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Cheers bill, Yea a tripod's not a bad Idea, I went down to trainspot on a nice school afternoon and it just so happened that a "SuperGanz" went passed. I missed it the first time but got it coming back from Waikanae, It was in service too. :D
 
An afternoon trip from Upper Hutt to Wellington - non stop.

Crossing the Silverstream bridge
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Negotiating the maze of tracks at A Box
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Following this, an EE departs for Johnsonville. Two cars only due to a desparate shortage of rollingstock. With only one month to go on the hill, many sets have been condemned in order to feed their parts to the others that are still running.
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Trailing the service over Hutt Road
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Recently had a hard drive failure and quickly learned the value of keeping the backup copy of any route you are working on up to date (ie mine wasn't!). Thankfully it is mostly retrievable anyway.

On the plus side I found some clips from then I was playing with FRAPS. I've had a go at stitching them them into a couple of movie clips linked to below.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8MM0H9Ca-g





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37hvhTrXuok

Now back to inspecting my route and seeing what is still missing...
 
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Hi all, The other day I saw a 4 car Ganz set with a SuperGanz heading to Wellington from Waikanae,
This is a reenactment of the video I took. :D
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Today one of the last EE's had a test run on the Kapiti line, Seen leaving Paekakariki.
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Seen between the tunnels on the Pukerua bank.
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Also Seen at South Junction.
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later that day, I got to drive the SuperGanz to Waikanae seen coming along Raumati straight, Not much diffident
to the normal Ganz cab. :hehe:
 
Hi all, Yesterday I got to see a 6 car Matangi at South Junction.
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And the trip Back, Seen also at South Junction.
Today I was driving A Ganz Mavag Unit to Waikanae, Passing my updated overpass at Mackays Crossing.
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The trip back also at Mackays Crossing, That's all for now.:D
 
Hi Forum users

For some reason, This new updated Forum site has been changing my settings, It use to say under Mrrangi "trainz spotter" but now it says "Trainz veteran",
Does anyone know how i can change it back. Cheers Mrrangi:confused:
 
That's just the default user title for the amount of posts you've made on the Forum (I presume it changed when you hit 100 posts). This can easily be edited to anything you like though by simply clicking on the 'My Profile' at the very top right corner of the page, then click on 'Edit Profile' in the list on the left. On the page that then appears just enter whatever title you'd like in the text box under 'Custom User Title' and click 'Save Changes' at the bottom of the page to change it. :)

Incidentally, this isn't a recent addition, it was added to the forums quite a while ago. ;)
 
That's just the default user title for the amount of posts you've made on the Forum (I presume it changed when you hit 100 posts). This can easily be edited to anything you like though by simply clicking on the 'My Profile' at the very top right corner of the page, then click on 'Edit Profile' in the list on the left. On the page that then appears just enter whatever title you'd like in the text box under 'Custom User Title' and click 'Save Changes' at the bottom of the page to change it. :)

Incidentally, this isn't a recent addition, it was added to the forums quite a while ago. ;)
Thank you Enkidoh for that info, I didnt know the forum site did that. Cheers Mrrangi:D
 
I hear there has been some shocking weather in the capital for the last few days. An Up freight slowly makes its way north through the Tawa Valley and the rain - at midday!
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The situation hadn't improved by Muri. No sightings of Kapiti Island today.
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Nothing had improved by the time we hit the 'country'.
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Hi Cam

Nice to see you working on a DF(T) ... at present I use reskinned built-in Class-34 with Paulz Trainz (payware) bogies, which look OK although they are not quite right.

Hope it all goes well for you with this item ... looking forward to giving it a run.
 
@ Mrrangi: You're most welcome. I've used Vbulletin-based forums for many years now so I know a few added features of them. ;)

@ Ryan: excellent pics as always. I think the photographer in that last pic is cheating death though!

If you don't mind me asking though, what are the signals shown in your screenshots in your last post? (Specifically, the searchlight signal in the second image and that junction one in the last pic.) I'm very curious to what they are (as I have some routes they'd be perfect for). :)
 
Thanks for the encouragement. The 2 aspect signal is NSE 5AA by kdsadk, on the DLS. The searchlights are freeware from Jointed Rail.
 
DJ 3303 - Ohai Railway Board colours

I've attached a couple of pics of DJ330 with a short coal train, running down the branch from the mines to the port.





 
Nice shots all, Don't know whats happened to Ryans shots though, Does any of you Trainz fans know where i can get some good 42in container wagons from? Cheers Mrrangi, PS does anyone know how to remove post's?:confused:
 
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