Miscellaneous and Happenings

ADL 808 exits the Purewa tunnel, paired with ADL 802

25 August 2014

ADK 681 enters the tunnel

25 August 2014

DC 4939 pushes its train into the tunnel

25 August 2014

SD 5993 leads DC 4346 towards the Purewa tunnel

25 August 2014

DC 4260 emerges from the tunnel after crossing DC 4346 underground

25 August 2014

DC 4260 heads for Glen Innes

25 August 2014

ADL 810 and ADL 803 head north towards Panmure station

2 September 2014

DFB 7200 crosses DC 4939 just south of Panmure

2 September 2014

The two locomotives side by side as one heads north and the other south

2 September 2014

DCP 4818 near Takanini station

10 September 2014

DCP 4818 crosses Manuroa Road while slowing down for Takanini station

10 September 2014

DC 4536 in the distance, having just cleared Spartan Road

10 September 2014

The train slows down for Takanini station

10 September 2014

ADL 807 departs Papatoetoe in the rain

12 September 2014

DC 4104 departs Takanini across Taka Street

1 January 1970

Heading in the opposite direction, DC 4093 arrives at Takanini

1 January 1970

The old and the new: EMU safety posters remain up around the network, while DC 4444 prepares for departure for Britomart

27 September 2014

DC 4444 waits at Papakura for departure

27 September 2014

The unique locomotive gets under way from Puhinui

27 September 2014

End of the line: SD 5762 as far north as the suburban trains currently go at Waitakere

27 September 2014

The four-car SA set waits at Waitakere

27 September 2014

DC 4093 leads the train out of Waitakere

27 September 2014

The height difference between the SD's FM bogies and the SA's S-ride bogies are evident

27 September 2014

Although hidden from view by the overhead infrastructure, the EMU stabling facility at the Strand is now in use

5 October 2014

Two pairs of ADLs, led by ADL 810 and ADL 808, await departure from Papakura

6 October 2014

Two LC wagons sit at Fernleigh on the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. Volunteers were cleaning the station area and using the wagons to carry rubbish

6 October 2014

In the distance, DSA 243 approaches Fernleigh to collect the two wagons of rubbish

6 October 2014

DSA 243 is guided onto the wagons

6 October 2014

The short shunt service at Fernleigh before returning to Pukeoware

6 October 2014

SD 3197 gets under way from Papakura station in the distance

8 October 2014

With Transdev LE Andrew James in charge of the service, the train gets under way quickly as it passes Porchester Road

8 October 2014

DC 4444 pushes the train into the former Tironui station area

8 October 2014

DC 4093 pulls into Homai station

9 October 2014

DC 4093 climbs the grade away from Homai

9 October 2014

A RailCruiser sits at Mamaku awaiting departure. The RailCruisers use a section of the Rotorua Branch

27 October 2014

The small turntable at Mamaku, giving access to the sidings and allowing the RailCruisers to be turned

27 October 2014

A RailCruiser under shelter before departing

27 October 2014

The RailCruiser departs Mamaku

27 October 2014

The gate at the end of the RailCruiser territory at Mamaku, with derelict alarms protecting the road

27 October 2014

Mamaku station building, housing the RailCruiser operations

27 October 2014

DL 9417 leads train 142 through Glenbrook

8 November 2014

DL 9417 leads its train past Mainline Steam's Bagnall, posing as Thomas the Tank Engine during the GVR's Thomas weekend

8 November 2014

F 233 sits out in the open at Pukeoware depot, wearing its face

8 November 2014

Ww 644 paces DL 9417 returning from Mission Bush with empty train 143, with the former running its last train for the day

8 November 2014

The wagons of train 143 provide a backdrop to the short consist of Thomas

8 November 2014

Ja 1250 stands at Glenbrook before returning to Pukeoware empty

8 November 2014

AM 198 stands at Britomart before running to Onehunga

23 November 2014

DFT 7092 arrives at Britomart with train 200, the northbound Northern Explorer

28 November 2014