KiwiRail General Electric U25C DXC5425 & DXC5172 approach Tarapuhi Street level crossing, Greymouth, on 9th March 2024. The locos had run round the TranzAlpine stock in the yard and are returning to the station for the return journey to Christchurch.
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.
