794 steams away from Maewa where it stopped for KiwiRail freight trains to pass on the busy line from Palmerston North. The loco was making a special run to Taihape for the annual Gumboot Day. 794 is based at the Feilding Steam Rail depot but is owned by New Zealand Railway Locomotive Society.
Feilding Steam Rail operates rail excursions around lower North Island and is home of several steam locomotives of New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society and Rail Heritage Trust. For more see www.steamrail.org.nz