SAs Return to Taumarunui

DL 9446 enters Morrinsville with train C98

7 August 2016

The tail end of train C98 heads out of Kiwitahi

7 August 2016

A rather unusual sight as DL 9446, not normally seen hauling passenger stock, passes through the countryside with suburban carriages

7 August 2016

Train C98 heads around the curve at Kiwitahi as it heads for Hamilton

7 August 2016

DL 9446 heads around the curve out of Walton

7 August 2016

DL 9446, running as train C98, pass the grain silos at Walton

7 August 2016

DL 9446 heads through the rural landscape of Walton, a far cry from the suburban scenes the SAs saw their working lives in

7 August 2016

After exiting the Kaimai Tunnel and passing through Waharoa, DL 9446 leads a rake of seven SD and three SA carriages through Walton, bound for Taumarunui

7 August 2016