Auckland Transport train from Britomart terminal climbs towards Parnell Tunnel and Newmarket where the Southern and Western Lines diverge. The tower in background is part of Sky Casino and is the... (more)

Overlander bound for Wellington passes through Cloverlea, Palmerston North. The electrification installed in 1980s ends just north of this location and the Overlander was often hauled by EF elect... (more)

DL locomotives 9417 and 9279 head train milk train to Fonterra Whareroa through Feilding. Built by Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock CNR Group in China, the DL locomotives are gradually displacin... (more)

9417 was built by Dalian CNR Group (China) and is 3600Hp. Bright and clean as it entered service just months ago.

Westfield to Wellington manifest train passes the mural near Puhinui in the suburbs of South Auckland. This intricate mural depicts 4-6-4T loco at Papatoetoe station. Fine detail includes manufact... (more)

Northern Explorer heads north through Manakau (between Otaki and Levin.) The train will take over 10 hours to reach Auckland. The award winning train was built by Hillside Workshops Dunedin and st... (more)

Train 232 is hauled through Feilding by DXB 5137 and DL 9066. The DX class (narrow gauge version of GE U23C) was introduced from 1972 and all have been re-built, the DXB being uprated to 3000Hp. ... (more)

Westfield-Wellington manifest train at Ngaruawahia near Hamilton where diesel power will give way to EF class electric locomotives. Assisting the DFT is DL 9164 built by Dalian Locomotive & Rolli... (more)

MetroPort train from Tauranga approaches Papakura, passing a new siding (now electrified) for the Auckland Transport units which will start operating as far as here from 2014. Trains to Pukekohe ... (more)

Westfield to Wellington manifest train has 400 miles left and will arrive the next day in New Zealand's capital city. The DL class built by Dallian CNR Group was the first Chinese diesel locomotiv... (more)

Northern Explorer has over 400 miles ahead and will take over 11 hours to reach Wellington, capital city of New Zealand. The DF locomtives intoduced from 1979 were all rebuilt in early 1990s and ... (more)

Almost new DL 9325 hauls train 211 south through Te Mahia en-route to Wellington. Built by Dallian CNR Group, the DL class is the first Chinese built diesel to be exported to a western railroad.

Auckland Transport (formerly MAXX) service to Papakura leaving the Purewa Tunnel near Glen Innes. The diesel hauled trains will soon be relatively rare when the electric trains being built in Spai... (more)

Auckland Transport (formerly MAXX) service to Papakura departing Papatoetoe in the southern suburbs. The diesel hauled trains will soon be relatively rare when the electric trains being built in ... (more)

Train 211 Westfield to Wellington passes old Papatoetoe station. The station depot was relocated in 1999 to site above track level and has been restored complete with the old tablet train working ... (more)