Te Kuiti Muster and Vintage Harvest Festival

With the Grand Pacific Tours charter waiting at Glenbrook station, DBR 1295 arrives with the Te Kuiti Muster excursion and stops before the KiwiRail siding

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DBR 1295 heads away from the now-stabled carriages. The excursion will be hauled by a KiwiRail locomotive from here

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DBR 1295 sits next to ELS 1028, the GVR's steam crane, to be displayed for the day

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DL 9659 passes through Glenbrook with train 140R. The locomotive for the excursion is sitting at Mission Bush at this point waiting for 140R to clear the branch

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DL 9659 shines as it passes through Glenbrook with train 140R

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Passing the crowd of waiting passengers and excursion crew, DL 9659 heads to Mission Bush with train 140R

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DL 9659 passes DBR 1295 and the excursion at Glenbrook

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DBR 1295 sits in front of the steam crane at Glenbrook

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While the excursion waits, DBR 1295 catches up with the steam crane

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Once train 140R has arrived at Mission Bush, DFB 7077 arrives at Glenbrook to collect the excursion

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DFB 7077 trundles towards the Paerata-end switchlock at Glenbrook

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DFB 7077 waits for the switchlock to be changed before setting back

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With the switchlock now set, DFB 7077 sets back past the crowd

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DFB 7077 passes the waiting passengers at Glenbrook

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Passengers get a close up look at DFB 7077 as it heads towards the excursion

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DFB 7077 sets back towards the excursion

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With DFB 7077 now coupled onto the excursion, it waits to depart behind DBR 1295

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DFB 7077, firmly on GVR tracks, waits for clearance to set forward to load more passengers

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DFB 7077 sits on the GVR waiting to set forward

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DFB 7077 brings the excursion forward into the KiwiRail exchange siding to load passengers

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DFB 7077 pulls into the KiwiRail exchange siding at Glenbrook

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After passengers have been loaded, DFB 7077 waits to re-enter the KiwiRail network at Glenbrook

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DFB 7077 waits with the GVR mainline fleet before departure to Te Kuiti

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After the excursion has departed and the GPT charter returns, DBR 1295 is found on display at Glenbrook in the exchange siding

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The steam crane is also on display, in steam. The crane is able to move under its own power at low speed

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Ww 480 runs around the 5-car train for the day's running just before running the first public train of the day, passing the steam crane

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In the evening after the day's running is over, the Te Kuiti Muster excursion is seen waiting just outside Pukekohe, with ADL 807 waiting at the platform

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ADL 807 departs Pukekohe, with tamper ETM 526 sitting in the stabling yard and DFB 7077 waiting behind

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ETM 526 sits in the stabling yard at Pukekohe

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While the excursion waits for a coal train to clear the branch line, DLs 9423, 9210 and 9550 lead dead DCP 4663 with train 243 through Pukekohe

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DL 9423, DL 9210 and DL 9550 lead train 243 south through Pukekohe with DCP 4663 along for the ride

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DFB 7077 looks on helplessly while train 243 passes through Pukekohe station

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Clean DL 9550 stands out from the rest as train 243 heads south through Pukekohe

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Sitting on a small embankment south of Pukekohe, DFB 7077 waits for the coal train to clear the Mission Bush Branch

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The six-car excursion sits south of Pukekohe

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DFB 7077 waits for a signal to continue north to the platform

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With the sun disappearing, DFB 7077 sits with the excursion near Pukekohe station

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With train 143R now clear, DFB 7077 arrives at Pukekohe station to let passengers off

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Passengers wait to watch the train depart while DFB 7077 waits for clearance

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With light almost gone, DFB 7077 waits to depart on the second-to-last leg of the journey back to Waiuku

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DFB 7077 gets under way from Pukekohe towards Glenbrook, where DBR 1295 will take over again

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DFB 7077 heads out of Pukekohe towards Glenbrook

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