Kinleith Freights

Kicking up dust as it crosses State Highway 27, DL 9279 brings empty train 482 through Waharoa on its way to Kinleigh from Mt Maunganui

26 April 2024

DL 9279 leads train 482 out of Waharoa on a speedy journey to Kinleith

26 April 2024

Train 482 crosses State Highway 27 at Waharoa, with empty curtainside and log wagons in the consist

26 April 2024

Further south and with the unsettled weather, DL 9279 passes through Tokoroa with the empty train in tow. With train 474 being the only other train on the branch, train 482 had a clear run for most of its journey

26 April 2024

DL 9279 leads train 482 through Tokoroa station. Despite having a loop and space for one, Tokoroa never had a passenger platform as it never had a regular passenger service

26 April 2024

DL 9279 crosses Bridge Street in Tokoroa, nearing its destination of Kinleith

26 April 2024

After sitting and waiting for permission to enter the yard, DL 9279 rolls across Kinleith Road to drop off the empty wagons

26 April 2024

Train 482 enters Kinleith yard with its empty wagons

26 April 2024

DL 9279 rolls onto a wet Kinleith Road

26 April 2024

DL 9279 reflects in a puddle as the alarms for Kinleith Road stop road traffic

26 April 2024

Train 482 enters the yard at Kinleith, with loaded rakes of wagons waiting for their turn to travel to Mt Maunganui

26 April 2024

DL 9279 trundles through turnouts in the yard to drop off the empty wagons

26 April 2024

Empty log wagons at the rear of train 482 as it arrives into Kinleith, including recently adapted FIH class wagons

26 April 2024

Working around the yard is DSG 3155, seen here transferring loaded log wagons to the shunting yard

26 April 2024

Loaded log wagons are transferred from the timber mill to the shunting yard across Wawa Road

26 April 2024

DSG 3155 brings a rake of loaded log wagons into the Kinleith yard for a mainline locomotive to collect later

26 April 2024

After swapping for a loaded rake, DL 9279 leads the return train 482 across Campbell Road and into Tokoroa

26 April 2024

Train 483 crosses Campbell Road near Tokoroa, coming to the end of the adjacent cycleway

26 April 2024

Loaded log wagons lead the consist of train 483 on its journey to Mt Maunganui

26 April 2024

Further north at Lichfield, train 483 passes a water tower in open fields

26 April 2024

Train 483 passes green pastures on its journey north the Mt Maunganui

26 April 2024

At Tirau, a tree covers the water tower situated there, as DL 9279 appears from behind with train 483

26 April 2024

DL 9279 passes through Tirau with loaded train 483

26 April 2024

At Waharoa, the train takes the diverging route off the branch and heads east on the East Coast Main Trunk towards Mt Maunganui

26 April 2024