Mainline Steam Northlander excursion emerges from tunnel 10 near the old Paparoa station site. In all the train will pass through 13 tunnels on this 200Km line to Whangarei. Ja 1275 was built in... (more)

Ja 1275 heads Mainline Steam Northlander excursion north up the 2% Topuni bank between Te Hana and Kaiwaka. The train will pass through 13 tunnels on the 200Km line to New Zealand's most northern... (more)

Ja 1275 heads Mainline Steam Northlander excursion train from Auckland to Whangarei. This 200Km line is rugged, rustic and scenic with 13 tunnels and 2% grades between. The return trip by steam ... (more)

Ja 1275 tackles the grade and sharp curves leading to the Waitakere Tunnel on the home run of the Mainline Steam "Kaipara Cannonball" excursion from Helensville. This section is shared by Aucklan... (more)

Making the only ever visit by a Ka class to Gisborne, 942 is heading the Mainline Steam NZ Tour train near the Waikoau Viaduct, first of 5 steel viaducts 200' or higher on this line. Sadly, this ... (more)

Mainline Steam NZ Tour train approaches overnight stop at Napier. The next day Ka 942 would be the only Ka to ever reach Gisborne, just weeks before the world renown Napier - Gisborne section clos... (more)

Ja 1275 heads Mainline Steam excursion into Whangarei (New Zealand's most northern city.) The North Auckland Line is freight only, rugged and rustic, passing through 13 tunnels in the 200Km from ... (more)

Ja 1275 heads Mainline Steam excursion to Whangarei down the grade from Ahuroa Tunnel in the back blocks between Kaukapakapa and Wellsford. The North Auckland Line traverses very rugged terrain p... (more)

Ja 1275 leads the Mainline Steam NZ Tour train back to Auckland from Whangarei on the last day of the tour. Late running resulted in this bonus sunset glint shot near Huapai, a wine producing are... (more)

Ja 1275 heads north with a Mainline Steam excursion train from Auckland to Whangarei, climbing toward the Huirau tunnel (10th of 13 tunnels on the line.) The locomotive was built by North British... (more)

Ja 1275 heads home to Auckland from Helensville with Mainline Steam's annual Kaipara Cannonball, seen near Huapai. The North Auckland Line is normally freight only beyond the terminus of Western L... (more)

Mainline Steam excursion from Auckland to Hamilton seen on the home run north near Mercer, alongside Highway 1 and the Waikato River. This trip featured lunch at a winery.

Mainline Steam's Ab 663 hauls an excursion from Feilding to Woodville, through the Manawatu Gorge. Seen from the opposite side the train is about to enter the first tunnel. The line was built in t... (more)

Mainline Steam's New Zealand Tour train is hauled by Ka 942 to Napier near Takapau. The train continued to Gisborne the next day, the only time a Ka visited Gisborne. It was also the last steam t... (more)

Mainline Steam excursion hauled by Ja 1240 from Auckland to Helensville departs Henderson. The North Auckland Line is known as Western Line as far as Waitakere with the remainder of the line bein... (more)