Miscellaneous and Happenings

DL 9089 on the head of the ballast cleaner, working near Huntly

6 September 2015

The ballast cleaner in the landscape near Huntly

6 September 2015

The tail end of the ballast cleaner at Huntly

6 September 2015

DL 9360 leads train MP4S into Huntly

6 September 2015

L 507's last day at the Bush Tramway Club, seen here at Pukemiro

6 September 2015

L 507 leads the train into Pukemiro

6 September 2015

DL 9187 gets a heavy train MP7S out of Ruakura after crossing RM 30

6 September 2015

AM 157 passes through the Orakei Basin

6 September 2015

After finishing SA duty, DFB 7348 has been released back into the general freight pool, and is seen here on the head of train 201, the Northern Explorer, arriving at Papakura. The other two ex-MAXX DFBs, 7010 and 7200, are currently under overhaul at Hutt Workshops

10 September 2015

ADL 803, ADL 807, ADL 806 and ADL 808 stabled at Pukekohe

13 September 2015

The four ADLs sitting in the yard at Pukekohe. The DMUs now see service between Papakura and Pukekohe only, with occasional trips to Westfield for servicing

13 September 2015

Fresh from overhaul and in a new coat of paint, DFB 7267 enters Papakura station with the northbound Northern Explorer

22 September 2015

ADL 805 at speed over Sutton Road on a run to Pukekohe

11 October 2015

DFB 7173 and DC 4323 lead dead DCP 4663 through Kumeu with Sunday evening train 120 to Whangarei

11 October 2015

DCP 4663 trails the triple header, having now re-entered freight service

11 October 2015

Train 120 stops at Helensville for a crew change

11 October 2015

With light fading, DFB 7173 and DC 4323 prepare to depart Helensville

11 October 2015

In the last light of the day, DFB 7173, DC 4323 and DCP 4663 depart Helensville. Train 120 now partially runs under daylight hours with Daylight Saving now in effect

11 October 2015

DFB 7173, DC 4323 and DCP 4663 pull out of Helensville with train 120

11 October 2015

DFT 7226 brings train 200 under the Southern Motorway and into Te Mahia

18 October 2015

DA 1429 arrives at Papakura in the early hours of the morning with a special shunt from Otahuhu to Glenbrook. The train was conveying wagons owned by DBM Engineering

22 October 2015

Included in the consist was DSB 313, which was based at Mainline Steam until the depot was vacated

22 October 2015

A various assortment of wagons, including modules of an FM van, were being moved to Glenbrook

22 October 2015

Niigata 824 stored at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. The locomotive was built in 1983 for Tasman Pulp and Paper, and was purchased by Mainline Steam in the 1990s. It is now owned by DBM

1 November 2015

ECL 45 at Pukeoware, formerly used as a sleeper layer support van

1 November 2015

UK 16217, ex-KiwiRail, at Pukeoware

1 November 2015

Mainline Steam's Ja 1267 stored under cover at Pukeoware

1 November 2015

Bb 144 stored under cover at Pukeoware

1 November 2015

Ba 552 sits behind ETM 349 on a siding at Pukeoware

1 November 2015

ADL 801 and ADL 805 pair up at Papakura station to run an extra shuttle service to Pukekohe for the V8s

7 November 2015

Now with an EMU in the background, the ADL pair await departure from Papakura

7 November 2015

ADL 801 leads ADL 805 out of Papakura on an extra shuttle run to Pukekohe

7 November 2015

On a regular shuttle with extra capacity, ADL 807 and ADL 810 enter Papakura station

7 November 2015

AM 714, unit #57, stands at Papakura after an evening run from Britomart. The introduction of this unit marks the completion of the entire electrification project, from first masts to last train

18 November 2015

AM 701, unit #56, stands at Britomart paired with another unit after the Farmers Santa Parade. The extra unit provided extra capacity needed to bring home the crowds

29 November 2015

Crowds of people board AM 701 at Britomart, bound for Manukau

29 November 2015

AM 701 stops at Sylvia Park, letting off many people doing Christmas shopping

29 November 2015

Sylvia Park is one of several stations part of a trial of new markings to better indicate where doors will stop on the AMT car. This door is marked for bikes and pushchairs, with the other marked for wheelchairs

29 November 2015

AM 294 climbs to Remuera, passing the tail end of the port shunt

16 December 2015

DL 9227 and DC 4939 shunt a rake of wagons into the Southdown CT site, with DH 2868 nearby

29 December 2015

DL 9227 and DC 4939 setting back in the Southdown container terminal

29 December 2015

DL 9204 and DC 4260 lead a heavy train 138 through Pookeno

31 December 2015

Train 138 passes over the new level crossing at Pokeno

31 December 2015

DL 9204 leads DC 4260 and train 138 over the old level crossing at Pokeno

31 December 2015

DL 9325 passes over the new level crossing with train MP4, possibly McDonald Road

31 December 2015

DL 9325 powers north with train MP4

31 December 2015

DL 9256 slows MP7 at Huntly, to obtain permission to run wrong line to Ngaruawahia

31 December 2015

DL 9256 stops before the red signal at Huntly

31 December 2015