The 4-8-2 J # 1211 "Gloria" of the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust is crossing the 280 meter long and 39 meter high Ormondville viaduct on the line Napier-Palmerston North with a passenger... (more)

I think it is unique in the whole world that a railway line (not a siding) crosses the runway of an airfield. This is (or was) the case in Gisborne in New Zealand. Today (since 2012) the route is ... (more)

Former New Zealand Railways 4-8-2 J # 1211 "Gloria" of the "Mainline Steam Heritage Trust" with a passenger special during a runpast on the line between Gisborne and Napier, near Nuhaka.

Cape gauge 4-8-2 steamlocomotive J # 1211 "GLORIA" of owner Ian Welch with the 2008 Mainline Steam Heritage Trust tour train is storming along Black's Beach towards Gisborne.

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

Cape gauge 4-8-2 J # 1211 "Gloria", former New Zealand Railway, now privately owned by Ian Welch and converted to burn oil, pulling a steam charter of the "Mainline Steam Heritage Trust" at the sm... (more)

Way back in 1989, Ken Devlin and I waited at the Bushey Bridge for ages awaiting the return of this excursion train. Two Southerner expresses passed by under cloud cover before the sun magically a... (more)