2010/2011 Rail Upgrades

Containers are loaded onto a waiting train at Pukekohe doe to a block of line (BOL) from Pukekohe to Waitakere

30 December 2010

Wagons loaded with containers ready to head south or be unloaded onto trucks

30 December 2010

DC 4323 and DXB 5143 wait at Pukekohe to run the next train back south

30 December 2010

One of the trucks filling in for trains from Pukekohe to Westfield

30 December 2010

Workers have completed demolishing the old Clevedon Rd rail overbridge and re now working on constructing the replacement bridge, with enough clearance for electric wires

30 December 2010

View of the bridge works from the station ramp. This shot should explain to the NZ Herald why trains cannot run - the tracks had to be ripped up (http://bit.ly/QKFZZZ)

30 December 2010

Overview of all the works around Papakura Station, with DCP 4663 visible in the stabling yard

30 December 2010

The entire DMU fleet and most of the SA fleet are stabled at Westfield for two weeks, while all four lines are closed. Three security guards prevent people from accessing the yards, therefore preventing graffiti

30 December 2010

More DMUs and SA sets at Westfield

30 December 2010

Passenger trains as far as the eye can see

30 December 2010

DMUs from the Westfield station overbridge

30 December 2010

Locomotives trapped at Westfield due to missing track at various points on the network. Seen here are an unidentified Toll DH, DFB 7160, DH 2816, DH 2845 and DXR 8007, plus several passenger trains

30 December 2010

DBRs 1295 and 1226 are among the trapped locomotives

30 December 2010

The first masts for electric wires have been installed at the Newmarket Triangle

30 December 2010

A mast on the left ready to be lifted into place, and another mast already in place in the background

30 December 2010

Baldwin Ave is getting a new station and masts, seen here from what would be the two tracks crossing the road

30 December 2010

End of the line for trains just before Baldwin Ave station

30 December 2010

A mast at Baldwin Ave station, plus flag poles on the station itself

30 December 2010

Asquith Ave's level crossing has temporarily lost its barrier arms

30 December 2010

The west end of Baldwin Ave station. The pedestrian level crossing to the left has been completely taken out

30 December 2010

DC 4444 and DC 4093 have replaced their usual SA carriages with YJ ballast wagons and EWR rail delivery wagons. DC 4093 is top-and-tailing with DC 4254, while DC 4444 is running solo

30 December 2010

Seeing the rear of a MAXX locomotive is a rare sight. Here, DC 4254 is at the other end of a rake of EWR wagons with DC 4093 at the other end

30 December 2010

ETM 595 rolls past, about to enter Henderson station

30 December 2010

Clevedon Rd overbridge as at 2 January 2011

2 January 2011

The Clevedon side of the bridge. Note the KiwiRail logos carved on the bridge panels

2 January 2011

Close up of the KiwiRail logo

2 January 2011

Overview of the bridge worksite

2 January 2011

Thanks to a conveniently located hole in a fence, we can see this digger digging a trench next to the tracks

2 January 2011

On the other side of the bridge, concrete is poured over pipes to allow cabling through

2 January 2011

Current end of the line for trains, although points are stored on the track itself further up the line

2 January 2011

Clevedon Rd overbridge project as at 5 January 2011. Ballast has now been delivered

5 January 2011

Clevedon Rd overbridge viewed from the intersection of Broadway and Railway St West as the sun sets on the 7th of January

7 January 2011

Tracks have been replaced under the bridge in preparation for trains to begin running again on Monday. It appears as if the original tracks were relaid in their original positions

7 January 2011

View of the bridge works once the sun had set

7 January 2011

DC 4317 stabled at Papakura with the ballast cleaners. The security guard on the bridge is not too worried about taggers, rather the fuel tank on the wagon immediately behind the locomotive

7 January 2011

DCP 4663 has sat idle in this very spot for almost two weeks now, and may see a third week of nothing

7 January 2011

A closer view of DC 4317

7 January 2011

Essential utilities right at the front of the train. The mobile office, however, is at the rear of the train

7 January 2011

A view of the ballast cleaners from the overbridge

7 January 2011

DC 4317 from the bridge

7 January 2011

Trucks and a crane working on the Clevedon Rd overbridge on the morning of January 10

10 January 2011

Ballast wagons (with no locomotive) and a tamper stabled at Papakura

10 January 2011

Close up of ETM 499

10 January 2011

Ballast wagons and a plough stabled at Papakura

10 January 2011

On the first day of full Southern and Eastern Line services, ADL 809 passes through the Clevedon Rd overbridge worksite

17 January 2011

Clevedon Rd overbridge as at 2 February - the beams for the road deck are now in place

2 February 2011