Clouds
… of clouds. The “Go West” bus is on its way back to the city, complete with a load of puffy clouds.…
Mainly West of Queen Street - seen through my lens
Category: Transport
Learn to Ride
This colourful learn-to-ride circuit is just behind the Avondale shops, and adjacent to the Avondale Racecourse. Whoever designed it obviously had a lot of fun, and I hope that it is finding good use. When I came through (in the morning, school time) I had the place to myself (but no bike) – not a realistic introduction to the gridlock that is Auckland traffic…
Many thanks to Vince Middeldorp, location scout extraordinaire!…
EMU (Electric Multiple Unit)
Over the last few years the Auckland rail system got upgraded: double tracking and electrification. The last route to benefit from electrification is the line to the west (up to Swanson only, Waitakere township passengers have to transfer to a bus at Swanson – hourly service – the trains run every half hour).…
Mandala by Miranda Brown
One of Miranda Brown‘s Mandalas at the New Lynn train station. A diesel engine pushes a train through its trench. Before too long, this will be history, electrification is the word! (If all goes according to plan, today should see the first electric trains running on the Onehunga line, after a public launch yesterday.)…
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