Steamlocomotive 4-8-2 J 1211 GLORIA with the 2008 Mainline Steam Trust tour train is storming along Black's Beach towards Gisborne.

For me one of the best looking steamlocomotive worldwide, semi-streamlined J 1211 is sitting in the yard of the easternmost station of New Zealands 1067 mm gauge network, after arrival half an hou... (more)

The semi-streamlined J 1211 in a runpast of the 2008 Mainline Steam tour. The elegant 4-8-2 was built in 1939 by North British and got her streamlining, which was removed in 1950, again in 1988.

Engineer Kevin on the throttle lever of the oilfired J 1211 on the very rugged line from Napier to Gisborne.

Semistreamlined J 1211 of Mainline Steam with a charter train near Beach Loop on the line Gisborne-Napier. The beautiful 4-8-2 named GLORIA was built in 1939 by North British Locomotive Works of S... (more)