New Zealand at a location known as Camerons, NZ highway 6 and the KiwiRail Hokitika Industrial Line share a unique single lane/track thru-tru... (more)

KiwiRail's evening Westland Dairy Milk Train is seen heading northbound at sunset across the Taramakau River bridge on that is a shared bridge between the KiwiRail's Hokitika Industrial Line and N... (more)

A pair of 1975-built (and rebuilt since) General Electric U26C locomotives haul the KiwRail TranzAlpine Express train through the New Zealand Alps at Moana - along Lake Brunner - nearing the west ... (more)

Tired and faded looking 7064 leads 7199 on 624 Palmerston North - Napier through the restored station of Ormondville. Both locomotives have since been withdrawn though 7199 may soon be rebuilt at... (more)

7186 leads DXB 5074 (GE U26C) on train 623 from Napier passing through the village of Mokotuku.

It's a year since the last diesel locomotive worked Auckland Transport services on the Western Line. 4104 hauls one of the last trains from Waitakere up the 2% grade to Waitakere tunnel. Trains on... (more)

Train 126 to Whangarei passing through Henderson on tracks shared with Auckland Transport trains. The consist is empty log wagons for Wellsford followed by wood chip wagons for Portland. The tra... (more)

It's a year since the last diesel locomotive worked Auckland Transport services on the Western Line. In the last 2 weeks before full takeover by electric trains, 4818 hauls a train from Swanson t... (more)

Metlink train from Masterton to Wellington crosses Hutt River at Silverstream.

The Northern Explorer crosses Orakei basin, one of Auckland's many volcanic features. The train entered service in 2012 and will take nearly 11 hours to reach the capital 420 miles south.

Feilding & District Steam Rail "high voltage" excursion train from Feilding to National Park approaches Mataroa tunnel on the long ascent of the volcanic plateau, mostly at 2% grade. The... (more)

Crossing Hobson Bay, the "Northern Explorer" makes a scenic start to the 680Km/ 420 mile journey Auckland to Wellington. The train was built by Hillside, Dunedin and entered service in 2... (more)

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)