Plenty of grunt up front for train 220 for the run over the electrified section of North Island Main Trunk between Palmerston North and Hamilton. This train will arrive in Auckland the next day.
Trains on 3' 6" (1.067m) track from Whangarei to Bluff with virtually heritage rebuilt EMD and GE locomotives still the mainstay power. The network was privatized in 1990's and operated by Toll until 2008 when state owned KiwiRail was established.