Rail 150

The safety display container. Unlike Auckland, no platform was available so scaffolding was used instead

26 October 2013

Looking along IH 6984

26 October 2013

The Experiences display container

26 October 2013

The coupling between IH wagons

26 October 2013

The economy display container at Lyttelton, showing KiwiRail's contribution to the New Zealand economy

26 October 2013

The History display container at Lyttelton

26 October 2013

The Exhibition Express on the Lyttelton wharf

26 October 2013

RM 24 waiting at Lyttelton for the second return shuttle to Ferrymead. By this stage, the hourly shuttles were running almost an hour behind time

26 October 2013

The Exhibition Express from just above the Lyttelton tunnel portal

26 October 2013

Back at Ferrymead, Silver Fern railcar RM 24 stands next to English Electric EMU DM 27

26 October 2013

RM 24 waiting to depart Ferrymead

26 October 2013

RM 24 departs Ferrymead past the Port Hills

26 October 2013

DJ 1209 on a freight train on the Ferrymead Railway during Rail 150

27 October 2013

On the first train of the day, railway visitors Ka 942 and Ja 1240 double head a passenger train out to Ferrymead from Moorhouse

27 October 2013

W 192 sits at Ferrymead with a passenger train while DJ 1209 waits in a siding

27 October 2013

D 140 crosses the bridge while running around its train

27 October 2013

EC 7 stands on the bridge while running around its train

27 October 2013

Close up of EC 7's pantograph

27 October 2013

Ja 1240 waits at Ferrymead for a train to take back

27 October 2013

Signals controlling entry to Moorhouse station, the main station of the Ferrymead line

27 October 2013

This diesel shunter (class unknown) was used to move carriages and wagons around the station

27 October 2013

DJ 1209 waits at Moorhouse

27 October 2013

A hive of activity - Ka 942, De 1429, D 140 and Ja 1240 at Moorhouse yard

27 October 2013

Ja 1240 waits at Moorhouse with the freight train

27 October 2013

Ka 942 and DE 1429 wait at Moorhouse

27 October 2013

DE 1429 and DG 772 at Moorhouse

27 October 2013

Ka 942 and DJ 1209 catch up at Moorhouse

27 October 2013

DJ 1209 waits for another train to run

27 October 2013

DE 1429 prepares to move off from Moorhouse

27 October 2013

Vulcan railcars RM 56 and RM 51 wait at Moorhouse for passengers

27 October 2013

The interior of RM 51

27 October 2013

Looking over the river towards the Ferrymead railway

27 October 2013

DJ 1209 above the river while running around its train

27 October 2013

After collecting its train, DJ 1209 returns to Moorhouse above the river

27 October 2013

RM 51 leads RM 56 out of Moorhouse

27 October 2013

Ka 942 moves into position at Moorhouse

27 October 2013

Ferrymead's two-foot railway was also in operation

27 October 2013

Two foot track in the grass at Ferrymead

27 October 2013

DM 27 sits in the shed at Moorhouse

27 October 2013

Comparison of the noses of DJ 1209, the diesel shunter and DE 1429

27 October 2013

Ja 1240, DE 1429, RM 57 (non-operational) and DM 27 rest at Moorhouse. EO 3 can just be seen to the right of DM 27

27 October 2013

Ferrymead's three way turnout

27 October 2013

RM 56 and D 140 next to each other at Moorhouse

27 October 2013

Later, DG 772 takes D 140's spot

27 October 2013

The railcars enter Moorhouse station

27 October 2013

Shortly afterwards, the railcars return to Ferrymead on a run

27 October 2013

DE 1429 pulls DG 772 and DJ 1209 past the river

27 October 2013

At the end of the day, Ja 1240 departs Ferrymead for Moorhouse, viewed from across the river

27 October 2013