The Tranz Alpine appears from the 8.5km long Otira tunnel and crosses over the Bealey river as it heads towards Arthurs Pass station.

The Tranz Alpine heads towards Otira on its way back to Christchurch. Currently down in the Otira Valley surrounded by the mountains of the Southern Alps.

KiwiRail General Electric U25C DXC5425 & DXC5172 approach Tarapuhi Street level crossing, Greymouth, on 9th March 2024. The locos had run round the TranzAlpine stock in the yard and are returning ... (more)

Santa Fe's daily Barstow to Denver train was descending the Palmer grade into Littleton on the Joint Line led by a trio of Santa Fe rebuild SF30C's

The Jerusalem Light Rail is operated by "Jerusalem City-pass"

The EMU set ER9M-503 and ER9M-388. The EMU ER9M-504 will ride enroute #804 L'viv - Rivne and ER9M-388 ride enroute #6092 L'viv - Zdolbuniv. Both EMU ER9M was registered to depot TCH-3 Zdolbuniv (L... (more)

DXC5229-DXC5356 cross the Waimak' with The TranzAlpine, heading back to Christchurch.

DXC5333 and DXC5425 lead the east-bound TranzAlpine slowly across the Waimakariri River bridge, giving passengers time to take in the stunning alpine scenery.

Santa Fe eastbound train 804 pauses for a crew change at Seligman, Arizona, on December 28, 1972, durning a brief snow squall. Locomotives on Extra 4551 East: 4551-4562-4530-9842 (SD24/SD24/SD24/R... (more)

Apologies for disturbing this bovine trio grazing in damp farmland near Kotuku while the Tranz scuttles past in the background.

After traveling across the South Island from the east coast to the west in the morning, the TranzAlpine heads back home again in the afternoon. The train is snapped here following the Arnold river... (more)

A lovely looking CSX SD40-2 crawls into Winona on coke train #804.

They sure got the order of this lash-up correct! CSX SD40-2 8067 heads a pair of 400 series CSX AC44's on loaded coke train #804.

The TranzAlpine teeters across the Slovens Creek Viaduct on its journey back east under a speed restriction imposed due to aftershocks from the 7.1m Christchurch earthquake 11 days prior. Within t... (more)

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)