Loved that! Brought back 1950's memories of multiple trips to Lyttelton from Opawa station over the 6 weeks of summer school holidays. Dad worked for the railways, so got a free family ticket for free travel, which we used over January to go to Lyttelton, then walked round to Corsair Bay to picnic and swim. Was great to see the view from the cab. I remember when we scrambled to close the carriage windows when going through the tunnel!
Wow! thank you.I worked on the Lytt. passenger trains in the mid. 60s,then shunting in ChCh,Addington & Middleton in the late 60s & early 70s.Sooooo much has changed.
I’m flabbergasted. This completely unrecognisable as the Christchurch I once knew. No sign of a platform at Linwood, no tracks leading from the massive locomotive depot that was where Fulton Hogan is now, and I could not easily place where Moorhouse station was, now a graffiti alleyway between tilt slab concrete buildings. Unbelievable, and it was “only” just 55 years ago that I travelled the reverse direction behind an Ec electric on a subbie and wandered around at Linwood loco. Thanks for the trip guys, astounding. I’d be interested to know what the new tracks on the left just past Linwood are going to be for where there is a long structure built over one of them.
I left Christchurch in 97 for the UK and like you I could barely recognize anything, perhaps some (or many?) of the changes are a result of the earthquakes.
I'm with you there I got to Lyttleton in about 1975 2 Gilmore Tce right next to the timebalL I can remember there was 2 flights of steps to get to our house from town 137 in all . The electrics had finished but Lyttleton rail yards were very busy and there was a 22 Lever signal box just outside the tunnel controlling Lyttleton . Having arrived from Perth WA a year earlier to Kelston Auckland my young brother and I travelled down on the Silver Fern railcars and then caught the Rangatira ferry overnight to Lyttleton where we were met by our parents but what a trip I was 17 my young brother was 14 now we are both in our 60's more to come Gazza
Strangely, it turns out privatising functional infrastructure in an environment where the 'optimal' path for maximum profit in the shortest period of time is closing down and scrapping everything you can legally get away with, is a brilliant way to end up not having most of that infrastructure anymore.
Thank you @geoffmackley & driver for another great video ... that very faint noise you can hear just after the driver releases the brake in Lyttelton reminds me of a steam engine. Anyway, I noticed the trip through the tunnel took 5m40s, compared to the video I watched yesterday of the trip from Middleton to Lyttelton, where the trip through the tunnel was only 4m30s =)
I remember when I was 15, I walked through that tunnel from Lyttelton to town... On a Sunday.. it's pitch black and all you can see is a pinprick of light at the end.. a strong breeze blows through there.. Later in life I worked for Kiwirail and heard there is Masonic symbols carved into the roof from the Masons who built that tunnel... I used to jump trains from under the Colombo st bridge, see where I would end up, usually in Picton, but the only time I got caught was from Lyttelton to town .. 😂 I used to fire the boiler on the Steam Tug, every Sunday, I spent my bus fare on chippies so had to walk home, through the tunnel... 😮
Mate and I missed the last bus 28 in the square one night ,and had a brain wave let’s walk home back to port through the tunnel ,what an experience all I could here was him falling in the puddles ,all you could see was one faint light which I thought was the end ,wasn’t it was a bend in the tunnel big walk great memories,should have just put the thumb outside the road tunnel ,one of the locals would have taken us through eventually
He starts in Lyttelton, goes through the tunnel through the Port Hills and then the rest you see after the tunnel is Christchurch. There is no "towns".
Loved that! Brought back 1950's memories of multiple trips to Lyttelton from Opawa station over the 6 weeks of summer school holidays. Dad worked for the railways, so got a free family ticket for free travel, which we used over January to go to Lyttelton, then walked round to Corsair Bay to picnic and swim. Was great to see the view from the cab. I remember when we scrambled to close the carriage windows when going through the tunnel!
Wow! thank you.I worked on the Lytt. passenger trains in the mid. 60s,then shunting in ChCh,Addington & Middleton in the late 60s & early 70s.Sooooo much has changed.
I’m flabbergasted. This completely unrecognisable as the Christchurch I once knew. No sign of a platform at Linwood, no tracks leading from the massive locomotive depot that was where Fulton Hogan is now, and I could not easily place where Moorhouse station was, now a graffiti alleyway between tilt slab concrete buildings. Unbelievable, and it was “only” just 55 years ago that I travelled the reverse direction behind an Ec electric on a subbie and wandered around at Linwood loco. Thanks for the trip guys, astounding. I’d be interested to know what the new tracks on the left just past Linwood are going to be for where there is a long structure built over one of them.
I left Christchurch in 97 for the UK and like you I could barely recognize anything, perhaps some (or many?) of the changes are a result of the earthquakes.
I'm with you there I got to Lyttleton in about 1975 2 Gilmore Tce right next to the timebalL I can remember there was 2 flights of steps to get to our house from town 137 in all . The electrics had finished but Lyttleton rail yards were very busy and there was a 22 Lever signal box just outside the tunnel controlling Lyttleton . Having arrived from Perth WA a year earlier to Kelston Auckland my young brother and I travelled down on the Silver Fern railcars and then caught the Rangatira ferry overnight to Lyttleton where we were met by our parents but what a trip I was 17 my young brother was 14 now we are both in our 60's more to come Gazza
Society has been going backwards for quite a while now just look at the rubbish the youngins are watching on television and radio these days
Strangely, it turns out privatising functional infrastructure in an environment where the 'optimal' path for maximum profit in the shortest period of time is closing down and scrapping everything you can legally get away with, is a brilliant way to end up not having most of that infrastructure anymore.
Earthquakes (and council).
Ā brilliant look behind the scenes, thank you!!
Thank you @geoffmackley & driver for another great video ... that very faint noise you can hear just after the driver releases the brake in Lyttelton reminds me of a steam engine. Anyway, I noticed the trip through the tunnel took 5m40s, compared to the video I watched yesterday of the trip from Middleton to Lyttelton, where the trip through the tunnel was only 4m30s =)
I remember when I was 15, I walked through that tunnel from Lyttelton to town... On a Sunday.. it's pitch black and all you can see is a pinprick of light at the end.. a strong breeze blows through there.. Later in life I worked for Kiwirail and heard there is Masonic symbols carved into the roof from the Masons who built that tunnel... I used to jump trains from under the Colombo st bridge, see where I would end up, usually in Picton, but the only time I got caught was from Lyttelton to town .. 😂 I used to fire the boiler on the Steam Tug, every Sunday, I spent my bus fare on chippies so had to walk home, through the tunnel... 😮
This is so cool. THank you
Especially in the tunnel.
Beautiful Clear Video Thanks
super great video sir Love You All Time 😍😍❤❤
12:31 you can see a small remnant of the old Heathcote Station platform.
Mate and I missed the last bus 28 in the square one night ,and had a brain wave let’s walk home back to port through the tunnel ,what an experience all I could here was him falling in the puddles ,all you could see was one faint light which I thought was the end ,wasn’t it was a bend in the tunnel big walk great memories,should have just put the thumb outside the road tunnel ,one of the locals would have taken us through eventually
Guest appearance by me as you go into the tunnel
in 98 i went to greymouth in the cab. Friends last drive then. great. still get abuz thinking.!!
Great video, many thanks. Why is the lower green signal flashing as the train rejoins the double track section coming into Christchurch?
Dam that is cool in the tunnel. Man i wish i could go on train like that in there. Lucky bugger.
Well you'll have to wait and see as he has had permission for a go pro to be put on the train as the line is freight only
What are the white panel areas in the start of the tunnel? @@RollestonRails
How long is that tunnel?
I like how the destinations rhyme. My favourite part was the long tunnel. Is it NZ's longest train tunnel?
No, actually it's a railway tunnel,you are using kiddy speak and the longest RAILWAY tunnel is the Kaimai on the line to the bay of plenty
At 2596m it's the 6th longest tunnel. The Kaimai tunnel is 3 times longer at 8879m.
Wow that tunnel is quite a distance, would like to know how long is it
2.4km at a cost of 195,000 pounds. Opened in 1863 then officially to Passenger Trains in 1869
do you guys still need the port card for id?
No, we climb down the cliff on ropes 😀
@@geoffmackley ...into the WWII ammo depot tunnels, now hidden by bush.
What’s the small screens in the tunnel?
I was wondering the same thing. They look like parking signs, but I'm fairly sure you can't park there.
Would be good if you insert the names of the towns as you go through them.
He starts in Lyttelton, goes through the tunnel through the Port Hills and then the rest you see after the tunnel is Christchurch. There is no "towns".
@@lvmarv1 Even Lyttelton is part of Ch-ch.
The weather leaves something to be desired but otherwise great video!
I remember doing 40kph before
so in essence the graffiti is for train drivers
yoooooooooooooooo im from new zealand!
Wicked
The straddle buggy is faster.
Love it