Last Days of Otiria

Shots of the Otiria shunt in its final days as the operation draws to a close
76 photos in this gallery. Showing photos 1 - 48

DCP 4790 leads DC 4916 into Otiria with an empty rake of four wheel wagons

29 August 2016

The four wheel wagons, classified LPA, LPL and LPM, are the last of their type left in service in New Zealand, and are exclusively used on the Otiria shunt

29 August 2016

DC 4916 and DCP 4790 drop the wagons in the yard

29 August 2016

DC 4916 leads DCP 4790 through the yard

29 August 2016

The two DCs head around to the loading area to fetch a rake of loaded wagons

29 August 2016

DCP 4790 and DC 4916 drag loaded wagons into the yard at Otiria

29 August 2016

The loaded wagons are hauled into the yard at Otiria

29 August 2016

The shunter's refuge wagon at the back of the train will be left in the yard before departure

29 August 2016

After clearing the loaded wagons, DCP 4790 and DC 4916 propel the empty wagons into the loading area at Otiria

29 August 2016

After shunting the empty wagons into place and turning DCP 4790, the two locomotives move into position for departure from Otiria. DCP 4790 was uncoupled and turned as DC 4916 is not allowed to lead

29 August 2016

DCP 4790 and DC 4916 wait for departure from Otiria

29 August 2016

The train is moved onto the main for departure

29 August 2016

The four wheel wagons on the end of the train, coupled behind bogie log wagons

29 August 2016

After moving the train into place and picking up the shunter, the train is ready to depart Otiria for Whangarei

29 August 2016

DCP 4790 and DC 4916 depart Otiria for Whangarei with a loaded train of logs

29 August 2016

DCP 4790 and DC 4916, heading to Whangarei as train L22D, pass through Pokapu

29 August 2016

Train L22D crosses Davis Road in Pokau on its way south to Whangarei

29 August 2016

Not everything goes to plan however. L22D ended up disabled on the Maromaku Bank and required assistance. Here, train L1 heads to the rescue of L22D, with light locomotives DBR 1267, DCP 4663 and DC 4565

29 August 2016

L1 crosses SH1 near Hukerenui on its way north

29 August 2016

The Thunderbird locomotives DBR 1267, DCP 4663 and DC 4565 head north through Towai

29 August 2016

After collecting the disabled train, the combined L1 and L22D head south through Towai, with five locomotives on the head

29 August 2016

L1's locomotives DC 4565, DCP 4663 and DBR 1267 lead L22D's locomotives DCP 4790 and DC 4916 through Towai

29 August 2016

The five locomotives turn the corner (literally) as trains L1 and L22D head south

29 August 2016

DC 4565 leads the quintet of locomotives past flooded paddocks near Hukerenui

29 August 2016

The train passes through paddocks soaked with recent rain. DBR 1267 is the sole locomotive preventing the lashup from being called "elephant style"

29 August 2016

The rolling hills dominate the landscape as the log train heads south

29 August 2016

DC 4565 at the head of the lashup leads the other four locomtives back across SH1 near Hukerenui

29 August 2016

Train L1 and L22D cross SH1 near Hukerenui

29 August 2016

DC 4565, DCP 4663, DBR 1267 and DCP 4790 are in power with DC 4916 offline as the train heads south

29 August 2016

Passing through the tree lined track at Whakapara, the train passes under SH1 on its journey south

29 August 2016

The locomotive quintet passes the trees lining the track at Whakapara, no doubt offsetting the carbon emitted by the locomotives

29 August 2016

The train made a short stop at Hikurangi

29 August 2016

Train L1 and L22D stopped next to the TWC board at Hikurangi

29 August 2016

DC 4565 leads the train out of Hikurangi as it departs on its last leg to Whangarei

29 August 2016

The locomotives pass over a disconnected siding as the train departs Hikurangi

29 August 2016

Entering Whangarei, DC 4565, DCP 4663, DBR 1267 and DCP 4790 haul the train across Kensington Ave, with DC 4916 dead

29 August 2016

Train L1 and L22D finally arrive in Whangarei, crossing Kensington Ave near Whangarei station

29 August 2016

Early in the morning before the arrival of the daily shunt from Whangarei, the Otiria yard is seen blanketed in light fog

30 August 2016

DC 4939 and DC 4594 bring train L22C into Otiria in the fog the day afterwards, with a rake of four wheel wagons to be loaded

30 August 2016

DC 4939 and DC 4594 come out of the fog and into the yard at Otiria

30 August 2016

A bare Otiria loading yard, with a loaded rake of four wheel wagons waiting to be taken south

30 August 2016

As the sun rises, a rake of four wheel wagons sits in the loading yard shortly before heading south

30 August 2016

After bringing the loaded wagons into the yard, DC 4939 and DC 4594 propel the empty wagons into the loading area at Otiria

30 August 2016

DC 4939 and DC 4594 propel the wagons into the loading yard. These may be the last wagons to be loaded at Otiria

30 August 2016

The train is propelled around the S curve and out of sight

30 August 2016

After dropping the wagons, the two DCs come back into the yard light

30 August 2016

DC 4939 leads DC 4594 out of the loading yard at Otiria

30 August 2016

With DC 4594 now leading, the train is coupled up to the loaded wagons in the yard

30 August 2016

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