Miscellaneous and Happenings

The shelters from Newmarket's now demolished temporary stations are being reused at minor stations, including Takanini

28 January 2010

New Auckland network map, with the Onehunga Line in brown, in ADB 772. The map was only installed in trains not used during the Christmas shutdown

2 February 2010

Westfield Yard from the station overbridge. Locos include DC 4444, DC 4070 and DFB 7158

7 February 2010

DC 4300 heads the Overlander south

13 February 2010

Track tamper ETM 201 stopped at Papakura, viewed from a train just departed

5 March 2010

ADC 857 at Papatoetoe station on a Britomart-bound service

13 March 2010

DFB 7010 in its new MAXX livery sits at Westfield with another DFT

6 March 2010

The driver of DC 4375 checks for clearance to move from the train manager shortly before departure from Ellerslie

13 March 2010

The joys of digital cameras - raindrops and scratches on the window of an ADL with DFB 7010 in the background

13 March 2010

ADC 854 on a Britomart-bound service at Middlemore

13 March 2010

Something that hasn't happened for a while: an SA set with DC 4346 on the head stabled between Platforms 2 and 3 at Papakura

23 March 2010

DC 4444 at Newmarket on a Western Line service

23 March 2010

My attempt at recreating the photo on the cover of the Southern Line timetable: ADK 681 at Ellerslie

23 March 2010

ADL 801 at Puhinui

23 March 2010

Good Friday, and work is under way on removing the abandoned platforms at Tironui, to allow for straightening of the tracks, and to reduce crime in the area. The freshly painted signals have been given the "local treatment"

3 April 2010

Work is also under way on removing the oldest of the three Manurewa stations, for the same reasons

3 April 2010

DFT 7282 waiting for DXR 8022 to clear the "temporary" single track before heading north

5 April 2010

MAXX advertising on the side of SA 5682

5 April 2010

DCP 4818 has replaced DCP 4605 for ARTA service. This locomotive derailed in mid 2009 after it hit a mudslide

5 April 2010

DXB 5080 heads north through Mercer on train 182 on a sunny afternoon

10 April 2010

The SX set departs Papakura on an empty run to Britomart

16 April 2010

DC 4346 and DC 4444 stabled next to each other in the Papakura stabling yard

20 June 2010

Platform extension works at Mt Eden

20 June 2010

Platform extension is also under way at Meadowbank

20 June 2010