On Sunday the 5th December 2004 we ran an excursion from Feilding to Palmerston North, and then through to Woodville via the Manawatu Gorge and return.
| Wab794 ready to depart Palmerston North for Woodville. | |
| Wab794 between Palmerston North and Ashhurst. | |
| Wab794 in the Gorge. | |
| Wab794 hauled train alongside the Manawatu River in the Gorge. | |
| Wab794 at Woodville. | |
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Wab 794 climbing into Ashhurst. Click on picture to the left for more photos taken by three photographers. | |
| Wab794 at speed returning to Palmerston North. | |
| Wab794 on the outskirts of Palmerston North at speed. | |
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Click here for a 13 second video taken on the 5th December 2004 The 13 second video is taken with the Wab running bunker first between Palmerston North and Feilding. We suggest you save this file to your computer and then play file from your computer to acheive best results. The video is 3.3Mbytes so is provided for people with ADSL or Jetstream connection. Dialup users need to expect video to take 15 minutes to download. |
These photos were taken by Feilding Steam Society members Mike Higgie, Mike Prior, and Josh Robinson, who got extremely wet.