Mixed manifest train bound for the port at Mt Maunganui crosses the Whakatao Stream immediately after exiting the nearly 9Km long Kaimai Tunnel. Ferns (particularly the Silver Fern) are a feature ... (more)

Steam Incorporated provided a steam train for the City of Tauranga Jazz Festival which featured a jazz band onboard. The train is near Omokoroa on the return to Wellington. Diesels were waiting ... (more)

MetroPort train from Tauranga crosses the 39m high Wainui Viaduct on the grade up to the Kaimai Tunnel (longest in NZ.) This is one of the busiest sections of railroad in NZ and was opened in 1978... (more)