Cracking on with the winter school holidays, Puffing Billy Railway finally launched their "Train of Lights" service from Lakeside through to Gembrook. NG/G16 no. 129 shows off the specially-adapted lighting rigs attached to both the locomotive and the carriages as it roars uphill through Fielder, with a pop of off-camera flash fill to lighten the scene.
Captured about half-way up the long drag from Cockatoo to Gembrook, NG/G16 129's exhaust erupts towards the tree canopy as it hauls a "Train of Lights" special from Lakeside.
NG/G16 129 erupts through Fielder station with the first "Train of Lights" train for the 2023 season.
The lighting pattern on Puffing Billy Railway's "Train of Lights" cycles through its most impressive sequence at Fielder as NG/G16 no. 129 powers uphill towards Gembrook.
After struggling up the long climb from Cockatoo on wet rails, Puffing Billy's "Train of Lights" train crests the grade at Orchard Road on the outskirts of Gembrook.
Somewhere in the depths of the forest around Fielder, ex. South African Railways NG/G16 no. 129 roars uphill towards Gembrook, with the surrounding canopy bathed in the multicoloured projections from Puffing Billy's "Train of Lights".
Puffing Billy's "Train of Lights" special makes a colourful exit from Fielder station as it climbs onwards to Gembrook.The Train of Lights specials, now in their second year of operation, run during the winter school holidays between Lakeside and Gembrook. The train is equipped with custom-made LED lights and projectors that cycle through a programme of colour sequences, with lights and patterns projected upwards into the forest canopy. Hauled by an ex. South African Railways garratt-type steam locomotive, the train both looks and sounds spectacular and draws crowds at every roadside location.
LED lights paint the valley floor as NG/G16 129 crosses the Wright trestle bridge with one of the Train of Lights specials.
The final "Train of Lights" trip for 2023 climbs uphill past Fielder station en route to Gembrook.
