Tangiwai Memorial Service

Ja 1275 sets back for a photo run just out of Te Kuiti

6 May 2017

Ja 1275 setting back for the first and only photo run

6 May 2017

Ja 1275 charges forward up the hill

6 May 2017

With the hills as a backdrop, Ja 1275 charges up the grade

6 May 2017

Ja 1275 whistles as it finishes up the photo run

6 May 2017

At Taumarunui, Ja 1275 dropped passengers at the platform then set back to take on water. Here, it sets forward again to pick up passengers

6 May 2017

Ja 1275 pulls into Taumarunui station with the sun starting to set

6 May 2017

Redundant Auckland carriage SD 5648 sits at Taumarunui

6 May 2017

Ja 1275's exhaust smoke contrasts against the sun as it sets

6 May 2017

At Oio, the train stopped at the site of a washout in 1991 that took the life of the driver Graeme Orange, and wrote off EF 30036 and EF 30088

6 May 2017

Ja 1275 arrives at Ohakune to drop passengers for the night and stable

6 May 2017

The following day, Ja 1275 prepares to depart Ohakune for Tangiwai, running tender first as it cannot be turned at Tangiwai

7 May 2017

Ja 1275 waits with its rake of carriages at Ohakune

7 May 2017

A crowd of people gather around to look at Ja 1275 before departure

7 May 2017

Passengers board the train early so that Ja 1275 can depart dead on time

7 May 2017

At Tangiwai, Ja 1275 reversed into the WPI siding to disembark passengers

7 May 2017

Passengers wait for the clear to go while passengers with mobility issues are loaded into buses provided by the Army

7 May 2017

Ja 1275 sits in the WPI siding while passengers disembark

7 May 2017

The Tangiwai bridge lies straight ahead from the WPI siding

7 May 2017

On arrival at the Tangiwai memorial site, a crowd of people have already gathered in the area

7 May 2017

A powhiri was held to welcome the passengers onto the memorial site. Visible on the left is the flag station sponsored by the RMTU

7 May 2017

The base of the newly installed flag station at Tangiwai

7 May 2017

The base of the flag station bears the logos of the sponsors, including KiwiRail

7 May 2017

The existing Tangiwai memorial at the site

7 May 2017