Miscellaneous and Happenings

The Lyttelton end of New Zealand's oldest operational rail tunnel, the Lyttleton Tunnel

7 July 2012

DC 4939 and DC 4248 stand side-by-side at Papakura, showing some minor differences between the two locos (count how many you can find)

14 July 2012

Fresh ballast at Britomart Platform 1, the only sign that the tracks were raised over the weekend for the new EMUs

16 July 2012

SD 5859 and SD 5762 stand side-by-side at Britomart over fresh ballast

16 July 2012

Fog hangs over Westfield yard

19 July 2012

DC 4444 waits at Britomart to run a service to Waitakere

19 July 2012

Steam rushes out of Ja 1250 as the locomotive takes charge of a special event train at Glenbrook Vintage Railway

21 July 2012

Ja 1250 blends in with the night at Victoria Park in Waiuku. The locomotive was in charge of a 1912 themed Murder on the Train mystery night for nearby Kentish Hotel - the fact that Ja 1250 originally entered service in 1949 didn't seem to worry anyone

21 July 2012

DBR 1199 at Platform 5 at Britomart after leading the SX set from Papakura

24 July 2012

D 2497, a long way from home at Westfield, is shifted by two cranes - at the end of the day it was no longer there

26 July 2012

DSA 782 gives the term "road train" a new meaning as it winds its way through Papakura streets on the back of a truck, here turning into East Street from Queen St

26 July 2012

DC 4260 on the head of an SA set at Westfield

27 July 2012

DCP 4818 and DC 4444 stand at Papakura waiting to depart

27 July 2012

DC 4444 roars out of Papakura station

27 July 2012

Saturday spare trains ADK 687 and ADL 804 stand at Britomart during the afternoon

28 July 2012

ADL 804 stands at Britomart Platform 3

28 July 2012

DC 4093 at Britomart with a six-car SA set

14 August 2012

DC 4093's six-car set at Britomart. DC class locomotives on SA6s have been happening more frequently in recent times

14 August 2012

The more usual DFT 7104 on another six-car set over on Platform 4

14 August 2012

When it rains it pours: two now-rare DXB class locomotives sit back-to-back at Westfield station

20 August 2012

DL 9158 looks over at the two locomotives it displaced

20 August 2012

DBR 1295 shunts at Westfield, now separated from its long-time partner DBR 1226

23 August 2012

In a "wtf" moment, two coal wagons rest upside-down and without bogies at Westfield. The wagons were recovered from a derailment at Mercer and brought here

23 August 2012

DC 4916 stands under the wires at New Lynn station

24 August 2012