Auckland Freights

DL 9417 leads dead DL 9377 on an almost empty train MP6 across Manuroa Road

10 September 2014

DH 2816 shunts containers from Otahuhu to Westfield yard

15 September 2014

DCP 4830 and DC 4317 lead dead DFB 7010 on train 134 through Papakura

15 September 2014

DL 9187 leads train 229 out of Papakura station and into Opaheke

30 September 2014

DL 9187 brings train 229 out of Papakura with a UKR pack behind the locomotive

30 September 2014

The entire length of train 229 underneath the Hunua Ranges

30 September 2014

Shortly after crossing 229 at Opaheke, train 228 comes into view with DL 9066 and DL 9158 in charge

30 September 2014

The two first-gen DLs lead train 228 into the electrified area

30 September 2014

The locomotives notch up as the train enters Papakura station

30 September 2014

DFB 7186 and DC 4409 lead a heavy train 228S across Walters Road, shortly after sunset

4 October 2014

Recently stripped of their MAXX logos, DBR 1199 and DBR 1254 arrive at Port of Auckland light to collect wagons

5 October 2014

The locomotive pair enter the port sidings

5 October 2014

The two DBRs wait near the rake of wagons

5 October 2014

Sitting in the port siding

5 October 2014

The DBRs hae now coupled up to the wagons, and await one final container before departing

5 October 2014

The train is dwarfed by the buildings and port facilities around it

5 October 2014

The train gets under way from the port, first passing under Tamaki Drive

5 October 2014

The locomotives enter the underpass

5 October 2014

The rake of wagons snakes towards the NIMT

5 October 2014

DFT 7051 leads a short train 227 through Tironui, viewed from over the fence of a neighbour

8 October 2014

The train passes over the pedestrian crossing, the only sign a station was ever here

8 October 2014

Over the fence, the train drifts towards Papakura

8 October 2014

DXB 5143 brings train 228 down into Homai station

9 October 2014

Drifting through Homai, DXB 5143 makes easy work of train 228

9 October 2014

A tank wagon loaded on train 228

9 October 2014

Near midnight, train 129 approaches Remuera with the unusual loco combination of DBR 1295, DBR 1199 and DBR 1267

14 October 2014

The DBR trio power through Remuera at the top of the grade. All three DBRs had been withdrawn at some point, with DBR 1199 back in service on the SX set in 2003 and the other two back in service in March 2014 following the DL asbestos crisis

14 October 2014

DC 4594 and DL 9256 bring in a lengthy train, comprising of the consists of trains 210 and 216, through Tironui

17 October 2014

The two locomotives bring the long train through Tironui

17 October 2014

Shortly afterwards, DL 9400 brings train 228 through Tironui, running a mere hour later

17 October 2014

DL 9400 passes through Tironui

17 October 2014

DL 9066 leads train 348 across Sommerville Road

28 October 2014

DL 9360 leads train MP7 through Paerata

14 December 2014

The train slows down for the temporary speed restriction across Crown Road

14 December 2014

DL 9417 and DL 9423 follow a few minutes afterward with train 231P

14 December 2014

The train crosses Crown Road

14 December 2014

The train, made up completely of ZH, ZHC and other curtain wagons, passes through Paerata station limits

14 December 2014

DL 9383 approaches Glenbrook with a short train 138

27 December 2014

DL 9383 leads the short train past Glenbrook

27 December 2014

DL 9279 leads train 211X across Boundary Road, shortly before crossing train 200

2 January 2015

Train 211X heads south towards Drury

2 January 2015

DC 4323 and DBR 1295 lead a port shunt through Puhinui

6 January 2015

DL 9331 passes through Puhinui at speed with train MP9

9 January 2015

DL 9043 and DL 9187 lead a 1km long train 228S through Papakura

17 January 2015

DL 9043 leads the lengthy train, with DL 9187 assisting

17 January 2015

The train switches tracks to use the Down Main through Papakura

17 January 2015

DL 9360 leads train MP5 past the unique station shelter at Puhinui

19 January 2015

DL 9170 slows for a red signal at Papakura with train 210 in tow

13 February 2015