Several excursions between Napier and Hastings were hauled by Ja 1271 during the annual Art Deco weekend. Napier was rebuilt in Deco architecture after a 7.8 earthquake in 1931. Ja 1271 was built by Hillside in Dunedin in 1955-56, seen with excursion train climbing the 2% Opapa bank south of Hastings.