RailPictures.Net Photo: 5172 KiwiRail DXC at Otira, New Zealand by Simon Farac

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» Kellys Creek Bridge
» Otira, New Zealand (more..)
» February 10, 2025

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» 5172 (more..)
» 846S (more..)

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DXC's 5172 and 5454 lead another load of coal up the grade towards Otira. The sun is just starting to push its way through all of the cloud hanging around the mountain tops of the Southern Alps which surround the Otira Valley.

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New Zealand - KiwiRail + Toll Rail Album created by member John Russell	Album Views: 64,045
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.

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