MOTAT's 50th Anniversary

A sign of the times: a poster at MOTAT describes the downfall of driving and the resurgence of public transport, citing the internet as a reason

5 October 2014

Next to the old Waitakere station, fire engines were on display

5 October 2014

A model DF 6317 makes its way around the model railway. The real locomotive is now DFT 7036

5 October 2014

Ex-Melbourne tram on display at MOTAT

5 October 2014

Tram 47, MOTAT's double decker tram, was one of four trams operating on the 2km tramway. It is the sole surviving bogie double decker tram, out of six

5 October 2014

Ex-Auckland tram 248 gets under way from MOTAT towards the zoo and MOTAT 2

5 October 2014

Tram 248 arrives at the MOTAT 2 site

5 October 2014

As tram 248 arrives, ex-Melbourne tram 321 departs

5 October 2014

Tram 47 climbs the grade from the Motions Road crossing

5 October 2014

Tram 248 passes Western Springs College

5 October 2014

Tram 257 crosses Motions Road

5 October 2014

Following close behind is tram 44

5 October 2014

Tram 47 arrives at the Auckland Zoo tram stop

5 October 2014

Tram 44 waits for another load of passengers

5 October 2014

Tram 257 sits in the backshunt waiting for tram 44 to clear the platform

5 October 2014

K 900 stands at MOTAT, now without DA 1400 which has moved to MOTAT 2. The DA moved to allow a viewing platform to be built on the other side of K 900

5 October 2014

DSA 223 descends the grade at MOTAT 2 with a work train

5 October 2014

The work train arrives at the lower station

5 October 2014

As an armored personnel carrier provides rides on the hills, L 507 appears from behind the hills with a short passenger train

5 October 2014

L 507 on the long curve down to the second station

5 October 2014

The train continues around the long curve. L 507 currently carried its Public Works Depart number, and was known as L 207 in NZR service

5 October 2014

Ex-Auckland suburban car AL 50147 at the end of the passenger train. The car type was used on Auckland suburban services before the introduction of the ADK and ADL class DMUs in 1993

5 October 2014

DSA 223 climbs the grade towards the level crossing

5 October 2014

DSA 223 climbs towards the upper station

5 October 2014

Y 542 runs around at MOTAT

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L 507 follows soon afterwards, working hard to lift its train up the grade

5 October 2014

L 507 is dwarfed by the size of the carriages

5 October 2014

For the next trip, L 507 and Y 542 top-and-tailed the passenger train

5 October 2014

The locomotives reverse down the grade

5 October 2014

With L 507 marshalled in front of Y 542, the train puts on a show as it climbs the grade

5 October 2014

L 507 and Y 542 work hard to lift the train

5 October 2014

No 1411 in the yard at MOTAT. The locomotive was widened and converted to run on 1,067mm track in 1916

5 October 2014

DA 1400 at its new home in MOTAT 2, having been moved from next to K 900

5 October 2014

Military vehicles line up at MOTAT 2, with DA 1400 in the background

5 October 2014

Big diesel DA 1400 and little diesel DSA 223 in the yard at MOTAT

5 October 2014

No. 1411 moves into the backshunt

5 October 2014

TR 21 follows L 507 to the shed

5 October 2014

L 507 stands next to DA 1400 near the shed

5 October 2014

TR 21 reverses towards the shed

5 October 2014

Bigger than its red cousin, TR 730 follows TR 21 to the shed, still wearing its Tranz Rail livery

5 October 2014

TR 730 passes YD class ballast wagons, once used by KiwiRail

5 October 2014

DA 1400, TR 21 and TR 730 wait at MOTAT yard

5 October 2014

L 507 next to the shed

5 October 2014

Inside MOTAT's rail workshop

5 October 2014

EB 25 sits outside the shed at MOTAT. The EB class was one of two battery-electric locomotives to operate in New Zealand

5 October 2014

L 507, DA 1400 and EB 25 line up at MOTAT

5 October 2014

F 180 sits inside the workshop, undergoing overhaul

5 October 2014

TR 730 and TR 21 face off in a siding

5 October 2014