Thomas Weekend Shuttles

ADL 808 stands at Papakura Platform 4, loading passengers bound for Glenbrook. The services are a measure of goodwill by KiwiRail (who waived track access fees) and Transdev (whose staff for these services are volunteering)

9 November 2013

ADL 808 departs Platform 4 bound for Glenbrook, a destination the class hasn't been to for quite some time

9 November 2013

At Glenbrook, staff prepare the train for unloading using the portable stairs

9 November 2013

ADL 808 carries on to Mission Bush for the driver to change ends. The train cannot reverse at Glenbrook due to a signalling limitation

9 November 2013

ADL 808 finds itself in unfamiliar surroundings in the Mission Bush steel mill yard, with DSC 2720 on hand to help

9 November 2013

The DMU crosses Schlaepfer Road empty as it returns to pick up more passengers at Papakura

9 November 2013

The ADL brings a second load of passengers into Glenbrook

9 November 2013

Passengers disembark from the train using portable stairs

9 November 2013

Mainline Steam's Bagnall, posing as Thomas the Tank Engine, meets ADL 808

9 November 2013

Ww 644 enters Glenbrook station with happy children

9 November 2013

The already small DMU is dwarfed even further by the large trees near Union Road

9 November 2013

Running the last public service from Papakura of the day (which departed at 12:45pm), ADL 808 crosses Sommerville Road shortly before arrival at Glenbrook

9 November 2013

The ADL returns to Papakura near Pilgrim Road; its next trip to Glenbrook will be made empty

9 November 2013