The Northern Explorer crosses Orakei Basin near the end of 420-mile/ 680Km journey from Wellington which takes about 11 hours. The award winning train was built at Hillside works, Dunedin and ente... (more)

DXC5229-DXC5356 cross the Waimak' with The TranzAlpine, heading back to Christchurch.

A KiwiRail driver gets DXC5385 moving on the manual turntable at Arthur's Pass.

DXC5385 rolls onto the manual turntable at Arthur's Pass, while running a charter hauling Silver Fern railcar RM30.

Train 210 is overnight manifest train from Wellington to Auckland. The DF class loco was built in Canada and entered service in 1979. In 1990's the class was turbo upgraded and reclassified DFT. ... (more)

"Northern Explorer" known by railfans and railworkers as "Dora" makes a passenger stop at Papakura with most of the 680Km/ 420 mile journey to Wellington ahead. The train was built by Hillside, Du... (more)

DXC5385 runs to the turntable at Arthur's Pass, after arriving hauling Silver Fern railcar RM30 on a charter. The RM (visible in the background) was required to be loco hauled due to lack of a qua... (more)

DXB5293-DXC5460 prepare to depart Arthur's Pass with a loaded coal train, after stopping to detach the four banker locomotives that have assisted the train through the 8.5km long Otira Tunnel.

Banker locomotives DXC5195-DXC5206-DXC5391 trail the west-bound 'TranzAlpine' into the 8.5km long Otira Tunnel. The tunnel is on a constant 1 in 33 gradient, and although the train is descending i... (more)

DXC5333 and DXC5425 lead the east-bound TranzAlpine slowly across the Waimakariri River bridge, giving passengers time to take in the stunning alpine scenery.

DXC5245 and DC4409 rest outside the Hillside Workshops, Dunedin. Photo taken from a moving Taieri Gorge Railway train.

DFB7239 roars away from Kaikoura with the south-bound 'Coastal Pacific,' crossing over Whaleway Station Road (...yes, it goes to the railway station and the whale watching centre) and the main str... (more)

Just three weeks before a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit this region, DXC5270-DXC5039 blast out of Tunnel No.19 and cross the Ohau Stream on the South Island's Main North Line. About 100 metres to t... (more)

Taken just moments after my previous image (No.597291), KiwiRail banker locomotives DXC5385-5419-5520 lead a 'Silver Fern' railcar out of Arthur's Pass yard and over the Bealey River. Immediately ... (more)

Viewed from a waterfall on the Avalanche Peak track, KiwiRail banker locomotives DXC5385-5419-5520 lead a 'Silver Fern' railcar out of Arthur's Pass yard. The train will shortly enter the 8.5km lo... (more)