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First catches of October, one of which being DL *(convenience store reference).

*= (Ninety) Seven-Eleven

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Making myself suffer (for no reason), by revisiting the TSW route of all time.

No, I'm not making another video about this one. There isn't really anything more to say about it.

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If you're in the Train Sim World scene, I recommend watching this new video from TB76 Returns.

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Finally got around to checking out the City Rail Link.

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Here we go.

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(from Friday 18/09/2026)
**I have returned home to Tauranga in the time since these photographs were taken.

Picture 1 - DM 8012 and DXR 8022 approaching Christchurch station with Train 736 (bound for Picton).
Picture 2 - DXC 5039 crossing Whiteleigh Avenue, having just left Christchurch station with Train 803 (the 'TranzAlpine' to Greymouth).
Picture 3 - DXBs 5137 and 5097 getting underway from the crossing loop at Chertsey, having just crossed paths with DC 4375 and the Mainlander. These DXs were hauling the northbound Train 930D (to Christchurch).
Picture 4 - DC 4375 waiting to leave Timaru with the southbound Mainlander.
Picture 5 - DFBs 7158 and 7199 approaching Hinds with the southbound Train 925 (bound for Dunedin).
Picture 6 - DM 8127 running light-engine across Garlands Road on her way to Lyttelton.

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(from Thursday 17/09/2026)

Picture 1 - DXCs 5333 and 5385 trundling through Runanga (on the little-used Rapahoe branch).
Picture 2 - Standing at Otira, and looking towards the site where a depot for 'EO' electric locomotives used to be.
Picture 3 - The world-famous TranzAlpine storming up the grade out of Otira, with DXC 5108 as one of the banker locomotives; 5241 and 5039 were up front.
Picture 4 - Somewhere on State Highway 73 (between Arthur's Pass and Cass).
Picture 5 - DXC 5039 arriving back in Christchurch with the TranzAlpine, having left the bankers at Arthur's Pass.
Picture 6 - DM 8093 returning from Lyttelton to Middleton with a rake of empty coal wagons.

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(Wednesday 16/09/2026 - a busy day of busyness)

Picture 1 - ETM 432 (KiwiRail's track evaluation railcar) crossing the Waitahu River, between Reefton and Westport. Incidentally, we happened to hear Toni Basil's "Mickey" on the radio while chasing the railcar.

Pictures 2, 3 and 4 - First time I had ever been to the town of Reefton, where I found TR 908 (of all things) and single-fairlie R 28; the latter is a steam locomotive about which I've known for many years, but had never seen before today.

Pictures 5 and 6 - DXCs at work on the line between Stillwater and Westport
Picture 7 (lucky seven) - The unusual Davidson bush locomotive on display next to SH7 (between Stillwater and Ngahere)
Picture 8 - DXC 5039 arriving in Greymouth with the TranzAlpine.
Pictures 9 and 10 - DXC 5419 and DFB 7267 on the shunt from Greymouth to Hokitika and back. I'm pretty sure this was the first time I had ever seen Fifty-Four Nineteen; certainly not the first for Seventy-Two Sixty-Seven.

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