Well I seem to spending more time at the other end of the line (Palmy end) than anywhere else recently and running trains all the way back home, so I thought I would share some highlights from a recent trip along the line.
Its Sunday and there are more locos in palmy than you can poke a stick at!!
I counted at least 5 DFT's and half a dozen DC's plus a couple of DXB's, DSG's, DSC's, and the odd EF.....
I was down to bring 538 home, and it was ready so no old chook roster shots today....
I counted at least 5 DFT's and half a dozen DC's plus a couple of DXB's, DSG's, DSC's, and the odd EF.....
I was down to bring 538 home, and it was ready so no old chook roster shots today....
Well... maybe one.
So I blast out of Palmy and have green lights all the way to Maewa, where I am put in the hole for a short while untill 251 blasts past.
There was lots of radio chatter as the DC on the point was rather crook dropping multiple ground relays, so arrangements were made for a loco swap at Palmy to take the train to Wellington.
There was lots of radio chatter as the DC on the point was rather crook dropping multiple ground relays, so arrangements were made for a loco swap at Palmy to take the train to Wellington.
More green lights but only a short hop to the loop at Rangitawa where I cross 547 heading for home...
Coming up to Marton I grab a quick snap of the Malt works in the distance. They have a Tr up there to shunt their siding.
The round concrete bases in the foreground once had a plethora of corrougated grain silos standing on them, recently removed.
The round concrete bases in the foreground once had a plethora of corrougated grain silos standing on them, recently removed.
Stopped at the Marton platform I get my warrant and then head up onto the mighty MNPL.
This mighty contraption once unloaded fertilser wagons but now it services trucks!
Down the hill and through tunnel number 1 I pop out into a super sunny late evening at Ruatanagata (Whangehu)
And a stop at Easttown for a warrant and a loo stop (there is a loo for us to use in the old east town depot...)
And off home into the setting sun....
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