Fresh from overhaul DXC 5454, now fitted with Brightstar and chutes for working coalies through the Otira tunnel, is seen at Whareroa during "shakedown" painted in a very different, unique version... (more)
DXB 5097 leads 627 southbound over the Ngaruroro river.
The TranzCoastal from Christchurch to Picton is reaching its final destination. The locomotive is still in the Toll Rail colors and lettering. The first car is a baggage van, the second a combined... (more)
General Electric DXB 5143 from 1972 in the fresh new KiwiRail colors with a Mainline Steam charter on the 21 m high Okarahia viaduct with the Pacific ocean.
Two DX General Electric diesels (2050 kW each, U26C model) from 1976 are towing Mainline Steam's charter train over the 56 m high Broken River viaduct on the ascent to Arthur's Pass. The fence beh... (more)
Instead of the damaged steamlocomotive Jb 1236, two DX diesel are in front of Mainline Steam's charter from Christchurch to Arthur's Pass. The locomotives, still in the Toll Rail colors but with n... (more)
Kiwi Rail. The new face of railways in New Zealand. After a deal done on the 1st of July, the NZ Government now own / manage all the trains again after 15 years of privitisation. Fresh from rebuil... (more)
