Some of our heroes

Locomotive Engineer Isaiah Price says he has the dream job. He loves driving trains, and says his greatest pleasure comes from moving passengers through our region’s beautiful scenery.

Jordan is a Rail Bonder, and he was part of the team helping to get things ready for the big switch over from manual to computer-based signalling at Wellington Station.

Mat works in the Wellington region as part of the signals teams. He and the crew have been upgrading the level crossings on the Wairarapa line, ready for faster and more frequent trains from 2029. He also likes a spot of diving. See Mat’s story.

Mitch is a ‘Ganger’ who lives and works in the Wairarapa, and has been leading the team involved in the major line upgrade work.

David and the crew carried out the big job of completely replacing 70-year-old track inside the Remutaka Tunnel. At nearly 9 kilometres long it’s deep and dark in there, and the team needed specially designed equipment to lift and shift thousands of sleepers and kilometres of steel rail. Meet David.