5120 with loaded milk train 544 on the main at Waitotara.

DXB5120 leads a 29 total 627 towards Hastings

DXB5120 heads south in the afternoon light.

Once king of the milk trains, the DFB class has been bumped off the top perch by more powerfull and reliable GE's. The real killer for the DFB class was in the replacing of their obsolete Maxitrax... (more)

Coal motor DXC 5460, on extended loan to the lower North Island freight pool leads freshly repainted DCP 4818 on a very late running 526 down the beautiful Kaihuahua valley towards the equally imp... (more)

EF 30163 & EF 30157 lead 220 towards feilding over the "big dipper"

Freshly rebuilt DXB 5120 glows in the morning sun as it leads another recent rebuild DXC 5460 south at the head of empty milk train 545. The containers are full dairy products heading to the other... (more)

DXB 5114 sits in the morning sun at Smart Road.

DXB 5114 leads 623 towards Napier.

DXB 5051 leads a 17 total 688 up the Eskdale bank.

DFT 5022 & DC4634 come off the triangle at pandora with 623.

Ja 1271 crosses over one of the bridges south of Awatoto bound for Otane. I had been expecting it to come loco leading so it was a bit if a shame to see the tender headlight comming towards me.

Dc 4761 leads a 11 total Tranz Alpine towards Arthurs Pass on a crisp winter morning through the southern alps.

Running slightly ahead of schedule, a matching pair of TranzRail livery locos cross the Waimak River on the Midland Line. Fresh snow, pristine weather and the rapidly approaching Autumn make for a... (more)

The Parliamentary Express Train crosses the Makatote Viaduct in National Park with 2 L class and 1 WAB class steam locomotives on its way North to Auckland to celebrate 100 years of operation of t... (more)