The two South Island KiwiRail phase 1 painted locos bring train 846 (coal plus 6 cement tanks) around the wye that takes them through the mountains to the east coast.

It's the end of the world as we know it... The returning Tranz Alpine passenger train skirts the cliff ledge between Staircase and Springfield. The milky waters of the Waimakariri river are caused... (more)

Winter wonderland at one of the most magnificent railfanning locations in the world. No cellphones, no internet, no roads, a five mile walk in, no running water, no toilets, concrete beds with fir... (more)

As the last traces of dusk slip over the Southern Alps, five DXs lift a short 18 wagon coal train away from Otira's top yard with less drama than usual. Sitting in a deep valley, the megatropilopo... (more)

Sitting here at a desk in an office in a building in the middle of Long Island, I'm supposed to be working - but instead I'm posting a picture on RP and missing my homeland of New Zealand. Once or... (more)

With every one of its matchsticks creaking under the load, two DCs bring a loaded coal train from Rapahoe into Greymouth across an S shaped wooden truss bridge dating from the late 1800s. I heard ... (more)

KiwiRail attired DX 5460 and DC 4513 bring a short off-season TranzAlpine train toward Moana, with the swampy edge of Lake Brunner and the foothills of the Southern Alps in the background.

Way back in 1989, Ken Devlin and I waited at the Bushey Bridge for ages awaiting the return of this excursion train. Two Southerner expresses passed by under cloud cover before the sun magically a... (more)

Nestled in a mountain valley in the middle of the South Island, Otira is lucky to see an hour of sunshine in the middle of winter, that’s if you can see the sky at all as this is an area often a... (more)

KiwiRail driver Mike Kilsby gets loaded coal train 832 on the move after crossing Reefton-bound 829 at the Mawheraiti loop/siding. Most freight trains in New Zealand are single manned, so in addit... (more)

A DX+DC combo head up the Cass Bank in the Tranz Rail blue days

DCs 4761 and 4628 head a westbound TranzAlpine passenger train across the bridge over the Cass River after emerging from a thick fog that blanketed the line between Springfield and Cass.

There's no finer way to travel the rails! Bruce Lord is a lucky man, being the regular track inspector on one of the most spectacular and remote sections of railway line in New Zealand. He pilots ... (more)

At the end of the earth: After being a tourist in New Zealand with the good woman for the past few weeks, I finally get a trainspotting day pass and have to drive 300km north in cloud before fin... (more)

Freshly repainted KiwiRail DCs 4513 and 4761 head a short TranzAlpine passenger away from Cass.