Ja 1250 and Ja 1240 tackle the 2% grade between Victoria Avenue and Fernleigh on the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. Ja 1240 was being run in at the GVR after restoration before joining the Mainline Steam fleet in the South Island.
Railway Enthusiasts Society has operated rail excursions around NZ since 1958, some steam hauled using rolling stock from Glenbrook Vintage Railway which it established in 1970's near Auckland. See www.railfan.org.nz