AM class introduction

The truck passes other motorists passing through the University of Auckland. The units are trucked to Wiri depot for a multitude of reasons, one being that the units won't fit through the port underpass

6 May 2014

SD 3199 and AM 240 stand side by side at Britomart, with the latter on a test run

25 June 2014

AM 240 awaits departure from Britomart

25 June 2014

AM 240 and diesel dinosaur DC 4369 at Britomart

25 June 2014

With the limitations of rushed night photography evident, AM 266 coasts down the grade into Manukau station on an early morning test run

10 August 2014

A clearer view of AM 266 in the station trench. No access to the platforms is given after hours

10 August 2014

Another AM unit quietly sneaks into Panmure station

10 August 2014

The unidentified, but serviceable, unit stopped at Panmure

10 August 2014

AM 144 stops at Meadowbank on one of the last runs for the night. Similar tests to the harmonics tests a few weeks ago were being carried out

10 August 2014

AM 266 crosses AM 144 at Meadowbank

10 August 2014

AM 266 heads south out of Meadowbank

10 August 2014

AM 253 at Ellerslie on its last test run, before diverging onto the Onehunga Branch and beginning passenger service for the day

10 August 2014

After testing for the night was complete, AM 225 passes through Papatoetoe empty

10 August 2014

After dark, AM 375 stops at Avondale on a Western Line test run, just days after the first unit visited Swanson

15 October 2014

AM 375 gets under way from Avondale, taking off much faster than anything seen before at the station

15 October 2014

AM 266 stops at Takanini station on a one-off day of EMU services to Papakura

31 January 2015

AM 266 framed between the level crossing alarms at Takanini

31 January 2015

AM 266 powers away from Takanini towards Papakura

31 January 2015

The other AM unit out south, AM 131, arrives at Te Mahia station. Services not run by these two units were run by diesel trains

31 January 2015

AM 131 and AM 266 cross at Te Mahia

31 January 2015

AM 266 passes the only mechanical bells on the electrified Southern Line at Te Mahia

31 January 2015

AM 266 passes under Great South Road

31 January 2015

Despite a level crossing death at Morningside just days previously, some people still don't get the message as AM 131 pulls into Homai

31 January 2015

AM 131 stops at Homai

31 January 2015