@@geoffmackley Hello Geoff, I've just returned to the UK after a very successful month long tour around Australia and New Zealand. I am fascinated by the extreme weather events you have been recording in both South and North Island, being familiar with many of the places you filmed makes it all the more interesting. Here in Europe I often tour with specialist rail holiday companies and many of the trains I travel on are chartered from heritage groups who run trains on the mainline, a bit like Steam Inc and Mainline Steam do in New Zealand. It is much easier to get permission to mount a camera on a chartered or special train than it is on a regular service train. The last three visits I made to the Kingston Flyer were disappointing because on one occasion although the locomotive was simmering in the station, the cafe was closed and there were no people around, on the other two occasions the locomotives were locked in a compound and was left wondering if the railway had a future. The last time I travelled on the Flyer was Christmas 2005, it was a nice surprise to see your video, some things are just too good to loose. Cheers. Tim.
Great trip Geoff, I have done it once and definitely will do it again. I thought the old girl would not operate again, but here she is!!!! Thanks Geoff for a wonderful video.🌿
Excellent vid, thanks for posting. Great different way to view the Flyer, on a crisp and clear v chilly day! Drones have certainly opened up whole new dimensions for rail photography.
Great video thanks Geoff, used to live at Haast and back in the eighties carted timber from Haast to Invercargill, always had a great interest in rail, used to often call in to Kingston just to have a look at train etc, have a chat with Russell, was last there in 2014, A very sad sight indeed back then , so glad this operation is back in action again, I now live in Thailand and am watching this from there however at some stage I will return briefly to NZ for a visit with a compulsory stop at Kingston . Thanks once more for a great video , Cheers and thanks from Thailand
Very nice steam train trip in the South Island. Some wonderful perspectives with the various camera angles. How often does this train operate? Definitely motivated to do this trip.
Good to see the fireman stoking the boiler to keep his steam pressure up without pouring out the black smoke.Would be agreat trip to do on a good clear day. Well done.
Very relaxing. Snoozy trip. - @ 21' 18" _ hope those people rocking on the back porch know they can see themselves waving on Y T. and how many cows have to be plugged up to make up for all that emissions stuff ? poor things ! - How does a steam locomotive work ? Here is the really, really, "BIG BOY": => Animagraffs - How a Steam Locomotive Works - Y T
✔️ Added to the bucket list!
👌 Superb footage!
Thanks for sharing Geoff!
So nice to see the trains running again.
Cheers Tim, you will have to tell me how you managed to get so many cab rides in foreign countries :-)
@@geoffmackley Hello Geoff, I've just returned to the UK after a very successful month long tour around Australia and New Zealand. I am fascinated by the extreme weather events you have been recording in both South and North Island, being familiar with many of the places you filmed makes it all the more interesting. Here in Europe I often tour with specialist rail holiday companies and many of the trains I travel on are chartered from heritage groups who run trains on the mainline, a bit like Steam Inc and Mainline Steam do in New Zealand. It is much easier to get permission to mount a camera on a chartered or special train than it is on a regular service train. The last three visits I made to the Kingston Flyer were disappointing because on one occasion although the locomotive was simmering in the station, the cafe was closed and there were no people around, on the other two occasions the locomotives were locked in a compound and was left wondering if the railway had a future. The last time I travelled on the Flyer was Christmas 2005, it was a nice surprise to see your video, some things are just too good to loose. Cheers. Tim.
Great trip Geoff, I have done it once and definitely will do it again. I thought the old girl would not operate again, but here she is!!!! Thanks Geoff for a wonderful video.🌿
Excellent vid, thanks for posting. Great different way to view the Flyer, on a crisp and clear v chilly day! Drones have certainly opened up whole new dimensions for rail photography.
Lovely Geoff ... thanks for sharing ... from SIngapore!
Great video thanks Geoff, used to live at Haast and back in the eighties carted timber from Haast to Invercargill, always had a great interest in rail, used to often call in to Kingston just to have a look at train etc, have a chat with Russell, was last there in 2014, A very sad sight indeed back then , so glad this operation is back in action again, I now live in Thailand and am watching this from there however at some stage I will return briefly to NZ for a visit with a compulsory stop at Kingston .
Thanks once more for a great video , Cheers and thanks from Thailand
Very nice steam train trip in the South Island. Some wonderful perspectives with the various camera angles. How often does this train operate? Definitely motivated to do this trip.
Hi mate, I think every weekend right now, refer to their Facebook page "Kingston Flyer Steam Train"
Good to see the fireman stoking the boiler to keep his steam pressure up without pouring out the black smoke.Would be agreat trip to do on a good clear day. Well done.
Good piece of drone flying Geoff. You should have been an ag pilot.👍
Cheers Chris, yeah it takes some concentration to do it for 40 minutes solid :-)
Very relaxing. Snoozy trip.
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@ 21' 18" _ hope those people rocking on the back porch know they can see themselves waving on Y T.
and how many cows have to be plugged up to make up for all that emissions stuff ? poor things !
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How does a steam locomotive work ?
Here is the really, really, "BIG BOY":
=> Animagraffs - How a Steam Locomotive Works - Y T