About 180 people boarded the steam train at Kingston just before 10am and travelled to Fairlight where they celebrated with a glass of bubbles. Photo: Stephen JaquieryAbout 180 people made history this morning, becoming the first passengers on board the Kingston Flyer in more than eight years. Today it will carry 360 passengers during a special leg of the inaugural Great Southern Train Tour. The historic Kingston Flyer will carry passengers for the first time in eight years today. "Things like the Earnslaw and Walter Peak and Kingston Flyer and the Passchendaele locomotive and the transport museum — New Zealand has a phenomenal selection of heritage attractions and people do just really enjoy that."

Source: Otago Daily Times April 27, 2021 01:30 UTC