KiwiRail steam loco crew unaviable plus it was cheaper to tow them out there instead of hiring the main South Island steam driver to come up from Dunedin to drive.
Matthew Morison perhaps it is time they considered doing what they do here: a specialist privatised company which offers steam crews for mainline activity.
The history for the steams are now today still runnning and proud liners
Never realized the Dxs have been running nearly 50 years
Fences to 'stop trespassrs'? I thought they looked more like they were to stop people crossing the MSL from SH1, to look at the display.
Forgive me for sounding like a nit-picker, but weren't that Dx's Canadian built? Or was that just the Dfs?
Why on earth did they need the diesels?
KiwiRail steam loco crew unaviable plus it was cheaper to tow them out there instead of hiring the main South Island steam driver to come up from Dunedin to drive.
NZ RailAction... Man, that's a sorry state of affairs....one certified steam driver to cover the South Island?
Unfortunately yes. A crew member could be sent down from the North Island but he'd require a local pilot. Would work out very expensive...
Matthew Morison perhaps it is time they considered doing what they do here: a specialist privatised company which offers steam crews for mainline activity.
There are discussions taking place but this is to be kept confidential
Love the Ja
If you want to see one in operation visit the plains railway 😉
942 in remembering ka 949
Ka 942 is rememebered by the other ka 942 after the worst train crash in history or new zealand
That KA was KA 949. It happened on Christmas Eve 1953
At Tangiwai a few minutes south of Ohakune
Ruined by poxy diesels!