Trple DJ locos. led by 3228, head the Southerner
express northwards towards Studholme on 24/12/88. This
creek, normally a trickle, flooded a few years earlier up
to the bottom of the girders. |
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DJ3390 and 3499 head the Southerner northward past the
big curve near Seacliff on 24/3/89. |
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train 144, the northbound Southerner was often used
for loco balancing between Dunedin and Oamaru on Mondays,
usually with a DF (and later DX) added. Flying Tomato DF
6012 joins the normal two DJs here at the 'big cutting'
above Port Chalmers on 12/8/88. |
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A 'mixed up' southbound Southerner passes the 'big
cutting' in early 1988. The trains ran in this state for
a few months while the cars were upgraded and repainted
in the dark blue as seen in the above shots. |
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A Monday Southerner passes Pelichet Bay on 25/7/88 |
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Early 1989 and a long northbound train prepares to
depart Dunedin with DF 6070 and DJ 3171 at the head. |
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DF 6104 and DJ 3424 wait with a southbound train on
the evening of 26/7/88. As the trains became longer, they
overflowed the confines of Dunedin Yard, sometimes
extending up this embankment and over Anderson's Bay
Road. |
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