KiwiRail rebuilt DX class, DXR8022 and DXB5022 lead Christchurch to Picton general freight service 736 through the curves at Hawkswood, to the north of Christchurch on New Zealands South Island. T... (more)

DSG 3005 leads a rake of mainly empty container wagons south to Hastings.

DXB 5051 leads 5108 over Waiteti Viaduct south of Te Kuiti with train 225 from Auckland to Wellington. The DX locomotives were introduced from 1972 to serve on the North Island Main Trunk however ... (more)

A pair of Kiwi Rail EF locomotives head north on the North Island Main Trunk with an express service from Palmerston North to Tauranga. These often ignored locomotives have powered the NIMT since ... (more)

Just two short weeks after this photo was taken, this KiwiRail line would be devastated by a massive earthquake that would force its closure for up to 2 years while repairs are undertaken. On Oct... (more)

At the time of this photo I had no idea that in just two short weeks the line would be devastated by a massive earthquake that would force its closure for up to 2 years while repairs are undertake... (more)

With timing just right, the Friday afternoon KiwiRail 846F train passes over the Taramakau River at Jacksons, New Zealand with a pair of DXC Class rebuilt U26C GE locomotives - KiwiRail 5212 and 5... (more)

KiwiRail's TranzAlpine Express is seen departing the depot at Otira, New Zealand, with the pair of GE U26C turned DXC Class #5356 and 5304, accelerating from a stop to meet a Dunedin rail car excu... (more)

Just a week before the KiwiRail's Main North Line was heavily damaged and taken out of service indefinitely by a large earthquake, a Sunday morning extra bare table intermodal train, symbol 714X, ... (more)

Just a week before the KiwiRail's Main North Line was heavily damaged and taken out of service indefinitely by a large earthquake, the northbound train 736 heads northbound through a gap in the mo... (more)

The daily KiwiRail TranzAlps scenic passenger train trip is seen arriving at Greymouth, New Zealand, with a pair of GE-built (originally U26C) and rebuilt to DXC class. KiwiRail 5356 and 5304 lea... (more)

DXH5448 and another DX skirt the Waimakariri River between Cass and Bealey with a westbound empty coal train.

DXC5356 and DXC5206 pass Kelly Creek between Otira and Aickens with a westbound empty coal train.

In mid-August 2008 the heaviest snowfalls since 1974 hit the famed Arthurs Pass route across New Zealand's Southern Alps. The highway across the mountains was closed for two days and while the par... (more)

In mid-August 2008 the heaviest snowfalls since 1974 hit the famed Arthurs Pass route across New Zealand's Southern Alps. The highway across the mountains was closed for two days and while the par... (more)