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Drivers Eye View - Wellington to Waikanae (Full Version) - Part 2 - Pukerua Bay to Waikanae
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2014
- Join me for 'Part 2' of this 'Drivers Eye' video between Pukerua Bay to Waikanae as our train clings to a narrow ledge cut in the imposing cliffs high above the Kapiti Coast. Enjoy breath taking sea views as we look across the the water towards Kapiti Island. To see this video accompanied by a map of the route by Videomapia, please click on the link videomapia.org/... . I would like to thank whoever put the time and effort into inking the Video with an accompanying map.
Another great video. So many tunnels! Looked like a pretty calm day, which explains all the boats in the harbor. Lovely to watch, thanks for sharing Tim!
Nice Shooting
Drivers Eye View
Wellington to Waikanac Journey
Thank you....Tim.
A lovely journey by train. I loved the way the train ran at an elevated height overlooking the sea while the road ran at ground height. The boats looked at ease at the harbour.
Another great cab ride! Love the single track section on the cliffs. Reminds me of the line between Bray and Greystones!
Hi, I must do the Bray and Greystones trip somewhen, it looks spectacular. This has to be one of the most picturesque commuter routes in the world, it is also the main line between Wellington and Auckland, so it sees plenty of heavy trains complete with banking locomotives.
Awesome video and fantastic views. Thanks for the trip. Safe travels ahead. God bless
:-)
Was cool watching and noticing how much has changed in five years.
The first time I visited, Paraparaumu was the limit of the Wellington suburban trains, only the capital connect and Northern Explorer ventured further along the NIMT. Since then the line has been doubled with electrification added as far as Waikanae. The overhead catenary at Plimmerton used to be supported on wooden poles, I'd never seen that before. I visit about every other year and the changes to the road and railway are very noticeable.
Superb video Tim.....liked the way the train went alongside that beautiful coastline....massive thumbs up from me....Steve.
Hi Steve, I don't hear the commuters on these trains complaining, they travel along some amazing lines into a beautiful city.....Tim.
I know that NZ's rail network is all 3'6" but this is making me want to build my own miniature railway so badly. If only I had the money to do that.
Plus New Zealand looks so beautiful!
Great video. Wellington region on a sunny day is superb. I did that coast run once to Paekākāriki-as far as it went then-on an old English Electric unit daydreaming I was going all the way to Auckland.
The Kapiti Coast line has to be one of the most scenic commuter lines anywhere in the world and a ride on the Northern Explorer to Auckland is a wonderful way to see New Zealand.
Enyoyed that ride...made me feel a bit homesick
+Karen O'connor
Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride ... I think I'd miss such beautiful part of the world, if it had been my home.
Celebrating Canada Day watching your Great Cab view videos. I really like the complete-journey types!
Thank you for your kind comment....Tim.
Enjoyable can't wait to see more great videos
Thank you.
Nice, the hotel at the left in Paekakariki where I stayed, and the Steam Incorporated workshops to the right, very nice people there who let us have a look around and also told us a bit about their fleet. The electrification and double track went as far as Paraparaumu that visit. the next visit a bit more than a year later the extension of the double track and electrification had started.
Hi, I've stayed in that hotel on three occasions now, a great place to watch the rail action from. Steam Incorporated is run by a really friendly bunch of people and I've travelled with them on three occasions, they run some awesome trips, with both steam and diesel. The line is now double track over most of its route as far as Waikanae with the only remaining single track sections being that around the cliffs along the Kapiti Coast and Waikanae station.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Next time I travel to NZ I will try to do a mainline tour with them. Just have to check their dates well in advance to planning my leave and booking a flight, so that I can book my ticket for the tour as well.
@@Tom-LahayeI try to book my trips to allow me to travel with Steam Incorporated. I hope you get something sorted out, a trip through the Manawatu Gorge is always a memorable experience.
:)
Nice ride TIm, thanks for allowing me to come along.
Surprising Just how distracting all the catenary poles can be.....
:)
Thank you, it was good to take you along. The railways in my neck of the woods are electrified using a third rail, so I'm not used to seeing overhead catenery masts flashing past, they can be distracting if you are not used to them.
Hi Tim, I wasn't intending on watching the whole journey but got hooked. I remember traveling this journey when the train was pulled by a steam locomotive. The ride only went as far as Paekakariki in those days, although the line continued on. It used to be a great adventure for me and I remember telling my mum that one day I was going to drive one of those trains, but when the steam loco's were replaced by diesel loco's they lost their appeal for me. Back then we always waved at the train drivers when we saw them going passed from the road and more often than not, they would wave back :)
Thanks for the video.
Hi, there have been a lot of changes since your ride behind a steam engine, but some things haven't changed, the scenery is still beautiful and the drivers still give a cheery wave. Steam engines can be found at Peakakariki and from time to time they still venture onto the main line at the head of special excursion trains. Thanks for your comment....Tim :)
Excellent clips!
Cheers
Red over green just freaks me out!
And it looks like the entrance to the "secret" tunnel has completely grown over.
Great video - interesting to see the duplication and extension to Waikanae. :-)
I am travelling along the line again in April, I will keep an eye out for the secret tunnel, is it along the cliff section?
Timsvideochannel1 Oh... I thought everyone knew about it...! Yes - it's along the cliff section. Where the line goes around the cliff and there's all the structures holding up the cliff! I think when the line and tunnels were built, that one experienced too much movement, so they diverted around... It's probably WELL hidden now!
"No 12 tunnel on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway (now Kapiti section of NIMT) between Paekakariki and Paraparaumu - abandoned in 1900."
From Wikipedia's entry on New Zealand tunnels... (which in itself is fascinating!)
CubOz Thank you.
Really enjoyed the ride!! Thanks Tim. I designed the traction equipment for the Ganz units for GEC Traction in Manchester, England, between 1979 and 1984 as my first job after graduating. I was out in Budapest for the build and test of units 1 and 2 in 1981, met a lot of NZ Railways engineers. Unfortunately I never got to NZ for the commissioning as promised but was moved to other new projects. As a kid I holidayed in North Wales and like you rode the trains a lot especially down to Blaenau Ffestiniog on the Met-Cam dmus......
Funny how we all remember our first real job, I was an apprentice toolmaker and my first job was preparing metal blocks for a die-cast mould tool for the Jaguar XJS engine rocker cover, I remember there were change parts as it was a 12 cylinder engine with two covers and only one needed an oil filler cap. I don't know if it's true but I was told that New Zealand paid for the Ganz units with butter. Around the time you were working on the Ganz units, work was starting at Brush traction on the EF electric locomotives also for New Zealand Railways delivered between 1986 - 88. The EF locomotive design was the basis for the Channel Tunnel Shuttle locomotives with a Bo Bo Bo wheel arrangement. It's a real shame you didn't get to help with commissioning the units in New Zealand, they operated on one of the worlds most scenic commuter networks. I've got a lot good memories from holidays spent in North Wales. All these years later I still design and make mould tools, are you still designing traction equipment?
I moved from Traction equipment to more general rolling stock elelctrical design with Metro-Cammell, later Alstom. I was the principal electrical engineer on Mk.IV coaches & DVT, and then the Networkers. I then did a renovation job on KCRC units in Hong Kong before moving to Alstom at Preston to do traction and electrical system upgrades on older stock. Now retired. OK on your tool making career, I did 2 months in Tool Making dept. at Brush as part of my apprenticeship, and found it fascinating!
Hi, I'm in my workshop now with a couple of CNC machines running doing something I always wanted to do, develop and manufacture my own product with a bit of help from a guy who owns a local moulding company. When I was younger I couldn't afford to take risks, now with the mortgage paid off and the kids having flown the nest a good few years ago, I can afford to have a go. My two best customers last year are over 70, they still get a kick out developing new products, both tried retirement, neither needs the money, they just missed the cut and trust of manufacturing. I count myself as being very lucky in that I have always enjoyed my job. You saw some of the best years of British rolling stock manufacturing. We are told how wonderful privatisation is, I not so sure, our railways are owned by foreign companies, most of our locomotives and rolling stock are made abroad. My local operating company (Southern) is a nightmare with around a third of trains never reaching their final destination, due to never ending strikes and staff shortages. Network Southeast were the last company to do a good job of running Southern, the trains were old, but they could be relied on, they even ran in the snow.
If I want to see a British locomotive now, I have to visit a heritage railway. I love visiting the tram museum near Wellington, New Zealand, all the control and traction gear was made by Brush in the UK. Your career must have been very satisfying, does stepping into a Mk IV carriage and seeing "Metro-Cammel" on the first step still give you a sense of pride? and an HST Mk 3 carriage on the East Coast Main Line still gives the best ride of any carriage on Britain's railways. Maybe I'm just getting old and seeing life through rose tinted glasses.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Pretty sure the units were paid for with lamb or mutton. It was near the end of Nz's famrer subsidies , and NZ was producing more lamb than it could sell. Great video .
@@selfpowerenquiries3154 Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Even here in the UK I try to buy New Zealand lamb, it has traveled half way round the world and still tasted better than European lamb.
Lovely day for it. Remembered a day at Paekak when Dad nipped into the
local pub for a quick one. Mum and the kids in the car. Dad comes out after
cupla hours. Of to the "fush and chups" shop.
We were tucking in as dad drove across
the road you see on this journey.
The one approaching Paekak Station
onto the main drag.
A big old yank tank hit us fair in the side.
Nobody hurt but shaken up all right.
Got a friend who lives at Paekak
Cannot believe her house.
Thanks for the journey. Cheers
I've got pleasant memories from days spent in Paekakariki, stayed at Fins Hotel a couple of times to catch Steam Inc rail-tours. Great views over the railway from the hotel, the beer and food was good too. The main road is busy, joining the flow from Paekakariki can be challenging at rush hour, glad no one was injured in the collision you were involved in. There are some lovely houses on the seafront. Cheers.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Yes there was "fush and chups" all over the place but we were Ok. Vikki's house is so amazing with views of Kapiti Island and the sea. Lovely mate Cheers
8.55, the Paekakariki station has a pretty good 2nd hand bookshop and a small museum with a display of when the U.S. Marines were stationed at Mckays crossing during WW2; www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/whats-on/things-to-do-in-kapiti/Heritage-Trail/paekakariki/us-marine-corps-camps/ . McKays crossing can be seen at 11.32. This whole area is in the process of being bypassed by a new motorway going over the hill into Wellington. The coastal route is scenic, but becomes a chokepoint at rush hour!
Hi Nick, I have stayed at Finn's Hotel next to the railway station at Paekakariki on several occasions and visited the museum, I have a couple of books I purchased there. The first time I visited the tramway museum at McKays crossing the railway line was still single track with no over head electrification. The tramway museum is well worth visiting as is the nearby Southward Car Museum, I imagine you are familiar with both places. The views from the Paekakariki Hill Road are amazing, my son used to live in Whitby. There is a new footpath on the hill above the railway, it opens up new opportunities to photograph the trains. The last time I walked it, the weather was aweful, but it was still great fun. Can't wait to visit again, hopefully early next year.
Timsvideochannel1 Hi Tim, Yes I'm very familiar with the tram museum and Southwards as I live in the area. Next time you are in the area; if you haven't already, I'd recommend checking out these places:
Feilding steam rail.
steamrail.org.nz/main.php
Manawatu steam traction engine society.
www.steamtraction.org.nz/
The vintage aviator fighter collection, Masterton.
thevintageaviator.co.nz/vintage-aviator/vintage-aviator-fighter-collection-display
Pahiatua railcar society.
www.railcars.co.nz/
Timsvideochannel1 Hi Tim. Yes, I'm familiar with both places. I live slightly further north in the Manawatu region. If you come next year I recommend these places in the lower North island if you haven't already visited them...
Hutt Valley.
Silverstream vintage railway.
www.silverstreamrailway.org.nz/
Wairarapa;
Fell engine museum at Featherson.
www.fellmuseum.org.nz/
The vintage aviator fighter collection, Masterton.
hoodaerodrome.org.nz/pilot-info/the-vintage-aviator-limited
The railcar society, Pahiatua.
www.railcars.co.nz/
Manawatu region;
Feilding steam rail.
steamrail.org.nz/main.php
Steam traction engine society.
www.steamtraction.org.nz/
And slightly further afeild in the city of Whanganui;
Whanganui preserved tram.
m.facebook.com/wanganuitramways/
Thank you for the links, I've seen the traction engines and Pahiatua railcar in action, but I'll have to look up the other two. For a while my son used to lived near the Mainline Steam Depot at Plimmerton. Considering NZ has a small population there is good range of museums and preservation societies. I'm looking forward to my next visit.
My entire family is from this town. It was named after Wi Parata originally.
very good.. wow!!
+heather newby
Thank you.
Ty it was awesome
Hi, I am glad you enjoyed it.
+Timsvideochannel1
I did it was awesome ty
I can send you short videos of the new auckland trains
they are in three carriage configurations
so its either 3 or 6 long
each carriage has no wall or door in between so if you sit at the back you can see the people right up the front going left or right around the corners
is very funny first time and unnerving
Definitely need to double track the section with the tunnels north of Pukerua. This is a major suburban rail route and the main rail north out of Wellington. Also, the standard of pedestrian access to station platforms is pretty variable. Why is this critical transport infrastructure being so neglected when massive roads are being built practically next door?
The railway has seen considerable investment over the last fifteen years, with more double track and extended electrification.
Ah! to places that I've never been . And not likely to at this stage of the game :-)
It's a pleasure to share some of these wonderful places.
These EMUs were my favorites!
I liked the view from the front passenger seat. There aren't many trains running today where passengers get to enjoy the same view as the driver.
apart from the extension to waikanae hasn't changed much. nice filming. Anyone here from Lower Hurt or Petone, can tell me Why Hurt Valley Memorial was demolished? was looking on Ggl Maps and was horrified to see an empty space where my old school used to be.
Hi, I'm glad enjoyed revisiting a line you were once familiar with. The line was doubled past Kay's crossing and the electrification has been extended, but the bulk of the trip is much as it was 20 or 30 years ago, especially the single track section along the Kapiti Coast. Not being local I'm not familiar the school or memorial, hopefully someone will see this who knows the answers.
Very nice, do any local trains go further north? would make good part 3
Hi David, the Wellington suburban electric trains finish at Waikanae. The Capital Connection runs on weekdays from Palmerston North to Wellington in the morning, returning in the evening and the Northern Explorer runs 3 times a week in each direction between Auckland and Wellington. To see a little more of the ride North try this link ua-cam.com/video/7MnicNmbJDg/v-deo.html .......Tim.
I LOVE your videos and could you please make one going from Wellington to Upperhutt.
Hi Nathan, I am pleased you enjoyed this video. On my next visit to New Zealand, I intend to try and film the journey from Wellington to Masterton, but it is likely to be early next year before I am next in NZ....Tim.
Sweet :-)
Did you ever get to film the journey to Masterton? I would love to see that
Hi, I did film the trip to Masterton, but not from the cab. I will approach KiwiRail on my next visit and hopefully gain permission to place a camera in the cab.
Hi Tim,
travelled the line in march ,Sadly the Ganz units have been replaced by modern units without the front view.. have builders/operators no idea what they have taken away from the travelling public and the PR they have lost ?? Really enjoyed the journey.
rob lever Hi Rob, thank- you for your comment. As a youngster living in England I used to love holidays in North Wales where I traveled in the old DMU's along the Welsh coast and the branch-line to Blaenau Ffestiniog. It is a real shame that passengers no longer have a forward facing view in modern trains.
I enjoyed this part as much as I enjoyed the last part. Also did you catch one of the old Ganz Mavag EMU's when you took this video as they have now retired.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. This video was taken from a Matangi unit, but I have also travelled in the Ganz-Mavag units as well as the now withdrawn English Electric units on the Johnsonville line.
Timsvideochannel1 Yes I was aware they Ganz Mavag Units had been retired.
What year is this filmed in? I only see one Matangi train in this video
Hi, it was filmed in December 2012 when the Matangi units were starting to enter regular service.
Can you tell me thumbnail image location?
By the way nice video
Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. The thumbnail is Paekakariki station.
@@Timsvideochannel1 thank you for your reply
I was working at mana in 2012
And i was living in Wellington city so i used to take waikanae train
It is so nostalgic to watch this video
@@MrRupesh675 Hi, I'm please it bought back pleasant memories from your time in Wellington. This has to be one of the best commutes to work to found anywhere in the world. My son used to live just up the hill from Mana in Whitby.
CAN I PUT MUSIC TO THIS VID PLEASE
There is nothing to stop you playing this video with your own choice of music. I looked at your Wellington video, it bought back a lot of good memories and I'm looking forward to my next visit.
Nice Shooting
Drivers Eye View
Wellington to Waikanac Journey