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A few more evening shots in and around Wellington from my trip in March. Multiple Unit FP 'Matangi' Class FT5252 20240324_204121 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr Multiple Unit FP 'Matangi' Class 4472 20240324_203117 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr Multiple Unit FP 'Matangi' Class 4339 20240324_164910 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr Multiple Unit FP 'Matangi' Class in Wellington Station sidings 20240324_203519 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr 20240324_203032 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr Multiple Unit FP 'Matangi' Class on the exit out of Wellington Station, picture taken off Aeotea Quay. 20240325_073301(0) by Bryn Jones, on Flickr

I was a bit distracted by the impressive reuse of sleepers within the post for the station canopies here to notice the presence of DSC2665 in the background. Totally missed this one! I still remain quite impressed by the rail head... 20240324_165212 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr

Hi all, I just wanted to start a thread for pics that I am collecting while on my travels within New Zealand during what will be a 12 month working experience here. Many will only be when I get a chance to take a picture as opposed to going out of my way. Something a bit different for me from the main UK stock I am accustomed too. These were taken during a recent trip to the capital in Wellington for work in March 2024. FP4408 and FT4339 at Wellington Station 20240324_164951 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr KiwiRail DFB Class 7322 at Wellington Station - Monday 25th March 2024 on a Wellington to Masterton along the Wairarapa line. Hauling a set of rebuilt BR Mk2 coaches. 20240325_080031 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr 20240325_080021 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr 20240325_080003 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr 20240325_080059 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr The Mk2 coaches 20240325_075849 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr 20240325_075846 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr 20240325_075829 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr Class mate DFB 7064 at the leading end of the service 20240325_075821 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr 20240325_075403 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr 20240325_075358 by Bryn Jones, on Flickr

Thanks all for sharing pictures. Allows those who did not go, to see highlights of the show.

@Kickstart Impressive work on the layout to date. It certainly, doesn't look O Gauge for the space that it is fitted into. Thanks for sharing. I see that a large number have now sold out as well. Wish I had acted when I was mulling over whether to get one or not. Cheers

Hi Terry, Just what I wanted to know. I don't always want the special issues, so that isn't too much of an issue for me - although I have found some of the ones I have enjoyed most, have not been the ones I have sought after! Never been a big video content user - generally go to YouTube for that, so that may be something different for me to try and get into - I never did get into the BRM Video content for some reason when a subscriber... Seems I am not alone in the content difference between the two publishers. I like that you can go back that far for plenty of value reading. Isn't the White River Productions one also web based. How do you find that? Cheers Bryn

Hi, I just wondered if anyone here used the Trains.com subscription in anger. I currently subscribe to Trains and Model Railroader, usually through the Black Friday Sales that Zinio have and at a price some £20 or pounds less than what the exchange rate is giving for the Trains.com website. I appreciate that you get 5 magazines from this, including Classic Trains, which I like on occasion. If so, then I just wondered how the interface was and if it is good value for money with the videos and digital versions of Kalmbach books. Once my subscriptions end this month, I may take the 30-day free trial out and see for myself but wondered what people's views were. As an aside, I seem to be drifting to the White River publications for content a bit more as well, I'm not sure why this is, but i feel they offer good reading content each month. Cheers

Can't see another post that discusses these. Interesting selection of liveries being released, a number that have been hard to get for quite a while now. I https://www.hattons.co.uk/directory/versiondetails/article?id=1273

They look rather nice. How are they compared to the Dapol HEA wagons Enjoying the updates to date. Cheers for sharing. Bryn

HI, I wondered how hard it is to convert US O Gauge 3-Rail to 2-Rail. Namely Lionel and MTH locomotives? https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/last-try-lionel-legacy-gorail-sd60e I have seen some at a relatively good price, although there is a compromise on some of the detail. Having trouble seeing how much 2-Rail O Gauge is actually available. Cheers

HI Rhys, Thanks for the info. We have been watching a number of YouTube videos and can see that there are lines through the main cities/ones that we are looking to move to. So, there would be some interest for me, for sure. What lines are you enjoying on the South Island at the moment and where is the hometown line as well, would be good to take a look. I guess O gauge is quite niche, even in the UK, so its take up elsewhere may been rare indeed. The annoying thing is, prior to the offer coming for work, I had decided to start to sell and switch to O from US HO. It looks like, typically, that may have been premature, but the offer was quick and out of the blue! Ends of the earth is worth it for what NZ has to offer and the change in lifestyle it will offer for us, plus it will provide new challenges with work as well. Cheers

I guess the number of purchases gets significantly reduced in that regard. For me, it would be the ease of availability for spares and small bits and pieces and HO is close enough to OO to make it probably easier to deal with, while down there! Have you been to the UK to see it in action. There is not as much 'rails' action in New Zealand, do you get out and railfan that much? The areas we're looking at are either Tauranga or Hamilton, so both are not too far from Auckland to get the fix. Cheers

That is a pretty epic picture there. It shows the scale of US railroads, but that they are still small by the massive skylines of the major cities over there. Good find and thanks for sharing, it would make a very good wall picture for sure! Cheers I love the Maple Leaf picture too. The photography as a knack for sure.

Thanks for that. Most useful. It is good that there are few in short distance (hour or so) from where we may base ourselves. I think maybe sticking with what's left of my North American stock may be the better idea than to try with O Gauge which may be very expensive to import. The intention when there is to very rarely return to the UK, so postage would probably be significant on a 4kg parcel. Besides, west coast US is only half the duration than the UK, so we may do more holidays there amongst those in the southern hemisphere. Assume you are UK? CHeers

Bern a while since any comments. I see it's still shown in the KMS website. I just wondered if anyone knew if Is this dead or still a distinct possibility. Cheers