The reassembly of the first door for wooden box wagon K610 is proceeding well. The cladding on the inside of the door has been re-nailed, glued and filled as required and the small amount of missing T & G timber has been replaced. New exterior cladding has been fitted and now only a small amount of sanding and painting needs to be done prior to refitting the refurbished brackets and handgrips. The interior of the wagon has also received attention and missing timber has been replaced with materials specially machined for the role. The poor condition of the interior is requiring a lot of effort to return it to its original condition but the end wall and one side wall are nearly ready for painting. Two refurbished grab rails have also recently been refitted, making the south end of the vehicle look complete.

With the restoration of the body of K610 and cattle wagon T175 having reached quite an advanced stage, attention is now turning to securing funds for overhauling the underframe, wheels, brakes and suspension of these vehicles. The initial response from our funders has been promising although more work is required in this area.

Steam locomotive A67 is receiving new wiring to enable the headlights and cab lights to operate. Great care is being taken to ensure that the new work is hidden so as not to detract from the locomotives appearance. After initial difficulty obtaining replacement boiler tubes, some have been secured in Christchurch and should reach Ocean Beach in the coming week.

Our ever popular Kerr Stuart steam locomotive, currently undergoing its 10 year boiler survey had its inspection in May and passed without any difficulty; seemingly unchanged from its last inspection. Securing funds to resolve the loose wheel problem is also under way. The last of the scale has been removed from the boiler with the assistance of a waterblaster, bringing this tedious job to completion (much of it had been previously chipped out by hand).

The team working on Katiki Station has largely completed the fitting of timber mouldings and filling gaps. The next task is to fit the new interior lining timber to the tablet room.

Carvan Af874 has had a new flue fitted to the stove in the guard's compartment. The new flue is of stainless steel and is a vast improvement on the corroded piece of old vent pipe that it replaces.

The track team has been busy in recent weeks replacing sleepers on the lower part of the "hill"; and re-gauging a portion of a Port Otago owned siding to attract extra funds. Some surplus materials have also been recovered from one of their disused sidings that is being made into a compound. The salvaged rail and fittings will be reused on our line.

On the 16th of June we had an evening visit from a number of COTMA (Combined Organisation of Tramway Museums of Australasia) delegates who were touring the country after their conference in Auckland. As well as the obligatory train ride, they partook in a trolley ride and tour of the buildings and equipment. Despite being a particularly cold dark night, they seemed to enjoy their visit and it was pleasing to hear praise for our restoration efforts from members of internationally respected museums.

In late May, a portion of our embankment and track was damaged by excavations for foundations for the new ice rink (former Dunedin Stadium). This caused our track to slump and become unsafe to use. After initial efforts at diplomacy were unsuccessful we engaged a professional engineer to present our position to the other party, who have subsequently agreed to reinstate the track to our engineer's satisfaction at their expense and with all due haste.