It's a nice train inside:

Soon after leaving Christchurh, we started getting alpine views:

There was a longer stop at Arthur's Pass:

there is a long tunnel to cross the continental divide

Eventually we arrived in Greymouth where we had a 1H stop:

Their highlight was the brewry which had interesting sliders/burgers as well as nice ciders:

Then was time for the trip back:

Locals at Arthur's pass were protesting use of a poison designed to kill the mammals that don't belong and that have been killing all the birds: