5385 and 7267 hold the main with loaded milk service 544 after crossing with an empty southbound.
DFB 7348 rounds the curve at Normanby in the early morning light. This is a GE Brightstar equipped GMD. Formally known as DFT 7254 it was involved in a huge head on collision and spent several yea... (more)
Shunt engine Tr 678 sits "on the block", its career over. This loco has since been taken into preservation by a local group.
5022 with a small 544 at Ruatangata, halfway between Wanganui and Marton.
DXB 5385 bares witness to another sunrise just as a new age in its career is starting after reciveing an extensive overhaul.
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 arriv... (more)
The South Islands sole DBR, 1213 keeps company with DC 4450 on a sunny winter sunday in the Greymouth yard.
An extremely late 533 pulls up at Te Wera to the welcomed sight of a relief crew after a very long trip over the S.O.L and nearly busting their allowed hours on the road.
DX 5304 with DFT 7295 wait in the loop at Kaikoura for the arrival of 701, the southbound passenger service.
DXB 5264 waits at Cass for a crossing with 2100T of coal.
DXC 5327 and DC 4726 slowly cross the Ashley river with train 736.
DFT 7199 leads DXB 5270 west out of the Heathcoat tunnel after dumping coal at the port.
DX 5189 nearly home crossing the Waimakarere river with train 723.
DSG 3033 pauses after placing wagons in the port yard.
DC 4277 in old government paint scheme picks up a rake of concrete sleeper wagons.