Taieri Gorge Railway

DSG 3101 shunts wagons past the Taieri Gorge Railway train stabled at the Dunedin Railway Station

7 July 2016

Ja 1274 on display under shelter outside the Dunedin Railway Station. The locomotive was the last steam locomotive built by Hillside Workshops, and also for NZR, in 1956

7 July 2016

DJ 1222 on the head of the Taieri Gorge Railway train, with DJ 3107 assisting

7 July 2016

A 3022 sits at Dunedin Station in the new Dunedin Railways livery

7 July 2016

AG 239 between the two Dunedin Railways liveried carriages

7 July 2016

AO 77 sitting at Dunedin Railway Station

7 July 2016

Dunedin station platform with the Taieri Gorge Railway train waiting to depart

7 July 2016

RM 24 passes Dunedin station empty

7 July 2016

View of the inside of the spectacular Dunedin Railway Station

7 July 2016

Stained glass artwork in the Dunedin Railway Station, portraying a generic steam locomotive

7 July 2016

The Dunedin Railway Station building. THe building was designed by well known NZR architect George Troop and opened in 1906

7 July 2016

DJ 1222 sits next to the ballast cleaning train at Dunedin prior to departure

7 July 2016

DJ 1222 and DJ 3107 bring the Taieri Gorge Railway train through Wingatui, running as train 1907 while on KiwiRail tracks

7 July 2016

DJ 1222 and DJ 3107 traverse the curve out of Wingatui and onto the Taieri Branch

7 July 2016

The dairy plant at Taieri, serviced by KiwiRail

7 July 2016

At the 4km peg on the Taieri Branch, KiwiRail tracks end and the train enters the Taieri Gorge Railway. In the background, DXC 5333 and DC 4409 depart Taieri with a shunt to Dunedin

7 July 2016

The train passes DJ 1209 and a work train stabled in the loop at Taieri

7 July 2016

DJ 1222 and DJ 3107 enter the Taieri GOrge after coming off the plains

7 July 2016

The train passes over the Wingatui Viaduct, built in 1887

7 July 2016

The train passes through the Taieri Gorge on its way to Pukerangi

7 July 2016

The train passes over a viaduct as it catches the sun

7 July 2016

DJ 1222 and DJ 3107 come off the viaduct with the ex-MAXX AG van directly behind

7 July 2016

At Hindon, passengers were able to get off and stretch their legs

7 July 2016

The new Dunedin Railways logo on a yellow carriage at Hindon

7 July 2016