I am interested to know what you really like in this one plse ? 😃

@MikeRail The sound for one Another is the trains you captured, especially KA 942.

@@KiwiRailSpotter Kool tnx, only the one olde steam shot I think, there was another steam sequence in an earlier Volume though.... Tnx

Thank you Glenn 😃 A lot of time went into that one.

No thanks I only do NZ railways. I guess there will be someone out there who may see you offer and get in touch. Cheers

I spent untold hours on the sound track in these volumes, this one is still way below par for what I would expect but there is lots of improvements in most scenes 😴

Careful planning and lots of luck. I did a few paces in the late 80's with my son videoing on the ECMT and Kinleith Branch. Traffic was much lighter those times but even so it only took one slow road vehicle to wreck the best plans !

I will ask but doubt it Gareth, the guy tended to follow the Twins initially and chased trains out of Wellington north to about Otaki and back.... I will put up everything I can and you may see something I dont know accurately.... Regards Mike😌😀

Pleasure Glenn, lets know if you spy any boo boo's or double ups of scenes as it has got quite confusing with so many similar trains in different videos..... cheers 🤔

I am about halfway through these older videos. Cheers Mike

I swapped some of my early vids from that era with Dave Allen who was a keen rail enthusiast back then. Once I get this set done and tapes from two other families I will take a look at it. It was still in the horrible VHS times and most vidcams were terrible.... But still its history. Regards Mike

Our pleasure Glenn, few more to come over the next weeks.... Tnx Mike 😀

Our pleasure. More to come soon.

Each era in time has its own technology and equipment, its certainly great to turn back the clock and remember how it was. More to come soon.

Yes Jamie as time goes by these older videos certainly become more popular. Cheers

Sure is, that hill in and out of Wellington sure makes for great sights and sounds for those who live amongst it. More coming soon mate

Thank you David, its a shame those early analogue cams had such poor audio capture, but hey that was just the technology of the day.... cheers

Thanks Peter, spent a year here in 2003, went back to my homeland in the Eastern Waikato for some years but came back to Palmy 8yrs ago. Have enjoyed the video captures I have made and have met a number of Palmy and Wellington drivers while out and about. I do it for my own pleasure and to add something useful on YT for history and the locals. Enjoy your retirement in Feilding. One of my favorite areas is from there to Halcombe. Every few metres there is another site to trial new camera angles....... 🤠

cheers mike.we have a 22ft coaster bus we live in full time.easy to cruise up the trunk and park up for great views of passing trains.your videos are top notch.cameras have improved over the years.keep up the good work.might see you sometime filming.@@MikeRail

Seems a lifetime ago now Darryl, and for rail rolling stock, tracks and staff it has been.....

Yep I was just a few years too late to get the Db class. My very first day out with a hired VHS cam I caught a Db helper behind a Dc on the ECMT at Morrinsville but that was very tame, just shunting. We are very lucky to have these videos from Gordon and Jeff, more to come as I work through their tapes.... Have sent you a PM with more info 😀

Tnx Marty. Yes and its good hear those olde horses being worked hard, restored are good but need to be handled with care for long futures.

Yep my sons used to stay there with one of their grandfathers in the late 70s, they where mainly Da's and the kids found the big high flat noise a bit scary as they roared by ! It was a great camp ground for fishermen as I recall..... yep the Da's would have been audible for miles on a clear still night.....

Yes similar. I saw single and double Enlish Electric Ef's in the Karangahake gorges, pairs and more of Db's and Di's in the gorges and also at the Waimata end as well. Lots of 88 seater railcars and things I can't classify now as I was a bit young and not a train follower way back in the 50's and 60's. Lots of other trains around Te Aroha area where I grew up as well. The big freights with pairs of Db's or Di's were a sound and sight to remember though as they really fought to make the top of that grade into Waimata 😎

@@MikeRail A shame there’s little videos of the former ECMT, only seen brief snippets with no sound. I grew up around Thames and the general area unfortunately too young to see working trains on the old ECMT and we didn’t go near the demolition trains either.

Waikatotek, I dont know of any videos of the Karangahake or Athenree gorges but I do have some 8mm silent film that I hope I can convert in due course, its massively expensive. Step 2 after that would be to pick some of the best shots and "manufacture" some sounds which would liven it up for more realism. Hope I dont run out of time..... Cheers Mike

Yes they did a lot of travel and videos in those early VHS days, more coming soon Lewis. Will pass your comment along. Tnx Mike 😀

It will interesting to see just how time is does take to get the freight to Napier port again Stu 🏃

@@MikeRail Yes. Govt has announced hundreds of millions for the roads. I haven't seen anything about $$ to fix the railways up.

Hi John, by rail to Tauranga, then by road to the Goldfields Vintage Railway at Waihi were they have already made some runs to Waikino 🙂

Kohu of the Waikato and/or KC ? 🚂🚃🚃