Miscellaneous and Happenings

Driver Bill Baker stands next to his locomotive with pride at Papakura

24 July 2014

DFB 7200 stands at Papakura, this time on its own

24 July 2014

DFB 7200 departs Sylvia Park, making lots of noise as it does so

24 July 2014

A train fault caused the Pukekohe service shown here to run 15 minutes behind schedule, resulting in the later Manukau train running first instead

24 July 2014

DFB 7200, running the late train, stops at Papakura before departing for Pukekohe

24 July 2014

ADL 802 passes a wharf in the Orakei Basin

10 August 2014

ADL 809 passes the Papatoetoe bank shortly before arriving at Papatoetoe station

10 August 2014

An ADL class DMU passes the Orakei Basin on a cloudy winter day

10 August 2014

As winter water skiers prepare for a morning on the water, ADL 802 passes the Orakei Basin on a southbound run

10 August 2014

DC 4254 powers south across Opaheke Road with a commuter service to Pukekohe

13 August 2014

SD 5648 crosses Opaheke Road, returning to Britomart, during Rail Safety Week

13 August 2014

DC 4415 rises out of the ground near Walters Road

15 August 2014

DC 4415 crosses Walters Road

15 August 2014

Just minutes later, ADK 685 heads in the opposite direction towards Britomart

15 August 2014

For Rail Safety Week, Tracksafe NZ developed a simulator to put the public in the position of a locomotive engineer. The simulator is also available on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TrackSAFENZ/app_810728795634187">Tracksafe's Facebook page</a>

16 August 2014

A member of the public tries out the simulator, who ended up crashing the "108 tonne locomotive" into a car

16 August 2014

DC 4317 and DBR 1254 depart Otahuhu on a test run south

16 August 2014

The site of the proposed Otahuhu bus/train interchange

16 August 2014

Details of the interchange proposal were on display at an open day held by Auckland Transport. Key rail features include gated platform access and space for a future third platform

16 August 2014

DC 4939 pushes its short consist through Drury towards Papakura

21 August 2014

DC 4916 in charge of its train bound for Pukekohe

21 August 2014

Returning to Papakura heading for Britomart

21 August 2014

DC 4536 runs another passenger service to Pukekohe. At this stage, MP4 was stopped around the corner, keeping the Sutton Road alarms down

21 August 2014

DC 4444 exits the Purewa tunnel near Glen Innes station

25 August 2014