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@briansatchell2319 8 күн бұрын
Good on ya mate ( even tho I don't know you) Not many people in New Zealand can say they worked for 50 years at the one job Shows you Loved it and were Loved Enjoy wot ever your next * project * is
@peterbarrett-v9p 4 күн бұрын
he is a good bloke brian.started at the palmerston north depot same year as me.1974.i also worked with his older brother.
@peterbarrett-v9p 8 күн бұрын
cheers grant.all the best.peter barrett.palmy depot 1974 to 1979.
@mikeandcushlabartlett2968 20 күн бұрын
Good news looks like the bridge is currently undergoing repairs.
@KiwiRailSpotter 20 күн бұрын
@@mikeandcushlabartlett2968 Interesting..
@MikeRail 22 күн бұрын
It takes some nice modern equipment to grab good shots out of the dark like that. A different video and very well done 😎 🌚
@KiwiRailSpotter 22 күн бұрын
@MikeRail Thanks! Yeah, I wasn't too sure how it would turn out, to be honest.
@FranktheTank-bk8me 23 күн бұрын
Dark mode 👍😎
@AotearoaRail Ай бұрын
Great footage - thanks! Interesting to note that the siding the train reverses down at 3:50 has been pulled up, I noticed yesterday.
@tonymckeage1028 Ай бұрын
Great Video, I remember taking my bosses (dairy farmers) van to Waitoa to pick up so milk powder for calf feed, I assume the Dairy company will continue but the product will be transported to Hamilton via Road, thanks for sharing
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@russy8488 Ай бұрын
Nice to see the Dc class are still about
@smallrails6831 Ай бұрын
❤
@geoffmackley Ай бұрын
Great video, but, just be aware, re flying over the road, that a few people in New Zealand rail groups group make vexatious complaints to CAA etc based solely on what they think they see in a video posted online. Who would think, train enthusiasts, in a train group, reporting train content....
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Thanks. I kept well above the road (if referring to the shot at the Tatuanui roundabout). There was a little grass patch next to the road I was hovering over. 😀 Have seen some of your posts regarding problems, pretty unfortunate. 😕
@geoffadams5537 Ай бұрын
Is the waitoa branch the remaining stub of the Thames branch,?
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Kind of Waitoa is a part of the Old ECMT, which used to go through to Paeroa. At paeroa, there was a junction for the Thames branch, but the ECMT continued east through the Karangahake gorge out to Waihi, then onwards to Tauranga through Katikati. Should be able to find some old maps or photos online.
@liftrailphotographyinnz3992 Ай бұрын
Great video Matt I really need to chase the Hautapu shunt at some stage.
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Thanks. Would be a good idea, too. Keep in mind they're still going out to Morrinsville for the moment.
@chrismckellar9350 Ай бұрын
The national rail network including the rail link between the North and South Islands, is a strategic national land transport infrastructure asset, needs to be fully separated from Kiwirail and placed under the NZ Railways Corporation who already has the land, to operate the network including train control systems under the 'Network Rail' brand, as a cost recovery 'open access' national 'steel' highway network with similar status and investment like its bigger sibling - the State Highway network, to allow increase rail freight and the re-introduction of regional/inter-regional passenger rail services, across the 13 (14 once Gisborne is reconnect to the network) of 16 regions with a potential catchment of approximately 80% of the country's population, that have rail connectivity. As an 'open access' network, will allow any freight, passenger, freight/passenger train operator whether they are domestic, international or heritage to increase network utilisation. The current business model of Kiwirail Holdings Ltd (Kiwirail) is no longer meeting the needs of the country. For further information - www.publictransportforum.nz/articles/article/it-is-time-to-reform-rail-in-new-zealand-08-01-2023 For further information on the new national regional passener rail network - www.publictransportforum.nz/articles/article/new-zealands-regional-passenger-rail-network-20-08-2022
@cathay808 Ай бұрын
Some of y'all should really read the description first! Very old unsafe bridge requiring costly repairs, on a single-customer line that has one roundtrip a day, leading to a *temporary* line closure while talks go on about how/who to fund repairs/upgrades... Hardly KiwiRail "closing the line for no reason".
@MervynPartin Ай бұрын
Excellent aerial shots. I was watching the progress of the train and there did not appear to be any swaying of the freight cars (as you might see on some US short lines) so I would say, at first glance, that the track is in very good condition. To abandon a line that is in such good condition, to my way of thinking is poor judgement at the very least. There is also the possibility that the management, be it at government level or KiwiRail level find it a nuisance having to run trains. This happened in Britain with usage surveys deliberately carried out at slack times in order to make the case for passenger line closures. Structural surveys on viaducts were similarly padded with bloated repair costs. If you have heard of the mass closure of British lines under the Beeching Plan, the Minister of Transport at the time was Ernest Marples, of the road building company Marples Ridgeway. Luckily, better managers and government ministers followed and lines that were then saved are now very busy. Regrettably, it was too late to save some. Just something for New Zealanders to consider!
@dl9786-kr Ай бұрын
From the ground level, there is definitely a heap of swaying. The line is not in good condition (permanently restricted to 25km/h / 15mph) and the bridge that forced the line closure has been restricted to 10km/h (6mph) for some months while the engineers reviewed it... a nearly 140 year old crumbling wooden bridge does not inspire great confidence when I'm travelling over it and looking down at the long drop to the river!
@MervynPartin Ай бұрын
@@dl9786-kr In that case, I freely accept that I was mistaken. (In my defence, I did say that it was at first glance). They looked pretty steady from the air. I just hate to see lines closed, because once that happens, it is very expensive to re-open if it does at all, and the traffic then goes on the roads.
@dl9786-kr Ай бұрын
@@MervynPartin No worries at all - just thought I'd chime in. It's... a tricky one - long, old, worn out bridge at the very start of the line that's no longer safe to run, and the branch serves a single factory and sees just one set of wagons a day, if that (empties sent out in the morning, loads brought back in the afternoon, can be a dozen wagons a day in peak dairy season but in winter can be half a dozen every other day). It's also not a confirmed permanent closure at this time - just suspension of trains; and one imagines (I'm just speculating here) ongoing backroom talks with the sole customer around a viable solution. It's winter here right now anyways and there wouldn't have been much traffic until spring/summer anyhow.
@ABTrainsYT Ай бұрын
Get a petition going to be more pro-rail
@FranktheTank-bk8me Ай бұрын
RIP line to Waitoa 😔💔
@pat81-n9b Ай бұрын
A big problem is a government hostile towards railways. The cost of repairing that bridge is not even petty cash. The cost of railways is miniscule compared with what has been and is still being spent on the Waikato Expressway. Even after the expressway between Taupiri and Te Rapa having been open for a decade, they are still scratching around north of Lake Rd. Yet the new ferry project was scuttled, now a problem with a bridge, and the ongoing cold war about the funding for Te Huia, are but examples of what leads one to believe that the current government is pointing in all the wrong directions and putting all the cash in the wrong places.
@morrilawn3630 Ай бұрын
nah we already had that in the last government
@watnw2411 Ай бұрын
Trains are not cost efficient they're too slow and unreliable the government is wise to defund rail in nz
@pat81-n9b Ай бұрын
To claim that trains are not cost efficient is rubbish. If the books were done properly trains would come out on top. The problem is strong lobbying against rail from vested interests.
@benjaminnigro6074 Ай бұрын
Then why is it that so many countries overseas are investing in rail. Also have you forgotten that we signed up to the Kyoto agreement and the Paris accord this will cost NZ billions in the long run unless of course we use rail wisely to cut out carbon emissions !@@watnw2411
@bnrailfannz8262 Ай бұрын
Typical ( KR). The line must have been worth it to have lastest for so long. 12 containers though.... Anyhoo, great video
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Thanks. Was only recently that the bridge was found unsafe for trains due to deterioration.
@joshuahill6153 Ай бұрын
If you added every little line up you would have hundreds to thousands of containers being lost due to closure. Every little thing scales to something huge, which is why many businesses that are worth so much diversify and run every little service as long as there is a need there is an opportunity.
@bnrailfannz8262 Ай бұрын
@@joshuahill6153 Remembering the way the railways were...lots of sidings....KR needs to have a strong customer focus...fight for tonnage even undercut the opposition...like what they've done to KR.....Rant over.
@dgk42 Ай бұрын
Having travelled those roads many a time, mostly SH26, it is great to see the road from a new perspective. Sad to hear that the Waitoa train will be out of action for a bit. It's always fun to see a train, albiet a bit slow, travelling those tracks.
@Fazmoo Ай бұрын
Why does Kiwirail close branch lines for no reason 😭
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
It isn't for no reason...
@Fazmoo Ай бұрын
@@KiwiRailSpotter Tbh tho when Kiwirail closes a Branchline someone could just buy the line (Its gonna be a lot of cash) and use it as a heritage line.
@geoffadams5537 Ай бұрын
Because kiwi rail are run by idiots. The same thing happened in the UK in the 1960's when Dr Breaching was chairman of British railways. He left many areas void of rail connections especially in parts of rural wales ,parts of Devon and Cornwall shut down main lines as well as many branchlines
@ethant4531 Ай бұрын
nice catch with the dsc!
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Bathurst_1000 Ай бұрын
Not very good from the Viaduct to Hamilton you might out TE KUITI TE AWAMUTU & RAURIMU SPIRA. Could have been better - Cheers
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
First off, Read the description. Second, I was driving back from Wellington-Hamilton and had been doing so since 4 am with not much sleep, so I wasn't exactly trying even with the train doing 55k. Thirdly, traffic between Te Kuiti and Hamilton was garbage. This video was pretty much trying a few new spots while trying to drive home.
@Bathurst_1000 Ай бұрын
Sorry for I didn't realise yr Long Trip & I know what you mean by the Train doing 55kph ,I knw how Difficult it is to stay ahead of Train ,
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
@Bathurst_1000 Yeah it was a very last-minute chase, and yeah, even with slow runners, it can be difficult to chase, especially with holiday traffic and more trucks on the road. 🙃🙃
@FranktheTank-bk8me Ай бұрын
Where the drone at? The hoppers and carriages look pretty ghetto, but the Ballast Cleaner looks like something from Thunderbirds. Doesn't look like it was especially difficult to chase either😁 Nice and relaxing rail video 👍
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Unfortunately, no drone I was driving back from Wellington and wasn't planning on chasing anything back so I didn't charge drone batteries then when I got to Levin that day I saw that the train was running, would've been cool to see from the air though. It was 55km/h restricted.
@WFAron Ай бұрын
Great video of this relatively 'rare' train. Thanks for sharing it here. As a foreigner I am fairly new to trainspotting in NZ - Is there anywhere online that lists the KiwiRail freight train codes/run numbers (ie. B80 or 225)? And I don't suppose there is a KiwiRail 'live tracking' app or website available online? I see kiwiwirail provides API data, but that looks to only be available to their freight customers for tracking purposes.
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Thanks! There are timetables that list almost everything. As for tracking, there is a site called GeVIS, which is for KR employees. One of your best bets is to join NZ rail groups on Facebook.
@WFAron Ай бұрын
@@KiwiRailSpotter Thank you for this. Appreciate the info. Cheers
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
@@WFAron all good! 👍
@1044fan Ай бұрын
Great video 👍🏻 Made in Austria by Plasser & Theurer?
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Thanks! Sure is.
@ethant4531 Ай бұрын
Cool video!
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@trains72able Ай бұрын
How far not is it going
@KiwiRailSpotter Ай бұрын
@@trains72able It went as far as Hamilton then went out to Tauranga
@Phil-oj5nr 2 ай бұрын
Those ballast wagons never reached Picton!
@KiwiRailSpotter 2 ай бұрын
They did actually. They're currently sitting at Wharanui.
@phillipcollins9290 2 ай бұрын
Thanks. Presumably the valves and pistons must still be lubricated when one moves a dead steam loco. How is this done?
@philipdrummond4134 2 ай бұрын
With no Pistons and valves in.
@phillipcollins9290 2 ай бұрын
@@philipdrummond4134 Thanks
@tonymckeage1028 2 ай бұрын
Great Video (I think) does this mean that their will always be a DL towing a steam train in future? thanks for sharing
@KiwiRailSpotter 2 ай бұрын
Thanks. It could be, kinda depends on what loco is spare?
@user-op4fz9uj9n 2 ай бұрын
Why do kiwi rail tow two diesel engines through the middle section
@KiwiRailSpotter 2 ай бұрын
In this video It was because the EFs were being signed off, and they were only going as far as taihape, so 234 locos continued the train north. 251 had already been sent out with DLs and shunted with tangiwai. The EFs stayed at Taihape to be added to the front on the way back. If you're referring to the past few months, they are backup locos in case the EFs have faults.
@game-azing 2 ай бұрын
Why can't they run the DCs under their own power?
@phillipcollins9290 2 ай бұрын
Thanks. Are they often consisted with DL's? Is it for extra horsepower or to shunt at the destination.
@KiwiRailSpotter 2 ай бұрын
No It had just finished overhaul at Hutt workshops and was being transferred back to Auckland The one on the other train was being transferred to Hutt for its overhaul.
@tonymckeage1028 2 ай бұрын
Great Video, The EF's look great in the Yellow and Blue, shame those Grubby DL's have to babysit the EF's. The EF's looks pleased to be back and very much at home pulling freight over the steep inclines of the NIMT Line, thanks for sharing
@KiwiRailSpotter 2 ай бұрын
No DLs anymore.
@walfootrot930 3 ай бұрын
Good video. Perhaps a typo, but only 22 locomotives were ordered, built, delivered and commissioned.
@tonymckeage1028 3 ай бұрын
Great Video, very pleased to see the EF loco at the front of the train, it confirms it's place in the past and the future for rail! In spite of the board's agenda for them to be consigned to the scrap heap! this also shows that Electric should not only be part of the main trunk lines future but also some others, ie the trans alpine, thanks for sharing
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Tranz Alpine would be cool but a bit of a stretch Mainly just because electrifying the midland line would take yonks. Actually, operating the train would be piss easy for them.
@tonymckeage1028 3 ай бұрын
@@KiwiRailSpotter my main reason for including the midland line was that the Otira Tunnel was once traversed by electric loco's maybe theres an electric loco would remover the need for the diesel bankers?
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
@tonymckeage1028 Ye it would would be an easy task for them too.
@gaius_enceladus 3 ай бұрын
Taumarunui, Taumarunui Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line.......... :)
@tonymckeage1028 3 ай бұрын
Great Video KiwiRail, Great to see the EF's back on the Main Trunk line, Nice to see the clean and smart livery, compared to the DL's which are not really that old! thanks for sharing
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Well, the DLs are worked quite hard, and they do end up going through more tunnels than the EFs.
@danieleyre8913 3 ай бұрын
Isn’t some of the rolling stock here owned by the Otago Regional Council, and not Kiwirail?
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
Yes.
@danieleyre8913 3 ай бұрын
@@KiwiRailSpotter Hohoho your title needs correcting then.
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
@@danieleyre8913 check description.
@kiwirailaction3894 3 ай бұрын
Amazing video!
@EntertainmentWorldz 3 ай бұрын
great video sir 😍😍❤❤
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@tedstrikertwa800 3 ай бұрын
1:15 🎧😌🛌💤
@DC4260Productions 3 ай бұрын
I didn't realise how long ago the last EF-hauled passenger service was, but I still remember seeing EF 30134 towing JB 1236 through Waiouru station. Funny how the same EF that was left to haul that northbound freight train solo would go on to haul this Steam Inc. excursion.
@davidlipscombe916 3 ай бұрын
Is Steam Inc trying to go American with that Bell
@liftrailphotographyinnz3992 3 ай бұрын
Fantastic video Matt, I like the panned shot at Waiouru, it was a great day had by all and it was cool seeing you along the way too.
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Was good seeing you too.
@pgchase4578043026 3 ай бұрын
I notice a fair bit of pantograph arcing. I like the livery.
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
Ye just the wires rubbing on the carbon and some of the wires can have frost or other gunk on them
@paulsheward3325 3 ай бұрын
They look good, how many are they going to refurbish.
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
15 30007 (waiting) 30013 30042 (done) 30059 (done) 30071 30094 30105 30134 30140 (waiting) 30163 (done) 30192 (done) 30203 30226 (done) 30232 (done) 30249
@paulsheward3325 3 ай бұрын
@@KiwiRailSpotter thanks
@Konkacha 3 ай бұрын
So let me understand this. Two thirds of the main line is electrified and only uses 4 electric locomotives? Would it not be beneficial to completely finish off the electrification and have electric passenger ops as well as freight :D
@KiwiRailSpotter 3 ай бұрын
Probably would be but who knows why it wasn't And there are only 5 (almost 6) locos because they're undergoing refurbishment... As for passenger we'll have to wait and see.
@alex97594 3 ай бұрын
So nice to see electric traction on the Trunk again. Great job on the audio by the way
@LyfovRyan51 3 ай бұрын
I find shunting operations more interesting and am glad people are out there recording events such as this.