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Kiwi Explorer Research: Part 9
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See http://www.steamdreams.co.uk for more info. This blog reveals how the research trip scoping out the tour panned out. Day 9 of the research trip was another “important” one – we were meeting Dunedin Railways to discuss using their…
Kiwi Explorer Research: Part 8
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See http://www.steamdreams.co.uk for more info. This blog reveals how the research trip scoping out the tour panned out. Day 8 – 225 miles to cover, so we were off after a quick breakfast. The mood in the Nissan…
Kiwi Explorer Research: Part 7
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See http://www.steamdreams.co.uk for more info. This blog reveals how the research trip scoping out the tour panned out. Having arrived in Christchurch early evening, we made straight for the restaurant next door to our motel. Reminiscent of the…
Kiwi Explorer Research: Part 6
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See http://www.steamdreams.co.uk for more info. This blog reveals how the research trip scoping out the tour panned out. Day 6 – I was up early for the promise of ticking something off my bucket list – swimming with…
Kiwi Explorer Research: Part 5
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See http://www.steamdreams.co.uk for more info. This blog reveals how the research trip scoping out the tour panned out. Day 5 – up early and bleary-eyed for the 8am ferry to Picton. It was miserable day, weather-wise, so we…
Kiwi Explorer Research: Part 4
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See http://www.steamdreams.co.uk for more info. This blog reveals how the research trip scoping out the tour panned out. Day 4 – Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is like most of my favourite places in the world; on…
Kiwi Explorer Research: Part 3
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See http://www.steamdreams.co.uk for more info. This blog reveals how the research trip scoping out the tour panned out. Day 3 – We set off from Palmerston North with some excitement – the day promised to be a potential…
Kiwi Explorer Research: Part 2
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See http://www.steamdreams.co.uk for more info. This blog reveals how the 12 day research visit in October 2019 panned out. As our first work day in New Zealand had been spent in meetings or site visits in Auckland, we…
Exploring the Kiwi Explorer: Part 1
The Steam Dreams Rail Co is running a 3 week tour of New Zealand in October 2022. See the online brochure for more info or request a holiday quote here. This blog series reveals how the 12 day research visit in October 2019 panned out. “Would you like to go to New Zealand to do…
Steam Dreams Celebrates 20th Anniversary in Style
On Thursday, 16th December 1999, over 150 passengers waited excitedly at Waterloo station for their train to arrive. At 11am that day, the first ever Steam Dreams trip departed for Salisbury, hauled by BR Class 5MT 4-6-0 73096. At that time, the journey to Salisbury took just under two hours and fares started from £39!…
Super Train: Discover New Frontiers