Very nearly at the end of its journey, 7173 sits on the arrival at Palmerston North, waiting entry to the yard after bringing train 545 down from Whareroa.

The Rail Operator and Engineer compare notes before reducing wagons from the train for the local shunting service to deliver, which is waiting next door.

The Kapuni shunt waits at the Balance urea plant while a container is loaded with pallets of urea for the domestic market.

Without doubt in the twilight of its career, DC 4156 is bridged by a rainbow signaling another heavy cloudburst is closing in rapidly.

544 pulls into Waitotara for crew change with 14 more loads of milk.

547 waits in the loop at Whareroa for northbound 528 to scoot past on the main.

The office! This particular office being a Canadian assembled GM, class of '79, twice rebuilt.

Mmmm nothing like a good wedgie first thing in the morning eh! 543 in the hole waits to cross northbound freight service 526 at Waitotara on a stunning summer morning. 7158 has not long returned... (more)

Fresh from overhaul, DFB 7158 glows in the early morning light framed by an old railways bent iron gate post.

Pulling the Northener makes a stop at Papakura for passengers on way to Wellington.

Two clean Kiwi Rail Class 30's hustle past with train 390 near the rural town of Mangaweka.

DC4790 races south through Westfield with the Overlander for Wellington, while DFB7348 stands in the opposite platform as rear-end power for a six-car SA/SD set from Pukekohe, bound for Britomart.

DC4283 moments after arriving in Auckland's Britomart terminal with the Overlander from Wellington.

Class leaders DXB 5016 and 5022 wait on the main at Waitotara with 800,000 liters of milk headed for the largest single site dairy factory in the Southern Hemisphere at Whareroa where it will be t... (more)

Chinese built DL class heads a long freight from the nearby port of Mt Maunganui along the waterfront area of the city of Tauranga, in NZ's North Island. This class is thought to be the first exam... (more)