Ja 1250 heads a Railway Enthusiasts Society excursion to Helensville, seen near Papatoetoe in Auckland's southern suburbs. The locomotive was built at Hillside, Dunedin in the 1950s and was among the last steam engines built for New Zealand rails.)
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