Auckland Freights

DCP 4611 and DC 4939 lead special train A39 down the grade from Grafton into Newmarket

5 November 2016

DCP 4611 and DC 4939 bring a load of logs through suburban Auckland at Newmarket. The train made a special trip to Wellsford to collect logs

5 November 2016

The train of logs passes under Newmarket

5 November 2016

DC 4939, DC 4571 and DC 4260 bring the port shunt down the grade into Ellerslie. The shunts were sent via Newmarket while work was being undertaken on the NIMT during the weekend. The gradients required adding a third DC

19 November 2016

DL 9233 and DL 9475 lead train 239 out of Westfield through Mangere, near the start of its journey

18 February 2017

The pair of DLs lead the train over the top of the old Mangere platform

18 February 2017

Having finally returned to its home town after a repaint in April 2016, DC 4444 leads train 166 through Mangere long hood leading towards the port

18 February 2017

After dropping wagons off at the port, DC 4444 returns through Orakei Basin with train 197

18 February 2017

DC 4444 puts on a show as it leads train 197 through the Port of Auckland

18 February 2017

DC 4444 powers up towards Meadowbank as it heads towards Westfield with train 197

18 February 2017

DL 9262 leads the port shunt from Ports of Auckland through Panmure late in the afternoon. The service is normally run by a DC class locomotive

21 May 2017

DL 9095 leads the port shunt through Meadowbank. DLs have been running the shunts in the last week as DCs are now banned from leading, pending checks

27 May 2017

DL 9095 heads around the corner into Meadowbank

27 May 2017

DC 4444 and DL 9014 slowly lead train MP5 through Paerata, wrong line running, as a rail replacement bus heads the other way towards Papakura and Britomart

3 June 2017

DC 4444 and DL 9014 creep through Paerata with MP5. DC 4444 is undergoing tests as part of clearing the DC class to lead again, and changed onto train MP6 at Waharoa

3 June 2017

DL 9014 tucked in behind DC 4444 as the train heads through Paerata

3 June 2017

Now back on the correct track and out of track works, DC 4444 and DL 9014 power south with train MP5

3 June 2017

Around six weeks after being released from Hutt after overhaul, DFB 7023 leads train 228 across Opaheke Road towards Westfield

1 July 2017

DFB 7023, still clean after running around for six weeks, heads train 228 over Opaheke Road

1 July 2017

DL 9400 leads DFT 7104 on a mostly empty train 228 through Papakura

22 July 2017

DL 9400 and DFT 7104 power into Papakura station on the head of train 228

22 July 2017

DFT 7104 trails behind DL 9400 on train 228. DFT 7104 was the only DFT class locomotive (alongside three DFBs) to haul SA sests around Auckland before electrification, and returned to freight service after a repaint

22 July 2017

DL 9037 leads the port shunt through Glen Innes on its way north to the port

16 September 2017

DL 9037 leans into the curve as it heads through Glen Innes

16 September 2017