The Petone track has been in place since 1961. Check out the photos below of some of the engines it’s seen over the years.
No 777 –Early days at the Petone track 5″ gauge, 1″ scale 2-8-2 tender loco, designed and built by Harold Sinclair. This was Harold’s first “big” engine and led to his building 7 1/4″ gauge models of narrow gauge prototypes, examples of which are in use around the worldNo 66 Harold Sinclair’s loco, No.66 took to the track, with its own tender, for the first time on Sunday 26 July 1999. It is a 2-6-2 outside framed loco following the pattern of Harold’s earlier locos of this wheel arrangement.Gavin McCabe, the then owner of No 66, is driving.Speedy is a club loco built by members many years ago; it is used for steam driver training. Blastpipe Editor Peter Anderson taking Speedy for a run at the Raumati club track Speedy at the beach steaming bays being readied for a run by John FergussonHenry Cuttriss running #2970, and Alastair Maciver with SpeedyBrian Wheeler having fun with Bridget!Charlie Lear stops for a quick photo while running SpringbokOn the weekend of 29/8/99, Harold Sinclair ran his new Mallet, #99, but with the tender off #26. The colours don’t quite hit it off together! The loco colour is ‘John Deere Green’ from Protective Paints and is the same colour as Brian Wheeler’s ‘Bridget’.#26 in the station. John Olsen is standing behind the diesel, Quentin McLachlan is driving #26, and Harold Sinclair contemplates the paintwork.Harold Sinclair’s loco, heading down the grade from the beach with Richard McLachlan at the regulator.This engine had its first steamup in January 1996 but its tender was not completed until the middle of the year.What was meant to be a test of pulling an empty wagon for the first time. However club members climbed aboard for the photo opportunity
The Hutt Valley Model Engineering Society Inc 