All aboard for the first Great Southern Train Tour

The Great Southern Train Tour departing from Blenheim Railway Station for a trip down to Kaikoura.
As steam from the historic World War I locomotive darkened the Blenheim skies, onlookers gather for a closer glimpse of the iconic train as it prepares for its great southern adventure.
Driver Philip Wagener, 72, is busy ensuring the steam pressure needle is swinging between 100 and 200 and balances the water in the boiler to make the all important steam.
A train driver for 52 years, Wagener has driven all sorts of machines from electric powered to those with diesel engines. But the historic World War I memorial steam locomotive Ab608 is a special one.

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