Mainline Steam Move

Mainline Steam's move from their Parnell depot
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DC 4571 pulls into Orakei station with train B97, consisting of Ja 1275, Ja 1267, four tank wagons and a box wagon. The rolling stock is being transported to Glenbrook Vintage Railway for storage

9 April 2015

Ja 1275 coupled directly behind DC 4571. The train stopped here for crew to inspect the axle bearings

9 April 2015

Ja 1267 on the move on train B97

9 April 2015

DC 4571 shortly before departing Orakei with B97

9 April 2015

At Papakura, train B97 is placed on Platform 1, the Up Main, for another inspection stop and to be overtaken by train 219

10 April 2015

DC 4571 and Ja 1275 arrive at Papakura

10 April 2015

Ja 1267 sitting in the light at Papakura

10 April 2015

Ja 1275 steams away in light steam as the train waits for 219

10 April 2015

Close up of DC 4571 at Papakura

10 April 2015

DL 9262 brings train 219 past train B97 at Papakura

10 April 2015

As train 219 speeds by, train B97 gets ready to depart

10 April 2015

DBR 1199 and DBR 1267 lead Bb 144, J 1211 and Ba 552 through Orakei, the second special shunt to move rolling stock from Mainline Steam in Parnell to Glenbrook

14 May 2015

Bb 144 coupled behind DBR 1267 as the train passes through Orakei

14 May 2015

DBR 1199's headlights signal the approach of the special shunt

14 May 2015

DBR 1199 and DBR 1267 pass through Glen Innes at 30km/h, the maximum permitted speed for the trip

14 May 2015

Bb 144 passing through Glen Innes

14 May 2015

J 1211 passing through the dead of night behind Bb 144 and the DBRs

14 May 2015

An incomplete Ba 552 brings up the rear of the locos, with box wagons coupled behind

14 May 2015

The train continues on into the darkness towards Glenbrook

14 May 2015

Close up view of a light on J 1211

24 May 2015

J 1211 stored under cover at Pukeoware. The locomotive is undergoing a ten year survey

24 May 2015

A rake of wagons from Mainline Steam's Parnell depot are in storage at Otahuhu

4 July 2015

Ex South African locomotives 25NC 3508 (far), 25NC 3432 and GMAM 4083 (nearest) sitting in the sidings at Port of Auckland awaiting a truck to take them to the Glenbrook steel mill for storage

4 July 2015

The three locomotives in the siding. The locomotives cannot be towed to Glenbrook as they are too heavy, too large and have incorrect wheel profiles for New Zealand tracks

4 July 2015

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