KiwiRail 804 @ Arthur's Pass, NZ
DXC 5258 was added to the rear end of our train for the trip up through the tunnel, in part to assist on the grade but mostly as a fallback in case something were to happen requiring the train to be pulled backwards out of the tunnel.
Three-unit sets of DXC helpers, or "bankers" in NZ parlance, are added at Otira station to help the coal trains up over the pass, making for a total of five FDLs hammering it out to muscle the trains up the grade. Think of the sound...
KiwiRail 804 @ Arthur's Pass, NZ
DXC 5258 was added to the rear end of our train for the trip up through the tunnel, in part to assist on the grade but mostly as a fallback in case something were to happen requiring the train to be pulled backwards out of the tunnel.
Three-unit sets of DXC helpers, or "bankers" in NZ parlance, are added at Otira station to help the coal trains up over the pass, making for a total of five FDLs hammering it out to muscle the trains up the grade. Think of the sound...