Town & Country Steam Limited

At Penrose, DFB 7077 and DFB 7335 sit stationary with train 104, the weekend Te Huia service to The Strand. The train sat here blocking the Onehunga Branch for over an hour after an operational incident, forcing the partial then complete cancellation of Onehunga Line services

17 June 2023

On the first trip to Morrinsville of the day, Ww 644 bursts out of the tunnel underneath Hamilton town centre and crosses the Waikato River

1 July 2023

With everyone around hearing the locomotive's whistle, Ww 644 heads over the Waikato River towards Morrinsville

1 July 2023

With a full train of passengers, Ww 644 makes its way towards Morrinsville with the second shuttle of the day, after making a run to Te Awamutu

1 July 2023

Ww 644 crosses the Waikato River at Claudelands with a full load of happy passengers

1 July 2023

Passing through Eureka, Ww 644 puts on a show of steam assisted by the wind

1 July 2023

Ww 644 makes easy work of the train on the flat terrain as it heads through Eureka for Morrinsville

1 July 2023

Ww 644 crosses Waverley Road at Eureka heading for Morrinsville

1 July 2023

At Motumaoho, Ww 644 is sent into the loop to await train MP8

1 July 2023

Heading towards Hamilton then Auckland, DL 9659 leads train MP8 through Motumaoho

1 July 2023

DL 9659 rolls through the main with train MP8, crossing Ww 644

1 July 2023

Before MP8 had even cleared the points, Ww 644 had started rolling forward in anticipation of the signal changing to green

1 July 2023

After receiving a green signal, Ww 644 departs Motumaoho and continues towards Morrinsville

1 July 2023

At Morrinsville, the train is left in the loop and Ww 644 uncouples to run around

1 July 2023

After switching tracks, Ww 644 sets back through the main to couple back onto its train

1 July 2023

Ww 644 sets back along the main at Morrinsville heading back towards its train

1 July 2023

After coupling back on and departing Morrinsville, Ww 644 catches a rain shower as it passes through an S curve just out of the town

1 July 2023

Ww 644's crew wave to passers by as the train heads back to Hamilton

1 July 2023

Cloudy skies loom over Ww 644 as it heads bunker first back towards Hamilton

1 July 2023

As Ww 644 heads through the S curves, the brief rain shower eases up giving the train a clear run back to Hamilton

1 July 2023

Near Eureka, Ww 644 steams along a long straight section of track towards is destination of Hamilton

1 July 2023

Near Ruakura and the start of new road construction for new industrrial development, Ww 644 coasts back to the city

1 July 2023

Back at Hamilton, Ww 644 sits at the platform exchanging passengers for the next run while DL 9636 rolls past with train MP7S

1 July 2023

The platform is busy as passengers from the first trip leave to go home while passengers for the second trip wait to board

1 July 2023