DXB 5287, recently removed from coal service and "freshened" at Hutt Shops, including removal of coal chutes, sits on the head of empty milk service 545 at Whareroa waiting for loaded 542 to arrive.
Trains on 3' 6" (1.067m) track from Whangarei to Bluff with virtually heritage rebuilt EMD and GE locomotives still the mainstay power. The network was privatized in 1990's and operated by Toll until 2008 when state owned KiwiRail was established.
