Photographs taken from the TranzAlpine Train, New Zealand

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The TranzAlpine Train travels from Christchurch to Greymouth over the Southern Alps of South Island, New Zealand. The train starts from the rolling countryside of the Canterbury Plains and climbs slowly up the steep sides of the Southern Alps following the Waimakariri river back up into the mountains to Arthur's Pass. Then through the Otira Tunnel (when the observation carriage is closed because of the fumes) and down along the Arnold River Valley to Greymouth on the West Coast.
The observation carriage is even colder than on the Coastal Pacific train so be prepared.