Scenes at Papakura

SD 5762 departs Papakura from Pukekohe, as SD 5648 waits for its next service

16 January 2013

ADK 683, partially hidden by a barrier, and DC 4104 side-by-side at Papakura

11 February 2013

DL 9095 waits outside Papakura station for a path through

11 February 2013

DC 4444 waits at Platform 3 to depart

18 February 2013

DC 4444 is joined by DC 4369 on its way to Pukekohe

18 February 2013

DC 4369 heads south towards Pukekohe

18 February 2013

Later, DC 4444 departs Papakura as DCP 4818 waits to follow it empty

18 February 2013

DC 4260, still on SA duty, approaches Papakura station

25 February 2013

A temporary tight curve has a appeared at the south end of Papakura. Here, ADL 806 and a sister traverse the curves

6 March 2013

DFB 7267 waits at Papakura with the Northern Explorer while DC 4369 prepares to depart

11 March 2013

A freshly repainted DC 4571 leads a charter through Papakura

16 March 2013

DC 4571 leads the charter out of Papakura, which was not a stop for the train

16 March 2013

DL 9072 leads train 210 through Papakura Platform 3 (West Main), despite the station\'s upgrade completed and the Down Main being available

17 April 2013

Just as DL 9072 approaches signal PAP 2222 (Platform 3 Directing), the signal blanks out. Before the signal went out the low speed light was lit

17 April 2013

Fortunately before the train passed the signal, it came back on with the low speed light relit

17 April 2013

DFB 7239, dwarfed by a gantry signal, leads train 227 through Papakura on the freight bypass track (Down Main)

23 April 2013

DFB 7239 waits at Papakura for an ADK to come the other way

25 April 2013

ADC 854 waits at Papakura Platform 2 to run an evening service to Britomart

27 April 2013

DC 4369 and DC 4035 wait at Papakura early one morning

24 June 2013

SD 5794 waits at Papakura Platform 3

26 June 2013

On a foggy morning, an SA set waits at Papakura for passengers

22 July 2013

A signal cuts through the thick fog

22 July 2013

The SD\'s headlights barely cut through the fog as the train departs for Britomart

22 July 2013

Passengers wait for the next train to Britomart as the bright LED signals cut through the fog

22 July 2013

SD 5893, with DC 4415 on the tail, bursts through the fog onto Platform 1

22 July 2013

DC 4346 sits at Papakura station

2 August 2013

Second generation DL 9256 passes through Papakura on train MP5

2 August 2013

ADC 856 stands at Papakura station

10 October 2013

ADK 682 trails ADK 684 departing Papakura for Pukekohe

14 October 2013

In a sense of deja vu, ADK 681 sees itself being surrounded by wires again at Papakura, echoing the DMU's surroundings in Perth in 1992

17 October 2013

Trains wait at Papakura station due to a fatality closing the line to Homai

25 November 2013

ADK 690 and SD 6184 wait at Papakura station

25 November 2013

Rare visitor DFT 7104 and DCP 4945 parked at Papakura awaiting services to run

25 November 2013

The station sign frames DFT 7104 as it waits patiently

25 November 2013

Wires hang above DFT 7104 at Papakura

25 November 2013

Just south of Papakura, ADK 690 crosses SD 5883, both on Pukekohe services

26 November 2013

ADK 690 passes under Settlement Road as it approaches Papakura

26 November 2013

Later, DC 4104 propels another SA set to Pukekohe

26 November 2013

DL 9204 leads train MP9 out of the electrified area towards Tauranga

26 November 2013

SD 5883 returns to Papakura

26 November 2013

DL 9020 navigates the curve into Papakura as it leads train 134

26 November 2013

SD 6182 trails an SA set heading towards Pukekohe

26 November 2013

DC 4064 passes through Papakura light. Locomotives often pass through here light on training runs

27 November 2013

DCP 4818 and its train prepares to depart Papakura

27 November 2013

DL 9348 and DC 4323 lead train 235 underneath Settlement Road and onwards to Wellington

8 December 2013

The more things change, the more they stay the same. DFB 7010 leads train 200 into Papakura

8 December 2013

DFB 7010 leaves Papakura with train 200

8 December 2013

ADL 803 at Papakura, having just arrived from Pukekohe

11 February 2014