Miscellaneous and Happenings

DC 4029 waits at National Park with the Overlander

23 April 2009

The rear of the Overlander at National Park. Passengers have a good view out of the large window

23 April 2009

ADL 807 stops at Sylvia Park Station, en route to Papakura

30 May 2009

Sylvia Park Train Station. The station serves Sylvia Park shopping mall

30 May 2009

One of the many viaducts of the Central North Island section of the Main Trunk Railway. (The weather was appalling, being a typical August day in 2009)

1 August 2009

An SA set is the only source of light as it arrives at Te Mahia in August 2009

7 August 2009

ADL 806 (front) and ADL 802 sit in Britomart one night in Auckland

17 October 2009

ADK 688 looks scary as it stables at Britomart Platform 1

17 October 2009

ADL 802 leaves Britomart for Papakura

17 October 2009

DBR 1226 and DBR 1295 (not visible) wait for ADK 685 to clear the track so they can enter Westfield. DBR 1226 is the only locomotive in MAXX livery that does freight duties

31 October 2009

The south-to-west portion of the Newmarket Triangle is almost completed, if not complete

31 October 2009

A pipe is being laid beside the tracks at Remuera Station. The station building is fenced off and cannot be used

14 December 2009

4346 at Britomart. Note the ditch lights - they're mounted above the headstock (like the DFT/DFB/DFM class), instead of on the headstock

14 December 2009

The site of the former Avondale station. Once an island platform, the new station is just around the curve and will be two side platforms

5 January 2010

The temporary Avondale station on the other side of the road bridge

5 January 2010

DC 4254 passes through Papatoetoe on the first day of Eastern Line services for the year after a one week shutdown

5 January 2010

The old Papatoetoe station has been above track-level for years now

5 January 2010

DC 4732 about to cross Walters Rd

12 January 2010

There happened to be a hi-rail at the motel we were staying at in Wairoa

20 January 2010

The Matahorua viaduct above State Highway 2 carries the Palmerston North - Gisborne Line across the gorge

21 January 2010

DFM 7322 heads south to Hamilton at Ohinewai

22 January 2010

DH 2868 sporting its smart new KiwiRail livery, is stabled just north of the Sylvia Park station, seen from a passing train

25 January 2010

DC 4346 heads into the Otahuhu Workshops with an SA set

25 January 2010

DCP 4605 (incorrectly labelled on the locomotive as DC 4605) about to arrive at Takanini Station

28 January 2010