Life is way more complicated today, I'm sitting at my computer dealing with all the Emails, to pay bills, give meter readings, receive invoices etc, trying to work out what is an insurance renewal document and what is just another advert. It was easier when the postie delivered a couple of letters and we either binned them or responded with a return letter. Your description of life in the past makes interesting reading, how many of the things you did then, could a youngster do today, no cabbage train to get them back for work on Monday. I guess when we say "the good old days" we really mean the days when life was simpler and we had more time to enjoy it. Mobile phones are the worst thing ever, I leave mine at home on purpose because I don't want my day interrupted. Thanks for sharing your memories. Cheers. Tim.

Thank you.

Hi Rob, hopefully I will publish Part 3 in the next week or so, the road and rail part company for much of the route along this stretch of coastline, as there is only room for the railway between the high cliffs and the sea. From the drivers cab you get a real perspective of just how hard it must have been to construct the line......Cheers....Tim.

New Zealand wouldn't be New Zealand without the rain, although it is pretty amazing when the sun does put in an appearance.

Hi, this is a fascinating railway offering a unique close up view of the sea-shore. For a while I thought the line was going to be abandoned after an Earthquake caused large sections on the mountain to collapse across the road and railway. After almost two years spent rebuilding the formation, it has now re-opened.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. My son lives in New Zealand and I'm looking forward to Covid restrictions being relaxed so that I can get out there to see him again.

I look forward to you joining me on my next video train ride.

Thank you, it is normally dry and reasonably warm in this part of New Zealand, hence the salt evaporation ponds at Grassmere (shown in part 1) and some of the best wines also come from this area.

Yes, I clicked on the thumbnail because I thought it was California!

Thank you.

Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride.

Cheers Steve.

Thank you, your comment is appreciated .... Tim.

Hi Joe, there are not many railway lines from which you can see the surfers on the ocean so clearly, this is a really wonderful trip, but for the moment the line is closed as a through route because it suffered serious damage from a massive earth quake a year ago. The line is being repaired and should be open again by Christmas. I am planning on visiting again next year to ride the re-opened line and see the extent of the repairs. It is good to know you like the way I put the video together, for me a train ride is more than seeing just the line ahead, I love to look around and enjoy the scenery, it doesn't get much better than New Zealand, even on a rainy day. Thank you for your comment, it is really appreciated. Tim.

Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.

Bob Hicks i sailed around this island many times on the uss Midway C V41 in the seventh fleet inn 1955 thanks for showing the pacific ocean.

That must have been interesting, did you sail close enough to be able to appreciate the scenery and did you visit the Island?

Cheers, welcome aboard, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride.

gudla ravireddy Hi, this is one of my favorite train rides, whenever I visit New Zealand, I like to take a train along one of Kiwi Rail's Tranz Scenic routes, there's no better way to see the country.

The weather was a problem, tried to do it again last year, sadly KiwiRail no longer co-operate with placing a camera in the cab, which is a pity, their drivers enjoy some of the best views in the world.

It didn't spoil it at all

Merci, je suis ravi que vous ayez apprécié la balade.

Novo cenário Zelândia é um dos deuses acheivements mais impressionantes . Eu espero que você é capaz de visitar um dia para vê-lo em pessoa. Os melhores votos de Tim .

Hi Duane, I'm glad you enjoyed it. In Part 1 the train passed through one of New Zealand's wine producing areas, in Part 2 most of what you see is natural, with some dairy farming.

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Hi, Luiz, thank you for your comment.....Tim.

Hi, I am pleased you enjoyed the video. You noticed the trucks, they seemed to be travelling next to the train for a good part of the journey. I hope you get to New Zealand, but you would not want to increase the train's speed as the sedate pace gives plenty of time to enjoy the amazing scenery .... Tim.

Thanks for commenting, I hope to do this trip again in better weather one day.

I care about the view from the open observation car. It all adds to the overall picture of the ride!

There are other people watching this video, and many do care about the observation car views, me included. I think you must be a self centred juvenile.

Hi, thank you for commenting, its always good to get feed back. The diesel had to work very hard at times, even though the train was not very heavy as the gradients are pretty severe. I love to travel through New Zealand by train, as it is the best way to enjoy the awesome scenery. The sheep did escape with their lives..... just!!! I have witnessed storms and rough seas along this coast, with the spray from the waves blowing over the tracks, but I have never seen any real damage, although I am sure it must occur at times....Tim.

Bero Žilić Thank-you.

+Serba-Serbi Dunia Thank you.

I suspect the train was travelling at around 55 kph.

Thank you.

Hi Claudio, thank you for your comment. This video was shot in New Zealand, although the locomotive hauling our train was built in America. Your English is much better than my Italian.....grazie.....Tim

Hi Lance, I'm glad you enjoyed it apart from the missing tunnels. I made a high-speed version of the trip with tunnels left in. Please click on these links to see it - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLN1aa-c2rTVeYE.html - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/opx3p5OitdumiqM.html

Thanx matey, watched both and impressed with it all. Cheers

Cheers, I'm glad you enjoyed them.

Hi Anthony, unfortunately I didn't get to Kawakawa this time, most of my time was spent in Central North Island, then I went to Christchurch as I hadn't been there since the quakes. Whilst in South Island I made this trip and the Trans Alpine. On my next visit to NZ I aim to travel around the the Northern half of North Island....Tim.

Hola, es divertido montar con el ingeniero, tiene la mejor vista. Tuve suerte de conseguir un viaje en taxi, apuesto a que lo disfrutaste. Hi, it is fun to ride with the engineer, he has the best view. You were lucky to get a cab ride, I bet you enjoyed it.

Cheers, one camera is a GoPro fixed with a sucker fixture to the inside of the window, another is mounted on a tripod and the third is a hand held Sony PJ780VE Handycam. The last camera has a very unusual feature in that the lens floats inside the camera body almost eliminating camera shake. The GoPro uses an external battery and a 64GB memory card, whilst one of the other cameras uses mini DVD tapes and the PJ780VE uses both an internal hard drive and a 32 GB memory card. It all takes a a bit of editing together, but I love re-living the journey, often seeing things I might otherwise have missed. In a way I was lucky the weather was poor, otherwise I would not have had the observation carriage to myself......bye for now...Tim.

Timsvideochannel1 Thank you. Have sort of contemplated a GoPro for the car - people are starting to use them for evidential reasons. Wish I had one for our recent European rail, although it would have been blurred, side-on, mostly. We also took a Rhine cruise and it would have captured good memories, on the "gorge" day. We are looking at driving through the US Mid-west in a couple of months. Monument Valley and the Durango-Silverton train. Might be time to make an investment. Again, thanks for the postings and advice.

Hammers Hamilton Hi there are a number of sports cameras out there, some of them as good as GoPro. The reason I chose GoPro was the range of accessories, many of which I use. I started with a Hero 2, for the latest NZ trip I added a Hero 3 Black Edition Plus, there is little difference in the picture quality. The cameras do not like vibration the sort you get in a diesel loco....the result is a jelly effect....i.e. the picture looks as though is is being projected onto a wobbly jelly. The result from a car is usually very good, it was a video posted on KZfaq of the Haaste Pass that caused me to buy the Hero 2. I would love to do the Durango and Silverton train, I just need to persuade my wife, perhaps you could post some photos of amazing shopping Malls, that should do it.....Tim.

Hi, sorry I did not reply earlier, I have just found this post, click on this link to see some of the damage caused by the quake - The coastline here was changed forever by the recent earthquake. Take a look at this link to get some idea of the damage caused to both the road and railway - www.google.co.uk/search?q=kaikoura+earthquake+photos&espv=2&biw=1536&bih=736&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjLw6DG9PHRAhXDOxoKHR73CZoQsAQIGg

Thank you, speeds in New Zealand are expressed in kph. The train traveled at a good pace for most of the journey considering the gauge is only 3 feet 6 inches. I need to find out more about speed indicators that can be displayed on screen. The track has received a lot of attention recently bringing it up to a good standard. I like to use my drone where ever possible, but as I live in the UK, it is not really practical to take it with me to NZ. KiwiRail has been re-nationalized, because the private company was only interested in making money and that did not include maintaining the permanent way which was being badly neglected.

try reading the description of the video should give u a clue. " .We continue our trip along the Pacific coast of New Zealand's South Island "

+surukalo Different railways around the world have totally different rules about honking at crossings. In NZ honking only seemed to take place at unprotected crossings, where as in the USA honking seems to take place at all crossings.

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+rich sheehan Thank you, the train does sound it's horn, but mainly at ungated crossings. The main roads are protected by barrier gates, motorists know there is a train approaching, so there is no real need to sound the horn, although I have visited other counties where the horn is used far more.

+Timsvideochannel1 Thanks, here in the US the horn is used at all crossings guarded or not. It is still amazing that every 48 hours there is an accident somewhere in the country at a crossing...Too many people are in a rush and try to beat the train...Some can take up to 5 mins to pass the crossings. Some towns go to court to get "quiet zones" and make the crossings silent, but it takes court action.. You've got a new subscriber, Thanks

+rich sheehan Welcome to Timsvideochannel1, I hope you enjoy watching more of my adventures. Best wishes .... Tim.

Have and will continue, thanks.

Bem vindo a bordo

Hi Claudio, I hope you enjoy watching more of my videos. I have been lucky enough to visit some wonderful places and it is my pleasure to share some of these memories, Bye for now....Tim.

Oi, estou feliz que tenha gostado do passeio.

Distance 348 km - time 5 hrs 22 mins (5.37 hrs) - 384 / 5.37 = 64.8 km/hr - Average speed 65 km/hr

+not_a_russian Or night journey where we can see stars too.

+not_a_russian That would be a wonderful route to cover and I hope to do it one day.

I had to look twice, because I was surprised to see blue signals, I thought I was going colourblind, they really are blue, although no mention of blue is made here - nzrailphotos.co.nz/signalling As for the lorries, they don't hang about, I'm glad you enjoyed ride.

Hi, I was a bit unlucky with the weather on this trip, although I have driven and travelled by train in the past in glorious sunshine. New Zealand wouldn't be such a beautiful place without plenty of rain.

lol when you die the gods will send a special train for you, & you get to ride in the cab :-)

Hi Paul, nice thought, but I hope it's will be a while before my final cab ride ;-)

Sadly it was raining on the day I filmed this run.

+David D Hi, the tracks were not covered with the bodies of careless New Zealanders, so I guess they are very careful around railway lines, although there are not many trains. I was very wary at level crossings. I asked a policeman why there are not many safety barriers on the mountain roads and he said "when we put up safety barriers people feel safer and drive faster, resulting in more accidents". Perhaps not being able to hear an approaching train means people tend to look more. It's an interesting subject.

Hi, I'm sorry you didn't like the way this was edited, I had three cameras set up, the idea of switching views was give more of an all round impression of riding this train, a sunny day would have helped too. I value all feedback as it helps me to improve the way I edit future videos.

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The regulations on sounding the horn are different in different countries. In the USA there are regulations governing nearly everything because the legislators think everyone is stupid and there has to be a law for every activity. Also, they are afraid that the citizens will find out just how useless they are, so they keep them distracted by passing more and more laws that no one understands or complies with. Other countries interfere less with people's lives.

That's an interesting comment, New Zealand appears to keep regulation to a sensible minimum and people are expected to look out for themselves.

@@Timsvideochannel1 If I wasn't too old, I'd leave the States and head to NZ or Oz.

@@Xenogeek2 My son did just that and he hasn't look back, it also gives me a great reason to holiday in New Zealand.