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Great weekend at RailEx

Lots of interest was shown in the Trust's display at RailEx, held at the Horticultural Hall, Lower Hutt over the weekend of 27-28 October. 

Successful engine test for Tr189

After a lot of hard work by our volunteers the Gardner 6LX diesel engine roared back to life on Saturday 6 October 2012.

Successful engine test for shunting loco Tr189

After a lot of hard work by our volunteers the Gardner diesel engine roared back to life - with remarkably clean exhaust. 

Mainline build

During September we have connected the double slip at Maymorn to our existing mainline track.

August inspection pit concrete work

On Saturday morning we placed a further 3.5m3 of concrete into the inspection pit facilities under construction in our rail vehicle shed.

More double slip work

On Saturday 18 August we put a little more work into the doubleslip that we're rebuilding from a kit of parts.

Ballast wagon restoration progress

Ballast wagon Yc 817 is undergoing a rapid transformation, with topcoats applied and signwriting under way.

Inspection pit progress

On Saturday 14 July 2012 we placed a further 3.5m^3 of concrete into the inspection pits within the rail vehicle shed at Maymorn.

Progress with inspection pit

Over the last couple of weeks we have put a lot of work into a 10-metre length of wall, part of the inspection pit facilities within our rail vehicle shed at Maymorn.

Engine test imminent for Tr189

Work continues on our Hillside shunting locomotive Tr 189.