Loaded milk train 544 climbs the grade to Ball Road with DXB 5108 on the front and DFB 7213 being dragged along behind.

DSC 2624 has just returned to us from its 3 monthly service fresh in new Kiwi Rail colours.

A very late 543 waits in the morning sun at Waitotara to cross northbound service 526.

DXB 5074 pulls service 524 through the curves north of Eltham.

Loaded milk train 544 holds the main at Waitotara with DXB 5074, a "Big Block" 3300hp GE on the front. Having just crossed empty milk service 547, 544 will take its 800,000 litre load of milk to t... (more)

DFT 7145 pulls a short 526 out of the dip at Lepperton past the old station site.

DFB 7348 suns its fresh coat of paint between jobs at Whareroa. With the impending arrival of the NEW locos from China, several members of the DF class are being repainted and prepared for metro ... (more)

DXB 5137 sits in the Autum morning sun at the head of milk train 542. 5137 has a unique version of the KR livery, with the long hood painted in KR phase 1 paint, but with a yellow cab.

Two grubby DXB's sit on the loop at Patea on the front of loaded milk train 542 as they wait for southbound service 545.

5120 with loaded milk train 544 on the main at Waitotara.

Once king of the milk trains, the DFB class has been bumped off the top perch by more powerfull and reliable GE's. The real killer for the DFB class was in the replacing of their obsolete Maxitrax... (more)

Coal motor DXC 5460, on extended loan to the lower North Island freight pool leads freshly repainted DCP 4818 on a very late running 526 down the beautiful Kaihuahua valley towards the equally imp... (more)

Freshly rebuilt DXB 5120 glows in the morning sun as it leads another recent rebuild DXC 5460 south at the head of empty milk train 545. The containers are full dairy products heading to the other... (more)

DXB 5114 sits in the morning sun at Smart Road.

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)