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DFT 7199 and DC 4876 depart Hillgrove with 961 Middleton - Dunedin freight. 26/06/10.

Headed out this morning for a bit of train chasing and managed to catch up with 920S Dunedin - Middleton freight headed by DX 5483 which crossed 961 Middleton - Dunedin freight at Hillgrove. While I didn't get a shot of DX 5483, I did manage to snap a few shots of 961 as it headed south along the East Otago coast.

961 at Katiki. The 'goldie' IA's arn't far away from their destination of Palmerston. 26/06/10.

If I won Big Wednesday...

DFT 7295 with 922 Dunedin - Middleton freight with the Otago Peninsular in the background. 01/06/10.

Every week I buy a big Wednesday ticket. Fingers crossed one day my numbers will come in but I'm not holding my breath which is lucky because this blog wouldn't have to many more posts. Anyway I'm rambling....

I get excited when lotto includes the bach (I need to get out more often) and I think I've found the perfect spot for it and to prove it heres a shot of DFT 7295 with a rather short 922 Dunedin - Middleton freight just north of Seacliff.

This is the first time I've used this photo spot and for a short train like this one its not bad. In fact its bloody good and if I win big Wednesday you might get a lot more shots like this from my bach's deck.

Better buy another ticket....

TR 897

TR 897 in the evening sun at the Canterbury Malting Company siding, Marton. 24/06/06.

Back in 2006 I was lucky enough to score some leave from work and was able to chase trains for a week around Hawkes Bay and the Rangitikei. What an awesome trip.
Unfortunately not long after we returned to Auckland our house was burgled. They took pretty much everything including my laptop which had all my digital photos from my trip. This shot of one of my favourite locos, TR 897 was one that I had left on my cameras SD card and luckily hadn't transferred to the laptop.
Just goes to show theres downsides to digital.