After being holed up for a week at my mother's house due to a "50 year snowstorm" which dumped snow right down to sea level, I took a chance on the first fine day to go train chasing.
Here DXs... (more)
The returning southbound TranzCoastal train heads south from Kaikoura in the late afternoon. While in Kaikoura you can whale watch, swim with dolphins, watch the fur seals, eat at Hine's fish-and-... (more)
DFT 7295 and DQ 6347 leave the coast behind as they head inland near Wharanui. The South Island's 'main north line' line between Christchurch and the rail ferries at Picton features more than an h... (more)
The TranzAlpine teeters across the Slovens Creek Viaduct on its journey back east under a speed restriction imposed due to aftershocks from the 7.1m Christchurch earthquake 11 days prior. Within t... (more)
On a perfect mid-winter midmorning, DFT 7199 and DC 4761 swing the Tranz Alpine passenger train away from Lake Brunner and alongside the picturesque Arnold river as they head towards their destina... (more)