Miscellaneous and Happenings

DC 4070 at Britomart with train 200, the northbound Overlander

28 April 2011

Fog at Papakura station early one morning

5 May 2011

Back with real trains, ADC 851 waits at Platform 2, while ADL 804 is about to run an Eastern Line service to Otahuhu

14 May 2011

Twenty minutes later, ADL 803 arrives at Britomart to run the next Southern Line service to Otahuhu

14 May 2011

New PID systems are being rolled out across Auckland's rolling stock. Features of the new system include announcing transfer stations, showing the date and time and only showing stations the train actually stops at

30 May 2011

DC 4536 pushes its SA set past Westfield yards and into Westfield station

1 June 2011

Several locomotives idle at Westfield yard, including DC 4070, South Island visitor DFT 7023, DFT 7322, DXR 8022, DBR 1226, DBR 1213, DH 2868 and freshly repainted DC 4323

1 June 2011

DC 4369 out of service at Papakura Platform 3

9 June 2011

DFT 7051 at Westfield in its new KiwiRail livery, behind DFT 7282. The locomotive was rumoured to be wearing the MAXX livery

26 July 2011

SD 5842 and ADC 856 together at Britomart's Platforms 2 and 3

27 July 2011

DL 9008 teams up with DFT 7282 at Westfield

28 July 2011

DC 4346 at Papakura station one evening prior to returning empty to Westfield

4 August 2011

The former Thames railway station. The Thames Branch closed in June 1991 and the track was lifted during May 1995

7 August 2011

The former station building and goods shed at Thames

7 August 2011

Newly repainted DFT 7051 stands at Britomart after running the morning limited stop service via Newmarket

8 August 2011

DFT 7051 and SA 3439 together at Britomart

8 August 2011

An ADL stands alone at the end of Platform 2 at Britomart

10 August 2011

DC 4409, DC 4594 and DC 4565 lead train 228 through Papakura station, running "wrong line" to go around an SA set on platform 2

18 August 2011

DH 2868 running a short shunt from Westfield to Penrose for Mainfreight

21 August 2011

ADL 802 crosses O'rorke Rd near Penrose on the last day of Rail Safety Week 2011

27 August 2011

On the return journey to Britomart, ADC 852 rolls along the long straight section between Te Papapa and Maurice Rd

27 August 2011

ADC 852 crossing Maurice Rd

27 August 2011

DFT 7051 leads its train into Papakura on a Britomart-bound service. DFTs on SA6s usually have their locomotive facing away from Britomart, so DFT 7051 is facing "backwards"

9 September 2011

IAB 4059 with a new KiwiRail container at Westfield

13 September 2011