Stored SAs

SD 6166 and SD 5842 sitting near the turntable at Taumarunui

29 December 2015

Two four car sets stored in a siding

29 December 2015

SD 6166 and SD 5842 again, looking side on

29 December 2015

In the foreground, a set stored at the back of the yard with more sets stored behind

29 December 2015

SD 5624's set is stored on the access road to the old shed

29 December 2015

SD 3199 and SD 5747 stored in the background, with SA 5968 and SA 3285 stored in the foreground

29 December 2015

SD 5624's set stored on the curved access road

29 December 2015

SD 3199 and SD 5747 stored near the mainline

29 December 2015

A full view of SD 3199, one of the earlier SDs

29 December 2015

Complete sets and a row of SDs stored in the sidings

29 December 2015

SD 5675 and SD 6182, stored without their carriages, parked next to complete sets

29 December 2015

SD 6166 and SD 5747's sets, viewed from further up the hill

29 December 2015

Stored carriages under the landscape

29 December 2015

Near the station building, an assortment of carriages stored in various sidings, including one wrapped one

29 December 2015

Looking like a stabling yard of old Auckland, the Taumarunui station building sees stabled passenger trains again

29 December 2015

Three complete sets and six SDs stored at the north end of the yard

29 December 2015

Wrapped carriages sandwiched between other carriages at the southern end of the yard

29 December 2015

Long lines of SAs without SDs stored at the southern end of Taumarunui yard

29 December 2015

After many years of storage, the last few remaining carriages at Taumarunui sit awaiting their fate, after a number were repurposed and others scrapped. At the front of what remains by the turntable is SD 5626, now missing a front window

28 April 2025

SD 5648 sits in the row of remaining carriages at Taumarunui, with multiple smashed windows and having seen better days

28 April 2025

A row of SAs and SDs sitting at Taumarunui. It appears that the last remaining SAs are all equipped with S-ride bogies, with the remaining SAs using FM bogies all now scrapped

28 April 2025

One of the fortunate carriages, SA 3224 sits in a different siding at Taumarunui. The carriage was acquired by the Taumarunui Rail Action Centre, and is seen here cleaned up

28 April 2025

The cleaned SA 3224 contrasts with the vandalised SA 5996 on a different siding at Taumarunui

28 April 2025