20 Sep 1997. Dx class locos still in red livery are becoming rare. On another photo run, Ka 942 bursts from the short Irongate Tunnel near Rakautara, just north of Kaikoura. Steam still pours from the Queen Victoria Rock Tunnel in the background. At this location the railway is locked between 500 metre high cliffs and the deep Pacific Ocean and the railway passes through several tunnels.
Seals are common on rocks beside the tracks and whales sometimes come close to shore here.
20 Sep 1997. 140 kb Frog Rock station seen from a train descending Weka Pass towards Waipara. This is limestone country. According to one person I spoke to, the rock was once known as Pigeon Rock, until the beak fell off. 21 Feb 1997.