21/06/2026
Working together with other heritage groups 🤝
With our friends at Steam Incorporated now based semi-permanently in the South Island, we have reached an agreement to store their fleet used on the Marlborough Flyer train on site over the winter months. On Thursday 18th June, their recently restored blue DC locomotive headed north to Blenheim and dropped off Da 1431 & steel carriage Aa 1757 which were both at Ferrymead for a visit. Yesterday on Sunday 21st June, Dg 770 ran our passenger trains in wet weather conditions, featuring one of Steam Incorporated's wooden Aa carriages in the consist to boost passenger capacity. In the afternoon, their DC returned south to Christchurch and dropped off the rest of the heritage carriages on site. ✅
It's amazing what can be achieved when heritage groups work together to keep rail travel alive, especially in the current absence of no rail capable ferry across Cook Strait. We hope to utilize the Steam Inc gear on our railway while living on site going forward, stay tuned to any future updates here on our page! 🚂
📸 B Boulton
We are next running trains on Sunday 19th July, you can book your tickets online now and secure your seats here: https://wekapassrailway.co.nz/
