Kiwi Rail. The new face of railways in New Zealand. After a deal done on the 1st of July, the NZ Government now own / manage all the trains again after 15 years of privitisation. Fresh from rebuil... (more)

Looking half nakid after the "Toll Rail" branding has been removed due to Goverment takeover and new company name Kiwi Rail being rolled out.

545 tucked away in the loop at Patea on the banks of the Patea river. The old meat grading works and coolstores seen in the background have been abandoned since the 60's.

Ready to leave with southbound empty service 545.

Power for 574 waits for more tonnage from the dairy plant.

DSC 2338 on loan to the local fertiliser siding is seen resting between jobs, covered in a thick white coat of fertiliser dust.

Empty milk service E39 trundles through rural South Taranaki on its way south.

Resting in the late afternoon following, rain clouds berwing the background.

TR 897, built 30 years ago at the Hillside workshops in Dunedin. Powered by a Gardner 6LX diesel engine producing 112kw and driver through a Rolls Royce torque converter. Only a couple are in this... (more)

TR 897 helps load grain containers at the malt processing plant in Marton.

DSC 2569 is the smaller of two shunt locos based at Fonterra's huge Whareroa dairy plant. This plant is the largest single site dairy plant in the world.

Built by GE in 1976 with AAR GE/Alco E type control equipment. With a mighty 2750hp (on a good day) this old girl is seen resting between jobs at the Smart Road loco facility.

Shunting tractor TR 908 sits with some wagons under the gantry at Eltham. The empty containers are moved about by forklift and the loaded containers that come from the meat works by truck are tr... (more)

With nearly 50 years under her belt, this old girl has life pretty easy now, based at Whareroa as the yards main shunt engine.

In the heart of electric loco country, a diesel hauled frieght special wombles past in the pouring rain.