Ja 1271 Heads to Auckland

The bag of coal is split open for unloading into the tender

25 September 2022

After rewatering and recoaling, Ja 1271 heads back onto its train

25 September 2022

Ja 1271 reverses onto DBR 1254 as it prepares to depart Te Kuiti

25 September 2022

Before Ja 1271 can depart, DFB 7282 enters Te Kuiti station with train 200, running for the first time in over a year

25 September 2022

DFB 7282 overtakes Ja 1271 as the former leads train 200 north from Auckland. The Northern Explorer service was suspended in August 2021 after the second Alert Level 4 lockdown, and is finally resuming on this day after over a year off the rails

25 September 2022

Ja 1271 departs Te Kuiti for Auckland, again putting on a show for the crowd

25 September 2022

Ja 1271 gets under way from Te Kuiti after waiting for train 200 to clear

25 September 2022

Ja 1271 pulls into Hamilton for a passenger and water stop

25 September 2022

Ja 1271 stops at Hamilton station for the last water refill of the journey to Glenbrook

25 September 2022

Ja 1271 simmers at Hamilton while it takes on water

25 September 2022

Heading towards Tauranga, DL 9020 leads train 327 out of Te Rapa onto the East Coast Main Trunk

25 September 2022

Ja 1271 departs Hamilton for the last leg of the journey to Glenbrook

25 September 2022

Just after sunset, Ja 1271 charges up the Whangarata bank through Pokeno, nearing its final destination of Glenbrook

25 September 2022

Heading south through Pokeno, Ja 1271 leads the RES and Steam Inc carriages solo towards Hamilton and Te Kuiti. The train is running a series of excursions in the Waikato region over the next three days, before heading back up to Auckland

7 October 2022

Ja 1271 bursts out of the tunnel underneath Hamilton and onto the Claudelands bridge on the ECMT, en route from Hamilton to Tokoroa

8 October 2022

Whistling hard over the bridge, Ja 1271 crosses the Waikato River as it exits from the tunnel underneath the Hamilton CBD, on its journey to Tokoroa

8 October 2022

A sunny day for a change as Ja 1271 crosses the Waikato River bound for Tokoroa

8 October 2022

With the GVR cars leading the consist and Steam Inc's red carriages at the rear, Ja 1271 crosses the Waikato River heading for Tokoroa

8 October 2022

Making a spectacle as it heads towards Otahuhu, Ja 1271 passes through the Orakei Basun with the Auckland Steam Supreme excursion around the Auckland metro network, making the last of four runs of the day between The Strand and Otahuhu

15 October 2022

Pedestrians are definitely made aware of the passing train as wind blows smoke from Ja 1271 over the shared path through the Orakei Basin

15 October 2022

Ja 1271 thunders into Meadowbank station towards Otahuhu with the last of four loop runs around the Auckland metro network

15 October 2022

Ja 1271 heads south through Tuakau with just the Steam Inc carriages in tow. The train is heading to Hamilton on this day as the Grand North Island Steam Tour, travelling via Tokoroa and Whanganui over the next few days before Ja 1271 returns to Wellington

19 October 2022

Ja 1271 passes the site of the old Tuakau station as it heads south to Hamilton

19 October 2022

Ja 1271 makes light work of the slight grade up through Tuakau as it heads south

19 October 2022