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In October 2024, KiwiRail took delivery of 200 brand new GSH class containers, featuring colourful artwork on the side in place of the old standard of a blank red canvas. 160 of these new containers are seen from our live stream, being delivered to Auckland on two different train 334X runs two days apart
On the nights of 8 and 9 March 2024, singer Pink stopped in Auckland for two shows as part of her Summer Carnival tour. Auckland's rail network played a large part of moving these crowds to and from Eden Park, moving almost half of these people to and from Kingsland and Morningside stations. Join us as we head along to the concert from Papatoetoe on the Eastern Line to Kingsland
For the first time since the first COVID-19 lockdowns in March 2020, Thomas the Tank Engine visited Glenbrook Vintage Railway alongside his friends. The weekend of 2 and 3 March 2024 saw Thomas, Ww 480 and Ww 644 all running on the railway, with the two Wws running between Glenbrook and Fernleigh. Additionally, DBR 1254 slotted in between the two main trains with a charter service from Victoria Ave to Glenbrook and return
Join us as travel on board Te Huia from The Strand station in Auckland to Frankton station in Hamilton, showing highlights along the trip. Also featured is train MP99, which passed through between services, and train 102 departing Puhinui station on the opposing main (opposite platform from usual) towards Auckland
In recent weeks, Te Huia's SRV driving carriages have been leading trains 100, 102 and 104 in revenue service, over a year after the first trials and training runs. We catch the first two of these trains between Pōkeno and Drury in the first weeks of operations in the push mode. In Drury, the train also passes under electrification infrastructure being installed
A different sort of load on train 225S was spotted on 9 September 2023, with ten Martinus ballast wagons heading south after testing at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. With DL 9475 and DL 9112 in charge of the train, the wagons started their journey south to the South Island for contract work, spotted here between Tuakau and Ngaruawahia
Open to the public for the first time (previous trips were private charters), Ww 644 made a series of trips between Hamilton, Te Awamutu and Morrinsville, all of which were fully booked. We followed the train between Hamilton and Morrinsville, named the Town & Country Steam Limited, on the first afternoon run
After delivery in April 2023, the latest batch of ten DL class locomotives entered service through June 2023, making their initial runs on the Golden Triangle and to Kinleith. Near our headquarters in Pokeno, seven of the ten new arrivals have been spotted in service, which we caught around the Waikato township
A level crossing bell has recently been installed at Glenbrook station, bringing back the feature after it was removed when the platform was extended. Seen here in use during the last weekend of services for the 2022/23 season, the bell protected Ww 644 and a standard consist of 5 carriages. The train is seen here arriving at Glenbrook, running around then departing again
On its first mainline excursion since overhaul, Ww 644 made a trip from Glenbrook to Hamilton and return as the Waikato Steam Wanderer. In the consist was water tank wagon UC 686, itself also freshly overhauled, and DBR 1254 as a backup. We took a ride on the train from Glenbrook, and spotted a few other trains through the station before returning to Glenbrook
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