STEAM RETURNS TO TAUMARUNUI!
October 4 @ 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
This October, the unmistakable sound of a steam locomotive will once again echo through the King Country as Ab 608 “Passchendaele” takes to the North Island Main Trunk.
Join us aboard the Waimiha Wanderer on Sunday 4 October for a special steam-hauled journey from Taumarunui to Waimiha and return.
Leaving Taumarunui, we’ll cross the Taringamotu River before following the Ongarue River north through rugged King Country countryside.
We’ll pass Okahukura – junction of the mothballed Stratford–Okahukura railway – before continuing to the former logging settlement of Waimiha.At Waimiha, have your cameras ready! 
Ab 608 will detach and “run around” the heritage carriages, passing alongside the train before coupling onto the other end for our steam-hauled journey back to Taumarunui.
Make sure you spend some time on our open-air viewing platforms too – there’s nothing quite like hearing the locomotive working, feeling the fresh country air and experiencing steam travel as generations before us once did.
A great little railway adventure for the whole family!
Sunday 4 October 2026 Taumarunui → Waimiha → Taumarunui
Departs Taumarunui 11.50am
Returns approximately 2.20pm
General Admission: $45 Family of Four: $170
Food and refreshments available onboard
Licensed train Hauled by Ab 608 “Passchendaele”Steam. King Country scenery. Heritage carriages. And a railway journey you don’t get to make every day.