Click photo to enlarge Absorbing the steamy atmosphere at Middlemarch

Twelve-year-old Hamish Bedwell was not going to let a bit of rain stop him travelling from Middlemarch to Dunedin on a motorised jigger.

"I like the jiggers better than the trains," he said, dressed in a yellow oil slicker to keep him dry and warm as the uncovered jigger followed the steam-hauled train back to the city yesterday.

The Dunedin boy and his father were two of thousands who travelled to Middlemarch for a Labour Weekend train festival.

Click photo to enlarge Absorbing the steamy atmosphere at Middlemarch

Twelve-year-old Hamish Bedwell was not going to let a bit of rain stop him travelling from Middlemarch to Dunedin on a motorised jigger.

"I like the jiggers better than the trains," he said, dressed in a yellow oil slicker to keep him dry and warm as the uncovered jigger followed the steam-hauled train back to the city yesterday.

The Dunedin boy and his father were two of thousands who travelled to Middlemarch for a Labour Weekend train festival.