DCP 4818 Arrives Home

Awaiting a ride to the Glenbrook Vintage Railway, DCP 4818 sits at the Westfield yards behind ADL 802 and next to a spare AG. In the background, DL 9129 arrives with train MP6, the class of locomotive that made the DCs redundant

19 April 2019

DCP 4818 sits at the Westfield yard awaiting a ride to the GVR. The locomotive was purchased to complement DBR 1254 and DBR 1295 on mainline charters

19 April 2019

After arrival at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway, DCP 4818 sits at Glenbrook station before being towed to Pukeoware

25 April 2019

Under a darkening sky, DCP 4818 basks in what's left of the sun at Glenbrook

25 April 2019

WIth DBR 1295 waiting to tow it to Pukeoware, DCP 4818 takes in its new surroundings at Glenbrook

25 April 2019

DCP 4818 is still fitted with door controls from its time on SA service around the Auckland suburban area

25 April 2019

Looking up at the rear headlights of DCP 4818

25 April 2019

DCP 4818 and DBR 1295 sit at Glenbrook, a reunion of ex-KiwiRail locomotives

25 April 2019

DCP 4818 sitting next to the station house at Glenbrook

25 April 2019

Looking up at the long hood of DCP 4818

25 April 2019

DBR 1295 departs Glenbrook with DCP 4818 in tow, bound for Pukeoware

25 April 2019

DBR 1295 arrives at Pukeoware with DCP 4818 in tow, the latter being the first locomotive in KiwiRail livery to venture this far down the GVR

25 April 2019

Soon to be a familiar sight at Pukeoware, DCP 4818 is towed into the yard

25 April 2019

The two locomotives enter Pukeoware yard on the loop

25 April 2019

DBR 1295 tows DCP 4818 into the loop at Pukeoware

25 April 2019

Now stabled in the loop, DCP 4818 basks in the sun at the Pukeoware depot

25 April 2019

The shiny DBR 1295 compared to the faded nose of DCP 4818

25 April 2019

DCP 4818 stabled in the loop at Pukeoware

25 April 2019