Miscellaneous and Happenings

ADL 809 arrives at Papakura from Westfield, after a middle of the day unit changeover

9 April 2016

ADL 809 at Pukekohe after running its first service of the day

9 April 2016

AM 565 pauses at Homai on a Southern Line service to Britomart

17 April 2016

AM 565 crosses the pedestrian crossing at Homai on a wet day

17 April 2016

ADL 808 crosses Boundary Road on an early morning shuttle run to Papakura

25 April 2016

DE 507 sits at Glenbrook waiting for passengers. An extra public service was arranged for Mothers Day and the Steel 'n' Wheels event at Waiuku, departing at 9:30am. At the same time, a charter was operating for Grand Pacific Tours, so DE 507 ran the public train enabling the charter to use Ww 644. The locomotives later swapped trains and Ww 644 ran the remainder of the public trains

8 May 2016

An AM unit stops at Papatoetoe on a Southern Line service to Britomart

15 May 2016

The unit passes over the pedestrian level crossing north of the station

15 May 2016

Seconds afterwards, AM 103 heads the other way heading to Papakura

15 May 2016

AM 103 stopped at Papatoetoe station

15 May 2016

North of the station, AM 347 picks up speed as it heads towards Middlemore, travelling to Britomart on the Eastern Line

15 May 2016

AM 321 heads south over the site of the old Mangere platform. The station closed in December 2011 as just four southbound stations were using the station for Kings College students

15 May 2016

Freshly overhauled after being withdrawn from SA service, DFB 7200 sits at Westfield with fresh paint. The locomotive was second equal to lose the MAXX livery, being outshopped from Hutt at the same time as DC 4444

19 May 2016

DFT 7051 parked at Westfield next to EF 30094, visiting Westfield to use the wheel lathe. Although EFs and the Auckland overhead are both 25kV, EFs are not allowed to raise pantographs in Auckland

19 May 2016

DH 2822 passes by the two locomotives

19 May 2016

AM 620 stops briefly at Westfield on an Eastern Line run to Britomart

19 May 2016

DH 2845 stops next to the Mangere Inlet at Westfield

19 May 2016

DSC 2597, one of the less common shunter classes at Westfield, passes around the back of the yard

19 May 2016

ADL 810 shunts itself around Westfield

19 May 2016

Ja 1250 runs around its train at Victoria Ave, with a full train of passengers heading to Waiuku for the local LEGO show

22 May 2016

Ja 1250's long train at Pukeoware

22 May 2016

Ja 1250 at Glenbrook with its six car train. The yellow carriage was added at Pukeoware after it was discovered that five carriages was not sufficient for demand

22 May 2016

Ja 1250 gets under way from Glenbrook

22 May 2016

ADL 801 crosses Boundary Road on a return service from Pukekohe

22 May 2016

DFB 7200, on its debut appearance on the Northern Explorer, heads through Huntly bang on time

22 May 2016

Still clean from its recent overhaul, DFB 7200 passes through Huntly

22 May 2016

DFB 7200 passes dead goats on the Down main at Huntly, with train 200 in tow

22 May 2016

In the last light of the day, DFB 7200 heads through Pokeno with the Northern Explorer

22 May 2016

DFB 7200 brings the southbound Northern Explorer through Puhinui on another day of less than perfect weather

23 May 2016

After the sun goes down, Westfield yard is still a busy place. Here, wagons wait to be shunted at the south end of the yard

26 May 2016

The north end of the yard, with Westfield station visible on the right

26 May 2016

ADL 807 passes over Sutton Road on a weekend shuttle run to Pukekohe

11 June 2016

RM 30 crosses Sutton Road on another RES trip to Kinleith, a repeat of the trip that ran a month and a half earlier

11 June 2016

Returning to Auckland, RM 30 crosses the Ngaruawahia bridge

11 June 2016

RM 30 heads north through Ngaruawahia

11 June 2016

RM 30 stops at Papakura to drop off passengers

11 June 2016

RM 30 stops at Strand to let off most passengers

11 June 2016

AM 618, heading to Onehunga, and AM 443, heading to Papakura, both wait for departure at Britomart platforms 2 and 3

12 June 2016

DXB 5016 and DL 0135 parked at Westfield waiting for their next assignment

19 June 2016

DC 4916, DC 4058 and DC 4565 sit at Westfield, with DL 9072 sitting nearby

19 June 2016

In an unusual movement, DFT 7051 stops with train 200 on Platform 1 at Papakura. The train almost exclusively uses Platform 3 at Papakura

21 June 2016

DFT 7051 waits for departure from Papakura. An EMU was berthed on Platform 3, forcing the Northern Explorer to use Platform 1 instead

21 June 2016

AK 2047, the third carriage and fourth vehicle in the consist, seen from Ron Keat Drive

21 June 2016

FT 4345 leads a six car Matangi train out of Porirua in dreadful weather

15 July 2016

FP 4155 trails the train out of Porirua

15 July 2016

Shortly after the unit passes, DFT 7092 leads train 1203, the southbound Capital Connection, through Porirua to Wellington

15 July 2016

EF 30232 and EF 30226 lead train 391T out of Hunterville. Along for the ride is DFT 7008

15 July 2016

The track inspection vehicle ETM 432 sits in the yard at Westfield waiting to head south again

24 July 2016