New Zealand 1986-87

Glenbrook Vintage Railway

Just south of Auckland,

GVR No.1      Built 1910 at Hillside Works, Dunedin as Wg class, rebuilt as Ww class in 1951
at Hutt Works. Withdrawn 1969 at Greymouth.

GVR No.4      Mallet (France) design built in 1913 by the American Locomotive Company for the
Taupo Totara Timber Company. Retired in 1958.

Auckland Harbour Open Day — Sunday, 26 Jan or 2 Feb 1986

An off-site excursion for the Glenbrook locomotives Nos 1 & 4 to lend a bit of class to the proceedings.
Since I saw nothing else of interest, I have put the photos here.

Sunset Coast Express — Sunday, 7 December 1986

A steam-hauled excursion ran from Auckland on the Sunday to mark the opening of a track extension at Glenbrook.

Ja1250 running in to Auckland	Ja1250 at Auckland

and on to Glenbrook

An overhead interlude courtesy of the Tiger Club of N.Z.

and back to the main business of the day

	the rest of the excursion train

		Preparing for the return to Auckland

Sunday, 24 May 1987

At Fernleigh.

Ja1250 undergoing maintenance at the GVR workshops at Pukeoware.

Returning to Glenbrook.

seriously blurred

From the Morley Road overbridge.

Sunday, 3 January 1988

At Glenbrook.

At Fernleigh.

At Pukeoware.

	GVR No.5

Approaching Glenbrook.