At the very end of the Stillwater - Ngakawau line you will find the Solid Energy coal loading facility, located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Coal is mined at the Stockton mine ... (more)

DXC 5108 and 5293 make their way towards Ngakawau for another load of export coal which will then be exported through the port of Lyttelton.

KiwiRail EMD/Hutt Workshops GT22MC DFB7000 stands in Wellington station with 1604 1245 Wellington - Masterton, on 20th March 2024.

KiwiRail General Electric rebuilt U25C DXR8022 stands at Kaikoura station with 700 0700 Christchurch - Picton, Coastal Pacific, on 19th March 2024.

KiwiRail Clyde/Hutt Workshops G22AR DCP4559 & DCP4761 shunt train Y22P into Dunedin yard after arrival from Taieri on 15th March 2024.

KiwiRail Toshiba-built DSG3170 approaches Ward Street overbridge, Dunedin, with another trainload for Port Chalmers docks on 14th March 2024.

KiwiRail General Electric U25C DXC5402 & EMD/Hutt Workshops EMD GT22MC DFB7158 cross Annex Road level crossing, Christchurch, on 10th March 2024 with container train 939 1720 Christchurch - Inverc... (more)

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)

DXC 5229 leads classmate 5310 across the Taramakau River at Jacksons with the outbound 'Tranz Alpine' service from Christchurch to Greymouth. Taken with a drone.

KiwiRail EMD/Hutt Workshops EMD GT22MC DFB7267 & DFB7010 lead export milk train 970 1150 Christchurch - Lyttelton approaching Matipo Street level crossing, Christchurch, on 8th March 2024.

With DFB 7077 leading and DFB 7295 on the rear, train 101 heads south through Pokeno with a load of passengers bound for Hamilton.

On a clear sunny summers morning MP5 races south through the small railroad location of Whangamarino on its way to Tauranga with a load of export containers.

On a cool spring morning train 850 with DXC 5425 and 5391 enter Springfield headed to Christchurch with a loaded train of export coal. Just a day earlier there was a fresh dump of snow all over th... (more)

With 6 DXC class locomotives on the front, loaded coal train 850 gets away from Otira. The extra 4 locomotives on the head are there to assist in getting the train through the steep Otira tunnel. ... (more)

Train 850 led by DXC 5172 and 5293 get away from Arthurs Pass on their way to Christchurch with a loaded coal train. Crossing over Rough Creek on a typical wet and miserable day in the Southern Al... (more)