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Like along with hundreds of miles of rail way's now been given to elite bike riders who pay nothing for the privilege and expect the general public who some openly despise to pay for their miserable lives. Having traveled through that area in the last year I was amazed that nearly every main road was having bike tracks being bulldozed through private properties and how few of the cyclists were actually using them

DC4346 was repaired afterwards and has since been sold overseas as of April 2024. 4346 also wore the yellow over brown Tasman Forestry livery back in the day

Great video, thanks for sharing. So good for the rest of us to get a glimpse of this.

I too was on this train and this has bought back many memories. I went with Mum, Dadand Aunty. It was called the "Photographers Special" Will have to go and look out my photos from that day. Remember coming home in the dark and watching the moon appear on one side then see it out the other side with all the winding trail. Now they are thinking of closing the route to Middlemarch from Dunedin which run daily (mainly to Pukurangi and occasionly to Middlemarch) before Covid😢

Great Video, my life span is long enough to remember both the operational railway and bike the trail, thanks for sharing

Thank you Bob.

I remember being assistant guard sometimes standing on Tainui ready to operate the emergency brake in the push/pull days before Glenbrook station opened.

Absolute travesty - should have put a walking/cycling lane alongside it separated by a fence. Plenty of tourists would take a scenic train trip with large windows on that route

The 1943 Hyde Train Crash, 80 Years Later.

great shots from days gone by.ex driver.palm.north.napier.kaikoura.cheers.peter barrett.

Wonderful historic footage. Such a shame the line was closed and the track taken up.

The 1944 Cromwell Train Collision, 79 Years Later. February 17th, 1944 - February 17th, 2023.

Far to much water in both boilers

Now that is a saturated engine

Boiler water level far to high , should be below half a glass /

Dam, that brings back days of my youth in Central. Why the hell they pulled up the track is beyond me. Keep the old KA steam loco, the carriages and run them as a tourist attraction and it would be a major winner these days. So sad really - so much of our past is being destroyed.

When is going to back in steam.

No hard hats, no gloves? These Kiwi's are either dumb as ballast rocks or can bite spikes intwo!

I have been a few times to Weka Pass Vintage Railway, it is good really lends itself to good day getting photos/video from road or rail!! 👍👍

KB968 awaits at CH-CH Mainline steam depot, the only survivor of the KBs!

This was for the Dunedin Railway Station celebrations, how can anyone not LOVE this video???? Fabulous video!!!! 🛤🚂🚃🚃🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚞

7335 always a champ, love that loco. Still runs mint.

Not quite the Ffestiniog railway but at least theres a steam loco.

Took me back to my childhood in Caversham- wonderful!

Bob Furgeson was one of the LE's. 3499 was meant to be saved for the OETT but in true NZR style they rooted it as well as 3194. All the good loco's we picked out the head fitter at NZR made sure we got the rooted ones. Cant remember the pricks name but he and Arthur really hated each other. I can recall an argument they had and the bloke said " I will make sure I will give you wrecks" and he did. Scrapped the good ones. 3499 was in its prime but dropped a liner. The wanker fixed it but didnt change the oil - unknown to us. We ran her up to charge the batts - I was walking out to shut her down - well she shut herself down (OPS) pulled the dip stick - grey ooze. Fixable but guess what that wanker loco depot prick did ?? Scrapped her. And she was mint.

They certainly did expect some tight curves when this engine was built. It's pretty zippy, too.

…and on top of all this damage, some of the wagons landed in our picnic area and flattened two bbq’s.

"A miss is as good as a mile."

The F does indeed "climb like a cat."

Great compilation, Thanks! We were on that last train ride

It was great to watch this video after recently cycling The Central Otago Rail Trail.

I'm guessing the engine is geared to the wheels in some way. Does the same engine also power the hoist and slewing gears? It sounds like a traction engine moving along.

NEWWw ZELAND! WOOoOo

Oh my! Its the A-1-A version of the EMD G8/G12!!!! Really love those locomotives!

The greens might have to phase this relic out by 2030

good job, so much better after..not smart at the beginning & they should do the same, instead of dig the tunnel....

ROCKY!!! or was it the breakdown train... i dont remember their names

Amazing.

That's cool . I remember there used to be a large one in Wellington .

loosing a tunnel is loosing a part of railway beauty.... What was the reason to get rid of this tunnel

Another sad fact about this video is that both of the DJ Class locomotives (DJ 1246 and DJ 1218) were both withdrawn and scrapped not long after the final train to Clyde. DJ 1246 in April 1990 and DJ 1218 in September 1991.

How is everything in the medical martial law police state of New Zealand? Still no one in / no one out? Adolph Hitler would be considered a libertarian there!

I have never thought of self propelled steam cranes also, here before this explodes even more

Shear Bliss 🇬🇧

I don't see any connection rods on the wheels...is this some sort of steam electric drive system?

Nothing can stop this. It is too simple for modern superweapons. We should keep those.

Luar biasa, masih ada mesin kuno dengan kondisi yang masih sehat. Yang sangat menarik adalah coupler ganconya. Rasanya baru sekali ini saya melihat kereta api di luar negeri yang coupler ganconya sama persis dengan coupler peninggalan Belanda di Indonesia.

When I was a child I never heard an excavator called anything but a steam shovel.

I often wondered exactly how rail was laid or replaced. This video was very informative and shows how labor intensive and expensive each project is. Great video!

A beautiful route, why did they close it?