JET PLANES & STEAM TRAINS

A thoroughly recommended excurision,

the "Kingston Flyer"

I recently had to fly up to Auckland for an ACC assesment on my hearing. The above is boarding at Dunedin Airport after travelling 261k in trusty little "Towa" from Queenstown. As point of interest, on the return journey a couple of days later, it took three attempts for the plane to land at Dunedin because of wind gusts. All quite exciting!!

Christchurch stopover, note the contrast in weather from Dunedin above.

It is always good to get "home" to our garden

And a nice roast dinner --- and of course my wife too!!

Lunch time in the buffet car on the "Kingston Flyer"

A full head of steam on the turn around triangle, Fairlight.

Steam Loco Class AB, 778

On guard duty.

The way we'd been.

The engine room.

First Class travel, in our own compartment.