DXC's 5172 and 5454 lead another load of coal up the grade near Aickens in the Otira Valley. This morning there is plenty of cloud hanging around the mountain tops of the Southern Alps adding to t... (more)

DXC5356 and DXC5206 pass Kelly Creek between Otira and Aickens with a westbound empty coal train.

In mid-August 2008 the heaviest snowfalls since 1974 hit the famed Arthurs Pass route across New Zealand's Southern Alps. The highway across the mountains was closed for two days and while the par... (more)