Local shunting service P28 prepares to leave the small lower North Island town of Paihiatua with containers of export milk powder loaded at the dairy factory
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.