By popular request, real-time cab footage with audio*, from a freight train in New Zealand, as it travels from Waharoa to Apata, part 3 of a journey from the Te Rapa yard in Hamilton, to Sulphur Point container terminal in Tauranga.
In this video we travel through the 8.879km Kaimai Tunnel, the longest railway tunnel in New Zealand.
* Audio will be muted during radio calls and Locomotive Engineer signal calls, to protect the privacy of all involved.
0:00 Waharoa to Hemopo
11:09 Hemopo to Whatakao (Kaimai Tunnel)
22:51 Whatakao to Apata
Footage captured by GoPro mounted on the 2nd Person's side, out of the driver's line of sight, and not touched until the train was stationary and brakes were applied.
All rail personnel are blurred for their privacy.