TranzAlpine

DCP 4450 and DCP 4628 wait at Christchurch station with the TranzAlpine bound for Greymouth

8 July 2012

The TranzAlpine waits at Christchurch

8 July 2012

The twin DCPs stand at Springfield next to a frozen puddle, with the snow-capped Southern Alps ahead

8 July 2012

DCP 4628 and DCP 4450 stand at Springfield, a small railway town

8 July 2012

The TranzAlpine about to cross a viaduct

8 July 2012

The TranzAlpine entering one of many tunnels on the Midland Line

8 July 2012

Cass station, one of the more remote areas the Midland Line serves. The TranzAlpine will stop here but on this journey it did not

8 July 2012

The TranzAlpine in the snow at Arthur's Pass

8 July 2012

DCP 4628 and DCP 4450 wait with the TranzAlpine at Arthur's Pass

8 July 2012

Signals at Arthur's Pass warn crews to have gas masks for the trip through the 8.5km Otira Tunnel

8 July 2012

The entrance to the Otira Tunnel

8 July 2012

The TranzAlpine at Arthur's Pass, and its station building

8 July 2012

DXC 5195, DXC 5379 and DXC 5287 stand by at Otira on banker duty

8 July 2012

The twin DCPs lead the TranzAlpine into Greymouth station

8 July 2012

The TranzAlpine arrives at Greymouth station

8 July 2012

DCP 4450 and DCP 4628 arrive back at Greymouth

8 July 2012

DCP 4450 could do with a wash

8 July 2012

The TranzAlpine skirts over a road just out of Greymouth

8 July 2012

The TranzAlpine has just passed through the site of a former tunnel

8 July 2012

DXC 5520 and an out-of-sight DXC 5460 lead empty coal train 849 past the TranzAlpine

8 July 2012

Having now passed through the Otira tunnel on an earlier coal train, DXC 5195, DXC 5379 and DXC 5287 wait at Arthur's Pass

8 July 2012

DCP 4450 looks at the track ahead at Arthur's Pass

8 July 2012

A new bridge is being built here to replace the bridge the TranzAlpine is currently crossing

8 July 2012

At Cass, the TranzAlpine overtakes Ka 942, returning from an excursion to Arthur's Pass

8 July 2012