Main South Line

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Some trains and scenes from the Main South Line between Christchurch and Dunedin

DXB 5448 crosses Old South Road near Dunsandel with dead DCP 4761 as train 934

6 July 2016

The level crossing alarms at Old South Road level crossing

6 July 2016

The site of the former Ashburton station building

6 July 2016

DSC 2652 shunts wagons at Ashburton

6 July 2016

DSC 2652, one of the few Tranz Rail liveried DSCs left in service, shunts at Ashburton

6 July 2016

DXC 5483 leads an early train 920D across the Hae Hae te Moana River in Temuka

6 July 2016

DCP 4801 and DC 4012 move to pick up wagons at Timaru

6 July 2016

View of Timaru station from the footbridge. The train last saw regular passenger services in 2002 when the Southerner was cancelled

6 July 2016

DCP 4801 leads DC 4012 towards the 15 wagons to be moved to Temuka

6 July 2016

DCP 4801 and DC 4012 reverse onto the wagons

6 July 2016

The train is checked before departure from Timaru

6 July 2016

DC 4012 and DCP 4801 wait to depart Timaru

6 July 2016

Standing next to the footbridge, the two DCs wait to depart as train W22T

6 July 2016

DC 4012 and DCP 4801 depart Timaru for Temuka

6 July 2016

DC 4012 smokes as it leads DCP 4801 out of Timaru

6 July 2016

DC 4012 makes its best attempt at imitating an oil burning steam locomotive as it pulls out of Timaru with DCP 4801 and train W22T

6 July 2016

The train heads around the curve towards Temuka

6 July 2016

The wagons stretch out along the S curve

6 July 2016

At Oamaru, Ds 214 is on display outside Steampunk as an art display

6 July 2016

The Oamaru Steam and Rail level crossing outside Steampunk in Oamaru

6 July 2016

Inserting a $2 coin into a box next to the locomotive lights up the level crossing lights and puts on a steam and fire display

6 July 2016

Fire erupts from the funnel at the top of Ds 214

6 July 2016

The curve leading away from Harbourside station

6 July 2016

The Main South Line passes over Humber Street in Oamaru

6 July 2016

Harbourside station at the Oamaru Steam and Rail Society

6 July 2016

Harbourside station viewed from the end of the line

6 July 2016

The end of the line at Oamaru. The Main South Line is just tens of metres from this point

6 July 2016

The Main South Line passes over a bridge crossing Humber Street

6 July 2016

The Thames Street level crossing in Oamaru

6 July 2016

Dunedin Railway Station viewed from Jetty Street

6 July 2016

DSG 3101 stands at Dunedin yard

6 July 2016

DXB 5080 hides among wagons and buildings at Dunedin

6 July 2016

DXC 5460 and an unidentified DC sits next to wagons at Dunedin

6 July 2016

DSG 3101 shunts wagons towards the Dunedin Railway Station

6 July 2016

With the Taieri Gorge Railway consist sitting at the dock platform, DSG 3101 stops to push the wagons back onto another track

6 July 2016

DSG 3101 pushes wagons into the yard, with the Dunedin Railway Station as a backdrop

6 July 2016

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