Express to Picton

DXC 5310 and DXC 5483 slow for a speed restriction near Ward

13 July 2016

At Lake Grassmere, a tractor shunts a wagon into the pickup road. The siding serves the salt works at the lake

13 July 2016

DXC 5310 and DXC 5483 pass through Lake Grassmere without stopping to pick up the waiting wagons

13 July 2016

Train 714 passes through Lake Grassmere and the salt works

13 July 2016

Train 714 passes over the Awatere River near Seddon. The bridge was a double decker bridge, carrying a single road lane below the railway. A new road bridge opened in 2007

13 July 2016

DXC 5310 and DXC 5483 lead train 714 across the Awatere River, using the original 1902 bridge

13 July 2016

Train 714 climbs over the Dashwood Pass, near Blenheim

13 July 2016

DXC 5310 and DXC 5483 pass through Blenheim station with train 714

13 July 2016

Train 714 passes the Blenheim station building

13 July 2016

Near its destination, DXC 5310 and DXC 5483 pass through Koromiko with train 714

13 July 2016

DXC 5310 and DXC 5483 in full dynamic braking descend the grade into Picton, passing over the Waitohi Viaduct above a holiday park

13 July 2016