Videos

Progress on the new EMU depot at Wiri

DXC 5385 and DXC 5212 lead empty coal train 849 past Ka 942 at Christchurch

DL 9170 leading train MP6 through Papakura, and a station progress update

DFT 7064 on train 229 through Papakura

DC 4369 on an SA6 at Papakura

Progress on the Papakura station redevelopment

Trains at Papkaura under the new signalling. The ADK was arriving empty from Pukekohe and the ADL departing for Pukekohe empty due to a lack of space to store them at Papakura

Trains around Papakura station on its last full day of manual lever signalling

Ja 1250 at Papakura, Buckland and Mercer on the King Country excursion to Te Kuiti

Trains around Tamaki Drive as the sun sets

Trains at various points of the Coast to Coast walking trail from Onehunga to Britomart

Cab ride in SD 5648, crossing 201 at Takanini and a metroport at Wiri, and travelling from Meadowbank to Britomart

DC 4438 on train 210, and DFB 7200 departing Papakura

Day 1 of Manukau Branch services

Scenes from the Manukau Station open day, including a cab ride on the branch

DL 9193 on train MP5 passes DC 4565 and DC 4594 (not shown) on a ballast train at Papakura

Two DLs lead train 230 through Papakura as train 227, with DFB 7173 on the head and a Silver Fern on the tail, crosses it

DL 9112 (which later broke down) leads train MP5 past track works at Papakura and around a waiting ADL. Later that day most of the track from the buffer to the mainline connection had been lifted

DL 9095 leads an early morning freight train through Papakura

Two commuter trains on the hill just north of Remuera station, DH 2822 with five boxcar wagons and ADK 690 departing the station

DL 9141 and DL 9112 lead train 210 through Papakura

Scenes from GVR's Railfans's Day on 17 March 2012

DL 9043 leads train 230 through Papakura station

DL 9072 leads train MP8 through Papakura, before departure of DFT 7104 and DCP 4818

DFB 7010 arriving at and departing Papakura, shortly before breaking down between Wiri and Puhuinui

Scenes from the Northlander 2012 on 11 February, including photo runbys

Te Papapa, Papakura and Newmarket test shots

Trains around the Auckland area, including DFB 7173 on train 125

ADK 686 being rescued by DC 4916 after suffering a diesel alternator problem at Puhinui. Footage by Christopher Lloyd

Commuter trains on the newly regraded tracks through Parnell on the first day of operation

DL 9112 passes through Papakura with train MP3 in tow

Update on electrification progress at Onehunga

EF 30013 and EF 30192 lead train 225 past train 200 at National Park

Various loco changes on the Overlander, including the change from DSC to DFT at Wellington

Trains around bridges in the Wellington region (at Silverstream, Pomare and Ava), as well as a couple of other non-water shots

The Wairarapa Connection at Feilding at Upper Hutt, and EM 1471 arriving at and departing Upper Hutt

Trains around Pukekohe on 5 and 6 December, including a hi-rail truck and digger and the leaking station building

Ja 1275 on a charity steam train excursion supporting the South Auckland Hospice, as well as some electrification progress

Trains around the soon-to-be-closed Mangere station

ADK 683 overtakes DL 9204 on train MP28 at Mangere, giving a good demonstration of the bidirectional signalling

Trains around Glen Innes

Electrification progress at Swanson and Ranui

DL 9112 leads a metroport train through Papakura

Trains at Papakura on the final day of the Rugby World Cup 2011

DC 4104 and DC 4375 assist DFB 7200 out of Britomart

DFB 7186 at Papakura, and the Overlander at Papakura one evening and the following morning

Trains around Grafton station

A 'pocket rocket' SA3 departs Britomart, then some scenes of DFT 7051 smoking, then DFB 7348 departs Grafton