General Electric DXB 5143 from 1972 in the fresh new KiwiRail colors with a Mainline Steam charter on the 21 m high Okarahia viaduct with the Pacific ocean.
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.
