Friday, September 10, 2010

Kiwibonds field report

DB says: Here are some 1:1 piccies from today (or yesterday by the time this hits the blog).

First up: shunting, who does that anymore...

Here a pair of weather-worn DXs at Stillwater shuffling around coal wagons that are being loaded from the bank behind me. Fascinating station in its prime (we must do a segment on it one day) that is still an interesting subject.

Earlier, the westbound train was almost two hours late due to earthquake-related speed restrictions.

Ugly bridge piers - this used to be quite a nice scene:

Finally, here's a nice shelf scene for the coasters near the Arnold dam:

4 comments:

steve w. said...

nice shots - are you flying around in a helicopter ?

cheers...
steve w.

'mical' hill

Anonymous said...

An Uncle who worked for the Railway in Greymouth, and Otira, used to hop into the Stillwater hotel for a drink when the train stopped at the station. Fully refreshed he would hop back on the train as it was leaving and continue his journey home !! Sounds good to me.
Druffsmum.

Motorised Dandruff said...

Steve, its amazing the places you can get by putting Avgas into a mini....

Kiwibonds said...

Yes, the heli is for the bits the mini can't reach.

Stoongi: a mushroom risotto infused with illicit substances