New Zealand - Rail-carts through the Forgotten World - Part 1 Okahukura to Tangarakau
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Date: 2022-11-28
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Warren
Absolutely stunning video, thank you for sharing this with us, as a kid my father and I would travel from Auckland to Stratford on the railcar, sadly it was stopped then we traveled on the Railways bus, and that was definitely not a nice trip, we also traveled down through the Whangnui line on the railcar, we stopped at Hawrea, and my uncle would pick us up, sadly we stopped traveling in 1968 once my father remarried, but of course we both know that most of the passengers rail stopped in later years, my father worked in the railways as I did after school and traveled around the whole country from the free pass available, I have been hoping to travel on this line again, hopefully this coming year as I have just retired, and hope travel around our amazing country again.
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Absolutely stunning video, thank you for sharing this with us, as a kid my father and I would travel from Auckland to Stratford on the railcar, sadly it was stopped then we traveled on the Railways bus, and that was definitely not a nice trip, we also traveled down through the Whangnui line on the railcar, we stopped at Hawrea, and my uncle would pick us up, sadly we stopped traveling in 1968 once my father remarried, but of course we both know that most of the passengers rail stopped in later years, my father worked in the railways as I did after school and traveled around the whole country from the free pass available, I have been hoping to travel on this line again, hopefully this coming year as I have just retired, and hope travel around our amazing country again.
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John
Hi Tim Dad did his first stint as a Teacher in a place called Tawata. It is in that part of the country somewhere. I heard it may have become extinct. Only a tiny school with a few small kids only. Teachers in that time after WW2 had to do a stint in the country before they could move to the bugger towns. Chuckle. Very nice Tim thanks.
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Hi Tim Dad did his first stint as a Teacher in a place called Tawata. It is in that part of the country somewhere. I heard it may have become extinct. Only a tiny school with a few small kids only. Teachers in that time after WW2 had to do a stint in the country before they could move to the bugger towns. Chuckle. Very nice Tim thanks.
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Neil
28: 11 Okay, now I get it! The fitted extra wheels for the rails are only there to keep the carts on the rails. The original rear wheels actually drive the carts along and the original front wheels virtually only have use to steer the carts iff they're taken off the rails(assuming the rail wheels can be folded out of the way)
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28: 11 Okay, now I get it! The fitted extra wheels for the rails are only there to keep the carts on the rails. The original rear wheels actually drive the carts along and the original front wheels virtually only have use to steer the carts iff they're taken off the rails(assuming the rail wheels can be folded out of the way)
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DB
Hi Tim, DB here. (I took you and your cameras for a ride ex Picton.
In a previous incarnation of my rly career, I controlled this line (SOL) as a a train controller in Wellington.
This is the first time I-ve seen the line I presided over. Very interesting! -
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Hi Tim, DB here. (I took you and your cameras for a ride ex Picton.
In a previous incarnation of my rly career, I controlled this line (SOL) as a a train controller in Wellington.
This is the first time I-ve seen the line I presided over. Very interesting! -
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Robert
Hi tim wonderful journey, How many km in the full rail cart journey, If nz rail reopened this line tourist would come from all over the world to ride this line and the track looks like it doe's not need a lot of work to bring it up to standard, Cheer's bob.
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Hi tim wonderful journey, How many km in the full rail cart journey, If nz rail reopened this line tourist would come from all over the world to ride this line and the track looks like it doe's not need a lot of work to bring it up to standard, Cheer's bob.
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Neil
Looks are deceiving here! Are they standard or narrow-gauge tracks? Looking down from the height of a diesel loco they may appear to be narrow-gauge, but from closer down to the ground these tracks appear to be standard gauge. If you get my drift!
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Looks are deceiving here! Are they standard or narrow-gauge tracks? Looking down from the height of a diesel loco they may appear to be narrow-gauge, but from closer down to the ground these tracks appear to be standard gauge. If you get my drift!
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Gleiswanderer
Thank you for sharing that with us. As this is on the other end of world, I would neither be able to do this, nor to visit that country in my live, so it is great, to see that anyway.
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Thank you for sharing that with us. As this is on the other end of world, I would neither be able to do this, nor to visit that country in my live, so it is great, to see that anyway.
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Anna
This is an amazing trip. I have watched it over and over since you first presented it. Its so peaceful and calming to a troubled mind. Cant wait to save enough money to do it myself
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This is an amazing trip. I have watched it over and over since you first presented it. Its so peaceful and calming to a troubled mind. Cant wait to save enough money to do it myself
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MrPeerum
Dit lijkt echt wel een rit door Jurasicpark. lol. prachtige natuur Tim. rijd er op deze spoorweg ook nog een gewone personen trein. forensic?
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Dit lijkt echt wel een rit door Jurasicpark. lol. prachtige natuur Tim. rijd er op deze spoorweg ook nog een gewone personen trein. forensic?
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Peter
Tim, the quality of the re-edit, with clarity, resolution and atmosphere, is a significant improvement on the 2014 captured video.
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Tim, the quality of the re-edit, with clarity, resolution and atmosphere, is a significant improvement on the 2014 captured video.
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Teharau
. the legendary tamtatea pokai whenua who felled the tress to repair his canoe on the wanganui river -felled trees-tangarakau
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. the legendary tamtatea pokai whenua who felled the tress to repair his canoe on the wanganui river -felled trees-tangarakau
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