Bluff Shunt

DSG 3304 shunts the Wool Dumpers siding just out of Invercargill

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 shunts the Wool Dumpers sidings. The locomotive dropped off an empty UKK wagon then carried on south to Bluff

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 pulls out towards Bluff

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 heads out of the Wool Dumpers siding

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 makes a sedate pace alongside State Highway 1 to Bluff. The branch line follows the highway for most of its length

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 heads the empty rake of wagons to Bluff

8 July 2016

Running as train Y33C, DSG 3304 brings the empty rake through Awarua

8 July 2016

Bluff is the site of the southernmost point of the rail network in New Zealand. This section of track no longer appears to be in use

8 July 2016

On the backshunt, a small and lightly signposted level crossing takes visitors to a viewing area for sea lions

8 July 2016

The southern terminus of the New Zealand rail network

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 shunts the fisheries as Bluff. This section of track here is as far south as the trains come now, just a few hundred metres short of the ultimate terminus

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 sets back across the Bluff harbour to the port

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 shunts wagons back across the bridge to pick up the remainder of the train bound for Invercargill

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 passes over the Bluff harbour bridge with a lengthy train Y33D bound for Invercargill

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 leads the train through the causeway just out of Bluff

8 July 2016

Train Y33D passes through the causeway near Bluff

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 leads train Y33D above State Highway 1 and through the causeway

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 passes above State Highway 1 with train Y33D

8 July 2016

The train crosses Heenan Road as DSG 3304 heads to Invercargill

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 passes above a road sign on Heenan Road

8 July 2016

Train Y33D passes sidings as it crosses Kekeno Place

8 July 2016

DSG 3304 crosses Kekeno Place with train Y33D

8 July 2016

The long shunt train heads for Invercargill

8 July 2016