Gallery. 

January 2012 saw F72 running at the head of trains!

Below; Thought it was time to put the F on the roster for the day, she spent all day hauling empties! The new chassis seems to be still hanging in there as it preformed faultlessly!

Below Left; A62 was also out on a shunt note that she now has a driver at the controls! Below Right; Q17 now in charge of F72s train on the new section of ballasted track in the shed.

October 2011 saw the Running of Triple Header Dubs Locos!

ROCKY CREEK RAILWAY was the setting for an evening of Firsts! 3 Dubs locos from 3 different Railways were set to run together for the first time. This was not as simple as it sounds as A62 was track powered, John's A was battery with Aristo-Craft train engineer & Glen's C53 is battery with his own remote system. So, getting all locos running together was a realistic challenge for all 3 drivers!!

Below; 4 pictures of the special train, the rolling stock of 4 wheelers were supplied by Rocky Creek Rly, this was a great evening enjoyed by all!!!

August  2011 saw Snow & Club Day at AFR!

Above Left; A62 hauling Ja1268s tender on a test run on the morning of club day. AboveRight; A LGB Aster Garratt (Visiting Loco) running engine only to check the railways clearances before hooking up to its train. Below; 2 pictures of C53 visiting from the ROCKY CREEK RAILWAY with its rolling stock, I understand that the loco is now battery or power operated & has a sound unit installed with a VERY LOUD whistle!

Below; 15-08-2011 week before Club day snow hits AFR, we had at least 5 to 6 inches which was a good enough excuse to Play Trains!!! F72 can be seen clearing the line just below No2 bridge.

 May 15th 2011 saw American Muscle from Christchurch takes over the AFR!

Above; The battery powered Dash 9 was test run by Don Ellis after his conversion from track power, I was very impressed with its hauling ability! Below Left; 3 train running on the AFR a first!! Top of picture Dash 9 (Battery Powered), middle of picture LGB 0-4-0 shunter (Battery Powered) & bottom of Picture 2 GPs  (Track Powered). Below Right; Dons dash 9 passing over Rays GPs, a great day was had by all with trains running all afternoon! (The track Powered ones any-way ;-) 

2006 in charge of FCD-7s test run on the AFR 16th November 2010.

Above Right; AFRs Rogers Q17 running on ROCKY CREEK RAILWAY this was the October meeting for the 'CGRS'. The bridge in the photo was built by the late Frank Roberts a real pioneer in this scale, some of his models can be seen {Here}.

AFR Hosts 'The Christchurch Garden Railway Society' monthly club day.

Above Left; C53 visiting from the Rocky Creek railway enjoys a long run. Above Right; A UP 4-6-2 hauls a rake of modified Bachmann Jackson Sharp Cars.

Above Left; Is a USA Trains Hudson, a beautiful model which words can not describe!! Above Right; A classic LGB train consisting of 4-wheelers.

Above Left; LGB mallet, digital sound even the neighbours enjoyed this one. Above Right; C53 & F72 passes the mallet, this is only a small selection of the days running. A great day was had by all.

Ab730's 10th anniversary run with a special outing with G43 on the ore train!

Above Pictures; Ab730's 10yrs of service, has run on all 3 railways that I have built. Is seen here with special head board double heading with G43, AFRs Garrett on the ore train roster. I can not speak highly enough of this loco it has never let me down in any way, it is one of the best preforming locos that I have built. Entered service Sept 2000. 

Looking back to the last run on the old Railway & the last train to run before the track was wripped up!

Above left; is Ab730 heading its last train out of tunnel No1 heading back to the yard. Above Right; Dg2330 in charge in the oppisite direction with its train. Take note of the up & down of the track this is due to frost heave looks good in pictures but limits running.

Above Left; F72 at the other end of tunnel No1 track is starting to get over grown. Above Right; the last train to run on the old AFR was the GP-30 & 38 American Muscle. As you can see the track had started to be taken up & the date, 01-05-2005 all the above pictures were taken around this time

Boxing day 2009 is a good reason for a day of running trains with most of the NZR fleet stretching there wheels.

Above Left; is Ab730 running a small goods train & not to be out done on the Above Right; is A62 heading a light goods.

Dg2330 in charge passing the water vat, Top Left and not forgetting our American roster is GP30 heading a fully   loaded test train of the new Yj hoppers.

Above Left; is Ab730 heading a goods train on 29-09-09. Above Right; Saw snow for the first time on the new AFR on June 2008, so the snow plow was put into action! But as you can see from the pictures above & below there wasn't much.