World KiwiRail Set to Resume Passenger Trains Between Picton and Christchurch November 26, 2018 Railfanning.org News Wire The service resumes two years after the service was put on hold because of the devastating Kaikoura earthquake.
World New Zealand Refurbishing Aging Electric Locomotives on North Island Main Trunk Line November 19, 2018 Railfanning.org News Wire Refurbishing KiwiRail’s aging electric locomotives on the North Island Main Trunk line will provide additional capacity as rail continues its freight growth.
World KiwiRail: New Freight Hub Will Ready Manawatu-Whanganui Region for Growth November 15, 2018 Railfanning.org News Wire A new freight hub near Palmerston North in New Zealand will prepare the Manawatu-Whanganui region for the coming freight growth.
Rail Blog A Closer Look at New Zealand’s Passchendaele Locomotive July 12, 2018 Todd DeFeo The steamer entered service in October 1915 and is dedicated to the “memory of those members of the New Zealand Railways who fell in the Great War.”
