Father-Son Adventures

Stabled at Pukekohe over the weekend, AM 1087 sits quietly in the yard awaiting its weekday duties

20 June 2026

AM 198 has had an interior refresh, receiving new seat covers and carpet. Here we see the new covers on the standard seats in AMT 198

20 June 2026

New carpet laid on the upper sections of AMT 198

20 June 2026

The priority seats have yellow outlines integrated into the new pattern

20 June 2026

Wheelchair seats in AMT 198 with the new pattern installed

20 June 2026

At Sylvia Park, the next generation watches AM 198 depart towards Waitematā

20 June 2026

AM 198 departs Sylvia Park en route to Waitematā

20 June 2026

Later that afternoon, DFB 7295 passes through Sylvia Park with train 1355 in tow, heading for Hamilton

20 June 2026

Sitting at Manukau station, AM 1196 waits to depart for Waitematā, while AM 537 is stabled on the other platform. AM 1196 has received a small AT logo on the nose, as well as white AT logos on the side of the train

5 July 2026

At Waitematā, AM 1005 has just arrived from Swanson and waits for the next trip back out west, while AM 714 sits at Platform 3 as a spare unit

5 July 2026

AM 1005 sits at Platform 2, next to the old Platform 2. This platform is now unnumbered and is fenced off from use, as it was disconnected during CRL works

5 July 2026

Passing through Middlemore, DL 9636 passes the little-used Platform 3 on the West Main with an empty rake of wagons bound for Ports of Auckland, running as train 164S

19 July 2026

On board the following Eastern Line service, we caught up with train 164S at Westfield, with our train travelling on the Up Main. Just ahead, the West Main merges into the Up Main past Westfield Junction, so 164S needs to wait

19 July 2026

At Sylvia Park, AM 1087 pauses as it runs an Eastern Line service to Waitematā. AM 1087 is one of the few units that has received white AT logos as well as a small logo underneath the windscreen wiper

19 July 2026

Following behind, DL 9636 passes through Sylvia Park with empty train 164S, allowing us to claim we chased a train by train

19 July 2026

AM 362 stops at Penrose, on one of the last Southern Line services to Waitematā for an hour or so. An earlier fire alarm at Waitematā threw the whole network into disarray, with at least two cancellations after this train

19 July 2026