Empty service from the GVR depot at Pukeoware to Glenbrook near Morley Road. The locomotive will depart Glenbrook tender first with the first train of the day. Ww 644 was built in 1915 by NZR Hillside in Dunedin and was returned to steam in 2007.
Railway Enthusiasts Society has operated rail excursions around NZ since 1958, some steam hauled using rolling stock from Glenbrook Vintage Railway which it established in 1970's near Auckland. See www.railfan.org.nz