Helensville and the Santa Parade

Special trains for the 2009 Farmers Santa Parade
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DC 4594, still on loan to ARTA, waits at Britomart Platform 5, to run the 9:47 to Helensville (Santa Parade Special) service

29 November 2009

An SA set, possibly hauled by DC 4104, rolls through Auckland's old station, a.k.a. The Strand

29 November 2009

SD 5652 and old four wheelers (currently being used) at Helensville station

29 November 2009

Santa chooses the train over the bus when his sleigh is out of action or his reindeer are sick

29 November 2009

D 170 is preserved at Helensville station

29 November 2009

A single barrier arm on the road, with no railway in sight (it's behind me)

29 November 2009

The station at Helensville have a poster with each class of motive power (rail and sea) on it. Note the DBR - no DBR was ever in blue livery, yet it still shows it as blue

29 November 2009

Models of DXC 5454 (KiwiRail), DXC 5379 (Toll) and DC 4093 (International Orange - now MAXX), with an SA carriage in the background. An SD car was to the left, out of sight

29 November 2009

D 170 from the train

29 November 2009

Santa and Mrs. Claus were giving out lollies to kids on the train

29 November 2009

Waimauku Station from the train

29 November 2009

Huapai station. It and Waimauku station were built as 'temporary' stations for the Helensville trains

29 November 2009

Britomart was so busy during the Santa parade that Veolia set up barriers to control the crowd

29 November 2009

Britomart was also a place of large crowds after the Santa parade. From left to right, in the platforms, are an ADL, an ADK and an SA set

29 November 2009

ADC 859, in double formation with ADC 858/ADL 808, stops at Pukekohe on a Santa parade special

29 November 2009

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