Miscellaneous at Glenbrook

DC 4818 and DBR 1254 pull out of Victoria Ave station with the Kaimai Express in tow, starting their journey to Mt Maunganui

2 May 2026

DC 4818 and DBR 1254 bring their train up the grade out of Victoria Ave. The train is heading for Mt Maunganui, to become the first passenger train through the Kaimai Tunnel in over a decade

2 May 2026

DC 4818 and DBR 1254 catch the morning sun as they pull out of Victoria Ave. The height difference between the running boards on the two classes is easily visible here

2 May 2026

On the rear of the train, DBR 1295 provides some assistance up the grade, having earlier pulled the train into Victoria Ave station from Pukeoware

2 May 2026

At Pukeoware, DC 4818 and DBR 1254 bring the train through the loop, passing the Martinus XMB class ballast wagons parked on the main

2 May 2026

DC 4818 and DBR 1254 roll through the loop at Pukeoware

2 May 2026

DC 4818 again catches the sun as it heads through the loop at Pukeoware

2 May 2026

DC 4818 and DBR 1254 bring their train to a stop at Pukeoware, to detatch DBR 1295

2 May 2026

Later that same morning, DBR 1295 runs its own train as it leads a charter for a tour group. DBR 1295 is filling in on passenger trains while the Ww class steam locomotives are out of service during an investigation

2 May 2026

DBR 1295 runs around the short train at Victoria Ave station, before returning to Glenbrook

2 May 2026

DBR 1295 ready to depart back to Glenbrook, with a photo stop along the way

2 May 2026

DBR 1295 brings its short train up the grade out of Victoria Ave, with a tour group on board

2 May 2026

In the workshop at Pukeoware, a new Thomas the Tank Engine is taking shape, in the form of a super-structure on top of the frame of F 233. The locomotive was intended to be completed for the Day Out with Thomas event in April 2026, which ended up being postponed

1 June 2026

DBR 1295 on the head of the regular running day train at Pukeoware, ready to start the day's operations for the last time this season. A red carriage was removed from the train due to lower than usual loading during diesel operations

1 June 2026

DBR 1295 enters Glenbrook station limits on the empty run before the day's services

1 June 2026

DBR 1295 runs around the train at Glenbrook

1 June 2026

DBR 1295 pulls up to the parlour car shortly before coupling on to the train

1 June 2026

DBR 1295 sits at Glenbrook station, waiting to run services during the last day of GVR's season. Unlike a steam locomotive, DBR 1295 was able to be shut down while waiting for the next service

1 June 2026

DBR 1295 sits nose to tail with A 1452 at Glenbrook station

1 June 2026

Passing by on the mainline, DL 9469 passes by with train 138

1 June 2026

DL 9469 passes over the pedestrian crossing at Glenbrook, with train 138 in tow. This train is one of the few to operate in Auckland today, with most of the network closed for the long weekend

1 June 2026

Train 138 passes through Glenbrook station en route to the steel mill at Mission Bush

1 June 2026

With just four tank containers on board, most of the container wagons on this train are empty for later services

1 June 2026

At the rear of the train, newly reclassified IHS wagons carry steel inbound to the steel mill

1 June 2026

IHS 68 on train 138 passing through Glenbrook. The IHS wagons are IH wagons semi-permanently fitted with load bolsters for 15 metre-long reinforcing bar or 6.5 metre-long aluminium billet, although they can be removed to carry containers

1 June 2026

Later in the day, DBR 1295 sits at Victoria Ave station, waiting for departure as the rain sets in

1 June 2026