Esplanade Railway

View from on board a train on Palmerston North's Esplanade railway

11 April 2015

The railway runs alongside the road

11 April 2015

DXC 1975, numbered after the year it was build, leads the train through the bush

11 April 2015

DXC 1975 passes through the bush

11 April 2015

THe depot at Esplanade railway

11 April 2015

DXC 1975 arrives at one of the stations on the line

11 April 2015

DXC 1975 in its bright KiwiRail livery at the station. The miniature locomotive was painted in this livery at the Hutt Workshops

11 April 2015

The train takes on passengers

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DXC 1975 departs the station

11 April 2015

DXR 1997 sits in the depot out of service

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DA 1969 with the miniature Capital Connection carriages

11 April 2015

The Capital Connection livery applied to the carriages

11 April 2015

DA 1969 in its traditional red livery

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DA 1969 has now finished service for the day and is seen just before putting the carriages away

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DA 1969 shunts the Capital Connection carriages away

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DA 1969 shunts the carriages away

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DA 1969 reverses into the depot

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The locomotive moves a single carriage

11 April 2015

DXC 1975 exits the bush and approaches the station

11 April 2015

DXC 1975 passing through the bush

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As this final service of the day, signs warning cars of trains are collected

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Cars wait for the miniature train to pass

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Crew collect signs at the level crossing

11 April 2015

Passing through the bush

11 April 2015