Great cab ride video. I’m surprised some much has changed since the last cab ride video. I’ve heard about slip protection fences are they like fences that prevent slipping or something and then would alert train control in wellington. I’m also surprised that there’s been lot of cutting of the tree in Poro-O-Tarao
Thanks. Re the fences - I don't believe the fences themselves have any preventive effect (though sometimes they are installed alongside civil/geotechnical work that do), only monitoring and allow a slip to be detected before a train runs into it. They're often combined with wireless cameras, tilt sensors etc etc. It's not that uncommon, during/after storms, for trains to hit slips and downed trees. Usually it's just a fright for the driver and a large inconvenience for all. They're usually not known to the public because they happen in rural/remote areas with no impact on passenger trains, so it's not newsworthy enough for anyone to care. Re the trees at Poro-o-Tarao, the area is full of dedicated forestry lots and all the trees are plantation radiata pine, so it's really just a matter of when they were going to harvest them. We have older drivers who remember seeing those trees being planted!
As someone who enjoys watching "cab" view train journeys especially in areas I'm not familiar with, I don't get the need for time lapse. Is the scenery that bland that you speed it up?
Hello, you will find real-time footage elsewhere on my channel. For this particular line, try ua-cam.com/play/PLDY-M2ylFhurlike-ETkwLCqZZzcdWSJe.html As stated in the video description, the footage is not sped up in editing, but captured on the GoPro as a timelapse. A timelapse is an easy way to capture footage in summer without the GoPro overheating from direct sun exposure. Recording a timelapse also takes a lot of the editing workload away, for me. This channel takes the privacy of my fellow rail personnel seriously, with all rail personnel blurred on video, and all radio chatter muted. This means real-time videos take a lot of editing, and I often do not have the time or the interest to sit through hours of footage looking at the same view I see out the window at work, when it's interactive and immersive at work. This channel was started to share the view out my window with friends, family, and colleagues, most of whom do not have the time or the interest to sit through a 3.5hr video (as appealing as it may sound for some). Later on, the timelapses had also found some purpose for my wider colleagues (Trainee Locomotive Engineers, Train Controllers, LEs from other depots, and the wider KiwiRail team) to get an overview of the track I travel on. If I'm honest, these videos being on UA-cam is mainly to use UA-cam as a distribution platform, and they're set as public so that my friends, family, and colleagues can find them easily without me having to personally give them the link (or manage access). These videos are not monetized in anyway, and will never be monetized, so I don't get anything out of these and I'm not here to chase the views or the subs. Any enjoyment the general public gets out of these videos is entirely unintentional; that is to say, with all due respect, you are not the target audience. TL;DR: feel free to check out the rest of the channel, but the timelapse is just easier and more practical for me and my intended audience - friends, family, and colleagues.
Finally after a long time your back
Nice. Another vid. Merry Christmas
When our favourite train driver drops a new video :DDD
Great cab ride video. I’m surprised some much has changed since the last cab ride video. I’ve heard about slip protection fences are they like fences that prevent slipping or something and then would alert train control in wellington. I’m also surprised that there’s been lot of cutting of the tree in Poro-O-Tarao
Thanks. Re the fences - I don't believe the fences themselves have any preventive effect (though sometimes they are installed alongside civil/geotechnical work that do), only monitoring and allow a slip to be detected before a train runs into it. They're often combined with wireless cameras, tilt sensors etc etc.
It's not that uncommon, during/after storms, for trains to hit slips and downed trees. Usually it's just a fright for the driver and a large inconvenience for all. They're usually not known to the public because they happen in rural/remote areas with no impact on passenger trains, so it's not newsworthy enough for anyone to care.
Re the trees at Poro-o-Tarao, the area is full of dedicated forestry lots and all the trees are plantation radiata pine, so it's really just a matter of when they were going to harvest them. We have older drivers who remember seeing those trees being planted!
Was it a Train Swap or a car at Makatote?
Train for train.
As someone who enjoys watching "cab" view train journeys especially in areas I'm not familiar with, I don't get the need for time lapse. Is the scenery that bland that you speed it up?
Hello, you will find real-time footage elsewhere on my channel. For this particular line, try ua-cam.com/play/PLDY-M2ylFhurlike-ETkwLCqZZzcdWSJe.html
As stated in the video description, the footage is not sped up in editing, but captured on the GoPro as a timelapse. A timelapse is an easy way to capture footage in summer without the GoPro overheating from direct sun exposure.
Recording a timelapse also takes a lot of the editing workload away, for me. This channel takes the privacy of my fellow rail personnel seriously, with all rail personnel blurred on video, and all radio chatter muted. This means real-time videos take a lot of editing, and I often do not have the time or the interest to sit through hours of footage looking at the same view I see out the window at work, when it's interactive and immersive at work.
This channel was started to share the view out my window with friends, family, and colleagues, most of whom do not have the time or the interest to sit through a 3.5hr video (as appealing as it may sound for some). Later on, the timelapses had also found some purpose for my wider colleagues (Trainee Locomotive Engineers, Train Controllers, LEs from other depots, and the wider KiwiRail team) to get an overview of the track I travel on.
If I'm honest, these videos being on UA-cam is mainly to use UA-cam as a distribution platform, and they're set as public so that my friends, family, and colleagues can find them easily without me having to personally give them the link (or manage access). These videos are not monetized in anyway, and will never be monetized, so I don't get anything out of these and I'm not here to chase the views or the subs. Any enjoyment the general public gets out of these videos is entirely unintentional; that is to say, with all due respect, you are not the target audience.
TL;DR: feel free to check out the rest of the channel, but the timelapse is just easier and more practical for me and my intended audience - friends, family, and colleagues.