Silver Fern to Matamata

RM 30 heads through Drury on a Pukekohe Travel charter from Auckland to Matamata

5 September 2015

RM 30 passes Flanagan Road at Drury on its way to Matamata

5 September 2015

Passing the lush green fields of Eureka, RM 30 runs empty from Te Rapa to Hinuera and back to Matamata, on Day 2 of its weekend charter

6 September 2015

RM 30 passes through Eureka at speed

6 September 2015

RM 30 shortly before crossing Waverly Road at Eureka

6 September 2015

RM 30 stopped at Hinuera for the LE to change ends. Matamata is not an interlocked station so the train must terminate here instead

6 September 2015

RM 30 in the sun at Hinuera

6 September 2015

RM 30 gets under way from Hinuera for the short trip to Matamata

6 September 2015

RM 30 exits Hiruera station limits

6 September 2015

At Matamata, passengers board RM 30 for the trip back to Auckland. The trip reflects on part of the old Geyserland Express service, run by the Silver Ferns from 1991 to 2001 and which stopped at Matamata

6 September 2015

RM 30 departs Matamata township with the current New Zealand flag in the background

6 September 2015

At Ruakura, RM 30 stops outside station limits before crossing MP7S

6 September 2015

With DL 9187 on the head of MP7S in the background, RM 30 heads for Hamilton

6 September 2015

North of Huntly, RM 30 crosses the ballast cleaner

6 September 2015

RM 30 passes the ballast cleaner at Huntly

6 September 2015

RM 30 powers through Kellyville, north of Mercer

6 September 2015

RM 30 near its final destination of Strand station as it passes Orakei Basin

6 September 2015