Miscellaneous and Happenings

An ADL at Newmarket, having just come in from the Southern Line

3 July 2010

Newmarket is colourfully lit up at night

3 July 2010

An SA set and ADL 810 cross each other at Homai station

7 July 2010

DC 4381 roars away from Homai

7 July 2010

The ADKs are getting PIDs, despite only having three years left of service. Here, ADB 774 is lost in Britomart

10 July 2010

An SA set apparently heading for "BRITOLARP PQEX"

10 July 2010

Led by DBR 1254, the dreaded SX set waits at Papakura for passengers

16 July 2010

DBR 1282 and DBR 1226 at Westfield, with DH 2845 in the background wearing its new KiwiRail livery

11 September 2010

ADC 853 and DCP 4663 at Britomart

11 September 2010

DC 4939 at Westfield, having just returned from Hutt Workshops

11 September 2010

DFB 7010 and DFB 7348 at Westfield, both on 6 car SA sets

11 September 2010

Rain has caused a small oil slick and submerged rails on the Platform 3 track at Papakura. Unlike the BP oil spill, the oil was there first

11 September 2010

DC 4444 with DFT 7104, complete with MAXX branding

19 September 2010

DC 4029 heads the northbound Overlander just out of Taihape

4 October 2010

ET 3252 at Paraparaumu Station

4 October 2010

EM 1528 at Paraparaumu, about to depart for Wellington

4 October 2010

DCP 4818 waits at Papakura for passengers to carry to Britomart

14 December 2010

DC 4444 stops at Penrose en route to Britomart

17 December 2010

DCP 4945 on the head of a 5 car SA set at Westfield. SA sets currently in service are normally 4 or 6 car

24 February 2011

DSC 2597 shunts two container wagons as DH 2845 rests between shunting in the foreground

24 February 2011

DC 4191 on the head of the Overlander at Platform 3 at Britomart, with DC 4346 at Platform 2 with a suburban service

1 March 2011

SD 5675 and AO 83 at Platforms 2 and 3 respectively, both waiting to exit the station behind their DC locomotives

1 March 2011

Later that day, DC 4922 waits at Platform 2 to run the 3:25pm service to Pukekohe via Newmarket

1 March 2011

DC 4444 waits at Britomart Platform 5, ready to run a service to Swanson

3 March 2011

DC 4467, normally seen in the lower North Island, is seen here with the southbound Overlander, train 201, at Britomart Transport Centre

8 March 2011

DBR 1226 moves four SA carriages at Westfield

8 March 2011

DFB 7010 terminates at Swanson station, and waits for clearance to move to the other platform to run back to Britomart

10 March 2011

Looking south from the station platform at Waiouru

12 March 2011

Looking north from the station platform at Waiouru

12 March 2011

DCP 4830 waits with the Overlander at Britomart, while SD 5675 waits to lead its train on a suburban service

15 March 2011

DCP 4830 waits at Platform 3 with the Overlander, while SD 5675 waits at Platform 2

15 March 2011

DC 4093 overran the platform at Papakura due to a fault with the brakes and speedo: to quote the LE, "the speedo's stuffed and the brakes are s**t". The first set of doors on the first SA carriage are off the platform, and the second pair are right on the end of the platform

21 March 2011

DC 4951 is standing in for DBR 1199 on the SX set

21 March 2011

An energetic welcome for passengers arriving at Britomart on the 21st of March. This is part of an advertising campaign by ANZ asking how you would greet visitors to New Zealand coming for the Rugby World Cup

21 March 2011

Handing out free lollies to passengers arriving at Britomart

21 March 2011

DH 2822, having recently been outshopped from Hutt Workshops, basks in the sun at Westfield the day after it arrived home

23 March 2011

KiwiRail workers work to complete the track straightening operation at the former Tironui station before the end of the weekend shutdown

27 March 2011

What remains of the pedestrian level crossing just to the south of the old station site. The crossing will be rebuilt with flashing lights, alarms and a pedestrian cage

27 March 2011

DFB 7173 on the head of the southbound Overlander at Britomart. A DFT on the head of the Overlander is not unheard of, but rare

1 April 2011

Three ADKs at Britomart Transport Centre

3 April 2011

DC 4415 departs Britomart and heads under the new Clevedon Rd overbridge. Photo by Matthew Lowther

3 April 2011

DFB 7200 and DC 4317 pair up at Papakura

12 April 2011

Some time later, the same two locomotives pass through Middlemore, running light locos to Westfield

12 April 2011

DL 9020, the research car and DC 4260 at Westfield. The train ran as MTT22 to Westfield, checking for clearance etc

12 April 2011

DL 9020 again, with DH 2822 and DBR 1226 visible in the foreground

12 April 2011

OM milk wagons at Westfield, normally confined to Taranaki milk trains. DH 2868 sits behind them

12 April 2011

As a result of DFB 7200 and DFT 7104 both being out of action, DC 4594 has been summoned to SA duty

12 April 2011

DL 9014 and DL 9020 sandwich the research car at Te Rapa yard

25 April 2011