Summertime Steam Supreme

Ja 1275 passes through the Orakei Basin with two tank wagons, en route to Glenbrook to collect their charter fleet

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 passes Glenbrook for Mission Bush to turn

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 returns to Glenbrook with the charter fleet

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 waits at Glenbrook to load passengers; all six booked for this trip boarded here

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 departs Glenbrook for Hamilton

24 January 2014

The train passes through Tuakau at full tilt

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 traverses the S-curves near Mercer before slowing down to wait for a coal train

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 waits just before the single track section at Amokura

24 January 2014

The tail end of train 142, with DC 4565 and DL 9095 in charge, passes Ja 1275, allowing the steamer to continue south

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 crosses Island Block Road

24 January 2014

Passing through Ohinewai

24 January 2014

The train enters Huntly

24 January 2014

Prime location Ngaruawahia Bridge shows off the train and the shiny carriages

24 January 2014

Good timing saw both Ja 1275 and DFB 7307, with train 200, arrive at Hamilton simultaneously

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 sits at Hamilton on the ECMT platform

24 January 2014

DFB 7307 sits with train 200 on the NIMT platform

24 January 2014

Ja 1275 arrives at Hamilton from Te Kuiti

26 January 2014

Ja 1275 awaits departure for Glenbrook at Hamilton. The return positioning run had just four fare-paying passengers on board

26 January 2014

The weather takes a turn for the worst as the train enters Taupiri

26 January 2014

At Pukekohe, Ja 1275 meets DC 4381 and DC 4939 stabled in the yard

26 January 2014

Ja 1275 enters the Mission Bush Branch, a route the locomotive rarely travels

26 January 2014

After arrival at Glenbrook, the handful of passengers disembark

26 January 2014

The train makes its way to Pukeoware, where Ja 1275 will spend a few days

26 January 2014