A very grubby KiwiRail 5517 is the lead locomotive on the helper set about to take a train through the 8km Otira Tunnel. The locomotive is still in the old Tranz Rail colour scheme.
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)
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)