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Exchanging Bankers on a Sunday. Five DXs rumble through a Hoar Frost covered landscape at Mt White
28 Jul 02 221k
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Holy Smoke! Five DXs list a train out of Otira
27 Jul 02 159k
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Crossing the Waimak
29 Jul 02 122k
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DX 5477 and the TranzAlpine skirts the Grey river at the start of its eastbound journey
Sep 01 114k
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Loaded coalie near the top of the Cass Bank
Sep 01 120k
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DFT+DX bankers + DX+DX lift a loaded coal train for the 1 in 33 run through the Otira Tunnel. Otira
 Sep 01 62k
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DBR 1239 heads south with the Hokitika shunt
Sep 01 223k
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DX 5477 wheels the TranzAlpine down the Kaimata Bank
Sep 01 183k
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Three EOs and 2 DCs burst out into the sunshine at Arthur's Pass
6 Oct 95 71k 
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Two DXs bring a coalie including the first 4 CC wagons into Springfield
2 Aug 96 38k
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The DJ+DG LEA trip to Arthurs Pass returns through Darfield with the DG leading on the return trip
26 Jul 92 47k
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Skirting the Waimakariri river, early morning
6 Oct 95 67k
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Cass Rollercoaster
28 Jul 02 198k
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TranzAlpine on Lake Brunner
27 Jul 02 194k
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Swapping out bankers. Foggy Cass bank
28 Jul 02 188k
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Approaching Otira
Jul 02 258k
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Te Kinga
27 Jul 02 235k
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Cresting the grade. Cass bank
28 Jul 02 137k
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A pair of 'clean me' DXs near Avoca
29 Jul 02 235k
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Bridge near Avoca
29 Jul 02 262k
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Last train to for the day. Cass
29 Jul 02 198k
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Waiting at Otira
29 Jul 02 178k
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Replacement Bankers at Arthurs Pass
28 Jul 02 161k
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Lengthening shadows at Cragieburn
28 Jul 02 177k
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Motley coalie at Cass
28 Jul 02 169.34 Kb
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Rocky Creek
29 Jul 02 227k
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An empty coalie brings three new bankers across the Bealy Bridge
28 Jul 02 180k
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LEA excursion departs Arthur's Pass with light snow falling
26 Jul 92 142k
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LEA excursion leaving Springfield at the base of the mountains
26 Jul 92 208k
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Blue and Red DCs head east with another load of coal past Lake Sarah on the Cass bank
 95/96? 156k
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Three EOs have assisted the coalie with the 4 CCS through the long uphill Otira tunnel and will detach here at Arthurs Pass. Shot taken in the rain through the car window
2 Aug 96 101k
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LEA Excursion coming down into Cass
26 Jul 92 111k
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The TranzAlpine passes Omoto as it approaches Greymouth
Sep 01 154k
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Beside Lake Brunner
Sep 01 133k
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Crossing at Aikens
Sep 01 158k
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Approaching Greymouth
Sep 01 218k
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Repaint time. Canterbury
Sep 01 188k
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A bumblebee heads some serious horsepower lifting a loaded coal train out of Otira
Sep 01 160k
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Freight train heading East through Moana
Sep 01 108k

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