North British (Glasgow, Scotland) built (1952) oil-burning 4-8-2 heads an Auckland-Helensville father's day excursion through attractive countryside NW of Auckland. (Yes it was father's day in NZ!... (more)
Steamlocomotive 4-8-2 J 1211 GLORIA with the 2008 Mainline Steam Trust tour train is storming along Black's Beach towards Gisborne.
The "Pacific" of the Ab class were very successful steamengines of the NZR. Ab 663 SHARON LEE, built in 1917 by Addington Workshops Christchurch and operational again for Mainline Steam since 1997... (more)
Three stars of the Mainline Steam Trust on the same picture: 4-8-4 Ka 942, 4-6-2 Ab 663 and 4-8-2 J 1211 during the Main Trunk Line Centennial in Feilding.
Mainline Steam's huge Ka 942 NIGEL BRUCE is New Zealands only operational 4-8-4. Built in 1940 by Hutt Workshops, she was converted in 1948 from coal to oil burning and the front planking/semi-str... (more)
A flock of sheeps is escaping along the Hautapu River when steamlocomotive Ja 1275 of Mainline Steam with a long train rounds Turangarere Loop on the ascent from Taihape to Waiouru. The oilfired 4... (more)
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)
New Zealand Railways J-class not selden reached speeds around 110 kph or even more on the "racetrack" through the Canterbury Plains south of Christchurch towards Dunedin. Today the track condition... (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.
Oilfired 4-8-2 Jb 1236 JOANNE of Mainline Steam Trust with a charter train from Christchurch to Dunedin near Waikouiti.
Oilfired 4-8-2 Jb 1236 JOANNE of Mainline Steam Trust is leaving Dunedin with empty stock bound for Christchurch. The locomotive was built in 1939 by North British Locomotive Works of Scotland in ... (more)
