Abandoned railway line - Ohai to Nightcaps

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  • Опубліковано 28 жов 2024

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  • @GEHDunedin
    @GEHDunedin 3 місяці тому +3

    love the sound effects ;-)

  • @suefairbrass9163
    @suefairbrass9163 2 місяці тому

    Thanks you do great work ,it would be great to see more abandoned lines even with the rails gone. Your filming is so good I feel myself on the train back in time. Many thanks.

    • @geoffmackley
      @geoffmackley  10 днів тому

      @suefairbrass9163 Cheers thanks mate, there will be lots more similar videos

  • @kevinjames9860
    @kevinjames9860 3 місяці тому +3

    Nice drone work 'cept for the derailment...
    fairly crispy morning down there.

  • @Stefan_Boerjesson
    @Stefan_Boerjesson 4 дні тому

    Great flight, great foto.

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage1028 3 місяці тому +3

    Great Video Geoff, thanks for sharing

  • @waynesmith2287
    @waynesmith2287 2 місяці тому

    My mother lived in both those towns as a young girl back in the 1940's

  • @curatorconservator5170
    @curatorconservator5170 10 днів тому

    B4 the mine at Ohai closed I stocked up and still have two years' worth for my coal range in winter. Still pause when driving to Otautau from Tuatapere at the crossing in hope of a passing train. Not abandoned just out of commission for three years. An incident in Ukraine or Iran will make it economic again.

  • @rogerbrown5558
    @rogerbrown5558 3 місяці тому +7

    Reinstate the railways. I know it was just for coal but we shouldn't lose it. Rail has future potential. Not just for cyclists.

    • @theinterislander
      @theinterislander 3 місяці тому +2

      We carted 30,000 ton of logs from there and all on trucks. Cheaper.

  • @barryphillips7098
    @barryphillips7098 2 місяці тому +1

    Line has not been used for a long time, did not a know a train could jump over a 4WD sitting on the line 🤣only joking🤣

  • @DB-thats-me
    @DB-thats-me 3 місяці тому +4

    Something seriously wrong with this footage.
    When was this shoot? The track looks WAY too good for an abandoned rail line.
    After the 12min mark, maybe. And yes, I can see places you filmed in both directions by the NC coal loading area.
    Helps when I live in nightcaps. 😂👍

    • @DB-thats-me
      @DB-thats-me 3 місяці тому +2

      OK, I’ve re watched the clip can identify 90% of the track. We haven’t had a coal trains here in a year after a storm buggered a bridge near Thornbury.
      You should go for a wander through what remains of the Wairio depot. Some interesting relics there. 👍

    • @geoffmackley
      @geoffmackley  3 місяці тому +2

      @@DB-thats-me Do you live in Nightcaps now ? The footage was shot last week, intend to do the rest of the line soon too .

    • @DB-thats-me
      @DB-thats-me 3 місяці тому +2

      @@geoffmackley yes. Just ask for directions at the foursquare.

    • @geoffmackley
      @geoffmackley  3 місяці тому +2

      @@DB-thats-me do ya have an e mail addy

    • @peterfinucane8122
      @peterfinucane8122 2 місяці тому +3

      Ohai and Nightcaps are Southland Iconic locations. Cheers for this

  • @glynnismacpherson504
    @glynnismacpherson504 3 місяці тому +1

    I think of all the work that went I to those lines, it's a shame. That's Nz it seems🌿

  • @paulinemcalpine7503
    @paulinemcalpine7503 2 місяці тому

    What is the distance from start to finish.

  • @BernardTreyvaud
    @BernardTreyvaud Місяць тому

    Why so many abandoned railway lines in NZ?😢

  • @bigted1955
    @bigted1955 3 місяці тому +3

    Rip the rail line up and use it for a cycle track

    • @overredrover9430
      @overredrover9430 2 місяці тому

      Restore The line from Thornbury to Pukemaori, then extend to Ohai for excursions. Or electrify and increase the speed so that Western Southland becomes a suburb of Invercargill same with the MSL to Edendale (or Gore) including the Wyndham branch. Let's not leave out the Kingston branch, though commuter to Lumsden and a worthwhile Kingston Flyer from there. Branch of at Clifden or Eastern Bush and aim for Manapouri and Te Anau returning via Mossburn. Now for some ideas that'll cause enough people to move in to make the venture worthwhile. Edit: cycle track would be a handy complement and worthwhile use in the meantime.

  • @aklrailfan2278
    @aklrailfan2278 3 місяці тому

    what happened on the first clip