DG 760 - Photo P Anderson

DG760

This website started out documenting the story of the building of my locomotive DG760 and driving carriage DG787, and 3 ride-on carriages. It has now grown to include Conventions, and my latest projects - a railbus and a recently acquired battery electric locomotive EC9.

How it all began

It all started back in 1993 when I was on our Xmas holiday in the Hawkes Bay with my family, and visited the Keirunga Park Railway, a 7 1/4" hillside railway. We had a ride on one of the little steam trains around the track, and afterwards I got talking to some of the drivers. I left having decided to build my own locomotive. Ten years later, that dream became reality. This website documents the building of my loco and carriages, my current projects, the events I have attended, and railways I have visited.

What's on this website?

On this website you can:

Read a profile about me
Read the history of the original DG760
See how the locomotive DG760 and driving carriage DG787 and articulated ride-on carriages were built
View my current project - building a railbus
Take a tour of the tracks where DG760 runs
View the DG760 photo gallery
See the story of the Railbus
See the EC9 story and photo gallery
View my Convention 2008 story and photo gallery.
Read about my Convention 2010 experiences
Find out about the Train Meet 2011 at Mana Ariki Marae
Find out about the Convention 2012 in Whangarei
Find out about the Convention 2014 in Christchurch
Find out about the Convention 2016 held in Tauranga
Find out about the Convention 2018 held in Nelson
Find out about the Convention 2020 held in Hamilton
Find out about the Convention 2022 being held in Christchurch
Buy DG760 souvenirs
Contact me for more information

All photographs on this website are my own, except where noted.

Have a look around

Feel free to have a look around my stories and photo galleries. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact me for more information.

Last updated: 11 August 2021