Miscellaneous and Happenings

Rain streams down the carriages at Glenbrook

30 November 2014

Water bounces off the windowsill

30 November 2014

Ww 644 steams out of Glenbrook station with a less-than-full train due to the simultaneous Santa Parade in Auckland

30 November 2014

Ww 644 departs Glenbrook in wet weather

30 November 2014

Ww 644 arrives back with the final train of the day

30 November 2014

The train enters Glenbrook station

30 November 2014

DBR 1254 and DBR 1199 run light through Puhinui for Wiri

8 December 2014

Construction has started on the new depot for Mainline Steam, with formation works under way at Opaheke Road

14 December 2014

SD 5794 departs Papakura as DFB 7158 waits at Platform 3 with the northbound Northern Explorer

23 December 2014

Auckland Transport has drawn lines on Queen St outside Britomart, which mark out the route the City Rail Link will take

24 December 2014

Both tunnels are marked out outside Britomart

24 December 2014

On the other side of Queen St, promotional messages state benefits of the CRL

24 December 2014

The lines outside Britomart Transport Centre

24 December 2014

A very rare sight in the form of DXC 5431 on train 200, the Northern Explorer, seen here as the train crosses Boundary Road

2 January 2015

With the evening sun reflecting off the very late train, shining DXC 5431 guides the train into Papakura

2 January 2015

Now departing Papakura as train L200, DXC 5431 easily hauls the train north to Otahuhu

2 January 2015

ADL 805 pauses at Pukekohe briefly under the evening sun before returning to Papakura

10 January 2015

ADL 805 parked under the Pukekohe station building

10 January 2015

SD 5652 and SD 5626 stabled over the weekend at Pukekohe, next to stored ADK 687

10 January 2015

After the last shuttle service from Pukekohe, ADL 805 stops next to ADL 806 at Papakura Platform 4

10 January 2015

ADL 805 prepares to couple up to ADL 806, which was used as a hot spare. The two units then run empty to Westfield

10 January 2015

With couplers now touching, the kidney hook and MU cables sit waiting to be placed

10 January 2015

With the two units now coupled, the train is readied to depart for Westfield

10 January 2015

ADL 806 and ADL 805 rest at Papakura Platform 4, before departure empty for Westfield via the backshunt

10 January 2015

DFB 7186 has a stint on the Northern Explorer as it pulls into Papakura

19 January 2015

DC 4035 arrives with a commuter train next to DFB 7186

19 January 2015

AM 157 pauses at Puhinui on an evening run into Britomart from Manukau

27 January 2015

AM 157 glides off from Puhinui station

27 January 2015

AM 375 on a non-revenue run on the backshunt at Puhinui

28 January 2015

DFT 7051 leads train 200 running 7 minutes ahead of schedule out of Papakura

8 February 2015

AM 212 arrives at Westfield station on a weekend run to Manukau

14 February 2015

In the other direction, AM 131 arrives at Westfield heading for Britomart

14 February 2015

AM 131 pulls in next to freight wagons waiting to be marshalled

14 February 2015

AM 212 arrives at Meadowbank station with a full load of passengers

14 February 2015

ADB 778 is among the laid up ADK class DMUs at Henderson, with serviceable DFT 7104 stabled. A pair of AMs is also now stabled here, including AM 443

14 February 2015

ADK 688 at the end of the long line of elderly DMUs

14 February 2015

ADK 682 and ADK 686 are still coupled from the move that resulted in an 8-car ADK unit to Henderson

14 February 2015

DC 4260, DFB 7200 and DC 4922 stabled between the old ADKs and new AMs

14 February 2015

AN unidentified AM stabled next to AM 430 at Henderson, with DC 4260 and DFB 7200 stabled nearby. The former cab of laid-up ADB 774 is also visible

14 February 2015

SD 5648 shortly before commencing a Morningside - Swanson service, with a pair od AM units stabled in the sidings. The AMs were used for special trains to Kingsland

7 March 2015

DFT 7104 gets its train under way from Morningside, shifting to Kingsland to bring crowds home, as DC 4444 waits to depart for Swanson

7 March 2015

AM 415 and AM 319 rest as DC 4444 sits at Morningside

7 March 2015

Ww 644 arrives at Glenbrook, with the normal running consist using the 56-foot mainline carriages

8 March 2015

Ww 644 after running around the partial mainline fleet

8 March 2015

DFB 7241 brings train 200 through Paerata on the homeward leg

8 March 2015

In the evening sun, DFB 7241 powers through Paerata

8 March 2015

ADL 808 runs a quiet shuttle service to Pukekohe

8 March 2015

ADL 808 from ground level as it slows through Paerata for train 235

8 March 2015