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Past and present footage and TV snippets from the railways of Aotearoa.
DC and DX head from Auckland to Whangarei - 17-02-07
This one has a bit of a heavy story behind it. It's my raw footage of the Railway Enthusiast Society's Waves & Wheels excursion from Auckland to Whangarei on 17 February 2007. It was a near-perfect day, but after I saw the train off at Wellsford on the return leg, a drunk driver crashed into me. I nearly died and was left with lifelong disability. But I'm still here, still filming trains, and this footage is very special to me indeed. Enjoy, and drive safe!
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J1211 with Cannonball Express - 10-08-91
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J1211 'Gloria' of Mainline Steam hauls the Cannonball Express through West Auckland on the 10th of August 1991. Recorded by Ann Hart.
Kingston Flyer on Queenstown Hill proposed - One News, 1991
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Skyline Enterprises at one point was thinking of moving the Kingston Flyer to a purpose-built track on Queenstown Hill! Unsure why the plan didn't proceed.
TranzAlpine - Air New Zealand Holiday, 1990s
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Jeremy Coney, former NZ cricketer and current cricket commentator, took us for a little trip on the TranzAlpine Express on the TV show Air New Zealand Holiday in the mid-90s.
Wisconsin Central buys NZ Rail - Frontline, 1993
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TVNZ current affairs show Frontline gave an interesting insight into Wisconsin Central's purchase of New Zealand Rail in 1993 (which was later to be rebranded Tranz Rail in 1995). Wisconsin Central's hopes were clearly high, and their president's intentions resting firmly in profit-making - of course, we know how it turned out!
Kingston Branch For Sale - One News, 1991
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New Zealand Rail owned the Kingston Flyer in 1991, but the Kingston Branch was owned by a group of businessmen, who suddenly put it up for sale, threatening the Flyer's future.
Withdrawal of NZ Rail Travel Passes - One News, 1991
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Former New Zealand rail staff used to be entitled to a discounted train, bus and ferry pass - but that was revoked in 1990. Meanwhile, former MPs maintained the right to discounted travel.
Manawatū Gorge Railway Centenary - One News, 09-03-91
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New Zealand Government Railways celebrated the 100th anniversary of the line through the Manawatū Gorge on 9 March 1991. To think the railway is THE only way through the gorge now!
Silver Fern - Geyserland Express - One News, 09-12-91
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The Silver Fern began running on New Zealand Railways' Geyserland Express between Auckland and Rotorua on 9 December 1991, as this One News story documented. High hopes all round, but of course the service ceased in October 2001.
Inside Auckland Railway Station
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I was in Auckland for a concert, and stayed at Grand Central Serviced Apartments, inside the old Auckland Railway Station. There are also private apartments and emergency housing in there. I thought I’d film inside to give you a look. The silence speaks for itself, but it’s a great time capsule, and obviously fun to be able to see trains passing (only from certain rooms though). Afterwards, I d...
Mainline Steam rail tourism - One News, 1991
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Mainline Steam rail tourism - One News, 1991
Train Incidents in West Auckland - Heroes, TVNZ
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A feature about train incidents in West Auckland, New Zealand. It's a dark story but still shines important light on rail safety, along with how incidents affect railway staff mentally and emotionally. Also interesting to see a glimpse of Henderson Station in the early '90s. 'Heroes' was a show on TVNZ that ran in the early 1990s.
Ex-KiwiRail DBRs on the Goldfields Railway - 20-10-24
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Two ex-KiwiRail DBR class locomotives haul passenger services on the Goldfields Railway between Waihi and Waikino in New Zealand. This stretch of track used to be part of the East Coast Main Trunk, linking the Waikato with the Bay of Plenty, until the Kaimai Tunnel was opened in 1978.
KiwiRail DCs on Waitoa & Morrinsville Shunts - 17-10-24
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To start, we see two DC class locomotives departing Waitoa dairy factory in the morning, after dropping off some wagons. The locos are seen running down the Waitoa branch, though Piako, before opening up the throttle after Morrinsville on the East Coast Main Trunk. In the afternoon, the locos are seen travelling back up the route to collect wagons containing milk products from the Waitoa and Mo...
Pacing the KiwiRail Hautapu Shunt - 02-07-24
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Pacing the KiwiRail Hautapu Shunt - 02-07-24
Rail Life Volume 8 - Feb 2012-May 2013
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Rail Life Volume 8 - Feb 2012-May 2013
Rail Life Volume 7 - February 2010-November 2011
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Rail Life Volume 7 - February 2010-November 2011
Rail Life Volume 6 - March-November 2009
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Rail Life Volume 6 - March-November 2009
Rail Life Volume 5 - December 2008-March 2009
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Rail Life Volume 5 - December 2008-March 2009
North Island Main Trunk Centenary Celebrations (Labour Weekend 2008)
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North Island Main Trunk Centenary Celebrations (Labour Weekend 2008)
Rail Life Volume 4 - March-September 2008
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Rail Life Volume 4 - March-September 2008
Rail Life Volume 3 - October 2007-February 2008
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Rail Life Volume 3 - October 2007-February 2008
Rail Life Volume 1 - Dec 2006-Feb 2007
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Rail Life Volume 1 - Dec 2006-Feb 2007
DCs, DMUs and Silver Fern - Orakei, mid-2000s
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DCs, DMUs and Silver Fern - Orakei, mid-2000s
Overlander and EF-hauled freights - mid-2000s
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Overlander and EF-hauled freights - mid-2000s
Diesels and DMUs - West Auckland, mid-2000s
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Diesels and DMUs - West Auckland, mid-2000s
Train movements - Auckland, mid-2000s
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Train movements - Auckland, mid-2000s
Nobody sets out to be a hero.That's what makes them a hero.
I would absolutely love to see say GVR (or anyone else!) run fairly regular charters (maybe a weekender) up to Whangarei and back. I'm sorry that some bastard nearly killed you on this trip but thank you for still uploading the video to show publicly. Keep filming and yes, everyone who sees this, drive safe!
Didn't they film that TVNZ + getaway advertisement here? The place looks very familiar to the building in the advert.
It ia said that every time the Queen came to New Zealand there was some sort of disaster. Alot of Maoris viewed her as a bad oman
Rode our Motorcross bikes from New Lynn to gleneden through there before it opened up to get to the clay pits at the side of the cemetary
I was on a train heading into Brotomart from Swanson and between sunnyvale and Gleneden someone was lying on the tracks and got ran over by the train ,trajic for all involed ,the henderson station back in the 80s looked terrible covered in graffiti now looks much better and ususally has security there
It was such a grand place to be in, rail station, post office tearooms all in one, shirt walk from the platform through tunnel and one comes out inside such a beautiful building at least nowadays it still being used
Hopefully fully in use soon,
There would be heaps of spirits Linguing around that whole building that passed away 100years ago plus all those builders that built the train tracks the railway stations May they all rests well there
Thank you for posting this. ould someone please let me know what in the motor causes the clicking heard at 5:50?
when was this video recorded was it in 2020?
25 October 2024
@@AotearoaRail i lived in the room with black plastic on the window , guess who every moved in after me left it there
Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding-Ding... WHOO! WHOOOOO! The Music of... The American Rail Road!
It is New Zealand.
It would be nice to see J1211 back in steam again one day. Thank you for sharing these memories.
Coney the mantis! Love this video
A bit grainy, but also very awesome, thank you.
Don't go there if you want to watch your favorite sports game, the television system is hopeless, it is always freezing up every minute or so for a brief second
The TV there is definitely budget. A mate and I ended up streaming the game on his phone once when we were staying there!
@@AotearoaRailThe word "rubbish" would describe the TV reception better, It is like reading a second handbook, a previous reader has cut the bottom of the page they have read to use as a bookmark, so every dozen or so pages you miss a sentence of the story.
Real mix of liveries on the locomotives.
Bob Ewing on the mike
And here we are in 2024 and still no central bus terminal above the station. We have this mess of all central city buses having stops on the side of the roads all over the downtown area because the twits who built this thing didn't think that having a bus interchange above it like the original Downtown Bus Terminal was a good idea.
The tearooms were a thing of beauty and a damn good cup of tea to boot.
Wow amazing video
Wad also the last time the All Blacks lost to Wales
the sound ov the dbr sounds great love it emd for ever!! nice see two dbrs . ex db locos working to gether on this line..
And that CLOWN who was head of that lot, go and read up on the disaster imposed on Lac-Megantic in Canada by a runaway train which was a result of his cost-cutting attitude towards running railways. Also read up about the asset-stripping of NZ's rail system as a result of his lot buying it.
TranzRail only turned to crap after Burkhardt got ousted. He valued reinvestment over shareholder dividends.
@@MiG21aholic Yeah, right. So explain the Lac-Megantic disaster. And also explain why Burkhardt hid from the survivors for almost a week before finally fronting up as the heat became too much because of him failing to front up. Burkhardt is all about cost-cutting, and he does that by taking safety short-cuts. The good folks of Lac-Megantic found that out the hard-way, although a huge number of them didn't survive it.
@@robertscott4759 Burkhardt didn't take the shortcut of not setting enough handbrakes, the LE did. Granted a two man crew was probably less likely to have that accident happen, but do we know that for sure? How many Lac Megantics have we had in NZ with 30+ years of single manning?
@@MiG21aholic Burkhardt's penny-pinching cost-cutting created an environment where a single locomotive engineer was thrown to the dogs. I never liked Burkhardt from the day I first met him after Ruth Richardson flogged off NZ Rail Ltd to the scumbags who eventually ended up asset-stripping it. Burkhardt was merely their mouthpiece. He was the worst thing to ever happen to railways in NZ. He should have stayed in America and not infested us down-under. And his actions after that runaway at Lac-Megantic said heaps about his attitudes. You can stick up for that POS all you like, there are a lot of us who have long memories of what he did.
You think the pollies would revoke their perks....yeh right.
Great old video 👍
Those Air NZ planes had a smart livery back then!
I agree - always thought the 737s looked like little executive jets.
The stupid black rubbish of today says a lot about how badly Air NZ have lot their way. Like all our public institutions. Look at all the National Film Unit stuff from the early 80's about NZ, and it's such a remarkable difference from today. Back then people and service were the only consideration. Today neither matter, making a buck is the only consideration. And this is a worldwide phenomenon. Thatcher started it and it spread like wildfire. All our public services are being starved of money. People are dying in emergency waiting rooms and the government is still starving the health system of money. This path is totally unsustainable. Rates keep going up 2 or 3 times that of inflation each year but incomes aren't. Our Police protect the criminals and arrest honest people defending thmselves and their property from them. It's going to be really interesting to see where this ends. Over 60,000 people left this country last year. I'd bet it will be double that this year. People don't feel safe here anymore and it's little wonder why. We only have ourselves to blame. We are the idiots who elected the string of buffoons we've had running the country over the past 30 years.
I started work in 1970 and had a flat on Parnell Rise. I would walk to the station to catch the trolleybus into Queen Street, to work. There used to be this grotty tearoom where the Heritage Dining Room is, and they still used those old white railway cups and saucers. It looked like it was still stuck in the 50's. The food never looked appetizing, mainly tea, sandwiches, and pies. The atmosphere of the place hasn't changed.
@@francisheperi4180 That’s a great story! Thank you for sharing. My earliest memory is from the late ‘80s, I believe - and like you I remember the atmosphere being very sparse even then. I’m just so glad that it has been frozen in time.
thank you for making this video! So great to see inside the building, you have a great eye for detail and al ove of heritage. This used to be an unsuccessful Auckland University student accommodation hence the dark blue sign 'Railway Campus' at 3:30. It has a very beautiful foyer of course, but it really was a bad decision decades ago to place this so far away from the commercial heart of Auckland. Even now that eastern Quay St area is really not a thriving area. Ah well at least we have Britomart now!
Thank you for the compliments! You’re right, it’s really not in the right place. It would cost a lot of money to upgrade it to a boutique hotel or the like. It’s stuck in limbo, but at least it’s preserved!
yes its a great place to see I went there some years ago, would love to see a look thou the whole place how
That's so interesting I actually had no idea we had a different station before Britomart
If you to where the Stabling Yards are now you can where the old Platforms were , But the Tunnels from the Old Station Building to the Platforms are long gone .
The graffiti, and walking on tracks
How wonderful it would be if this grand old lady could be brought back for intercity services again? Services to Tauranga, services to Whangarei, services to Rotorua, services all the way to Wellington. And a big investment for services to New Plymouth, Gisborne, Taupo. It’s such a beautiful old building and would make such a nice welcome to or farewell from Auckland. And so convenient to Grafton gully & the motorway for out of town visitors or people taking a holiday from Auckland. Build a platform connecting it to the eastern line; and it also could be integrated with the urban rail network.
Problem is the Nats sold it, we’d have to buy it back for some exorbitant rate
@ Not if a compulsory acquisition order was ever filed & passed. It could be defined as essential infrastructure.
Railways are generally much more robust and definitely more economical than roads, just some of many reasons that Govt must invest in rail transit for the overall benefit of the people and the country. The Manawatu Gorge Railway is still functioning after 130 years (with minimal maintenance) compared to the destroyed expensive Gorge Road now closed and rerouted at billions $$ cost. The 2024 NZ govt defunding rail by 97% and entrapping total road/car dependency (to daily enrich Big Road Cartels & cronies) is on the wrong side of history.
I apologize to the world for how disgraceful my countrymen are. Everyone has spent 12 years in school but the majority of kiwis are so entitled they are like retarded morons. Adult babies, and meth is also a huge player in this mess.its an "all blacks " disaster 😳
Progressive countries in the past 30years have realised the vital importance of railways, investment in 21st Century Rail transit technologies realises huge economic gains, better lifestyles and sustainable transportation. NZ needs to transition from obsolete 1950’s ‘American’ road junket infrastructure to a modern rail system but 2024 politicians disgracefully captured by Big Road donors and Cronies.
Why was this station closed? When I took the trip to Wellington in 2011 we left from Britomart? Is that correct? I believe that is not used now either for the long distance trains. Great video! Cheers from Wagga, NSW.
Auckland Railway Station was closed because almost all the platforms were decommissioned when Britomart opened in 2003. Auckland Station was too far from the city centre to be a good commuter station. When electric trains started running into Britomart in 2014, the diesel extraction fans were removed from Britomart, so long-distance diesel-hauled services were moved out to The Strand Station. So yes, you did board in Britomart. Cheers!
@ cheers mate, much appreciated! Would love to do that trip again one day, it was magic!
Is it a similar design to Wellington station?
Yes. They were designed by different architects, but both took heavy inspiration from luxurious American buildings like Pennsylvania Station in New York.
Is 11:08 filmed at The Strand station? I cant quite place the location
It is looking over towards the Strand Station from Quay Street.
Many drivers have multiple suicides and near misses.Very little support from Rail Companies and management.P.T.S.D. is REAL.
Had a Suicide as a Driver in Brisbane 20 years ago Wilston Station.C.E.O.of Energex.Labor/Beattie.17/9/2004.
Looks like a 1720 class loco ex QR.(Queensland Rail)
GL22MC
They look a bit past it
In the 90s I regularly traveled back and forth to university in Auckland on this. Was cheaper than the bus and you were served tea & scones. Ancient history now...
2024 and we don't even have a line to Rotorua. Shameful what has happened to railways in NZ.
Privatisation, selling off and underfunding bought us to this. Roger Douglas is one to blame
@@corradojuniorsoprano2936 And every government since then are all about roads and trucks on them.
Road deaths are at their highest. And road maintaince at it worst @@possom69donselaar89
@@possom69donselaar89 Especially the current government who are (and always have been) in bed with the trucking industry and have no interest in rail.
The line is still there , If Kr removes the Track the land it sits on reverts back to the local IWI and that will be the end of that forever and a day .
Work with Bill Sweeney on the NAL now, hes a top man.
pat duff bill sweeney great guys top west feld drivers.!. back in the days .. gone now retierd
@JulianFriedlander-h2w Bill Sweeney's still around, drives the NAL between Whangarei and Helensville
OOOO CHEERS OK HAVE NOT SEEN HIM BILL IN LONG TIME THANKS THORT HAD RETIRD. MATE. PAT DUFF GONE BUT. 😃😃
Who every made this video really needs to get there facts correct. Misleading information.
I think it's a crying shame that such a grand building with a Heritage 1 status has been so neglected, the outside of the building looks terrible and obviously has not had a pressure wash in years but that is typical of the way we treat buildings like that. As for the use of the station as such it was built away from the downtown area of Auckland but the local authorities there did nothing to see how it could become the new main station, it seemed to me they were fixated on having the new station underground and ignoring the future issues that have now become reality as there is no connection at all for the actual trains that work from the Strand and on the few trips I have made up from Wellington it's a long miserable walk to the city and by curving the track down from the Parnell Rise and selling of land where the shunting yards used to be the Strand Container platform looks set to be the future of rail into Auckland. I'm so glad our station here in Wellington is still the way it was intended and is fully utilized as both commuter and long distance trains literally at the northern end of the city.
@@JohnR-NZ I am very fond of Wellington Station, having travelled to and from there numerous times. Ironically new sidings are being laid in Auckland near the Strand - presumably for EMUs to be stabled.
The Wellington station is actually about the same distance from the CBD as this grand old lady is. The differences are that most of the Wellington CBD is on flat land, there’s buses galore between the station and points in the Wellington CBD, and there’s no big wide busy road cutting the station off like, there is with Beach road. Call me a dreamer but I think that this grand old station, while not ideal for urban rail like Britomart, is still in a good location for intercity trains with its proximity to Grafton gully and the motorway, making it easy to access for Taxis, coaches, urban buses private automobiles, etc. I think that it could make a comeback for that role in the future, it could also be connected to the urban rail system with a set of platforms on the eastern line. Keep Britomart for the urban rail, system, with its terminating platform for a future AirPort Express (and maybe an express to Hamilton), but use this grand old lady for services to Tauranga, Whangarei, Wellington, Rotorua, etc.
Thank you for filling me in on what I was in too much of a hurry to take in when buying a last-minute ticket for the Silver Fern to Wellington, in the mid-1980s. The station halls are magnificent, and the detailing beautiful. What a shame it's not pulsing with life. Only by reading the description and these comments have I learned why. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Surely it would be a simple job to return the Auckland Station back to its designed purpose. The Strand station is a joke and impossible to get to. No wonder Aucklander take their cars when travelling.
@@bizzlebasil1 If KiwiRail had more money to spare, and more intercity trains running out of Auckland, I could imagine them being able to put an underpass from the station building to the isolated platform, from which long distance trains could depart. But as things are, it’d be cost prohibitive, unfortunately.
@@AotearoaRail When the old trains station closed and everything went to underground Britomart, trains did stop at the old stations for a while, but it looks like not many passengers got on/off as they preferred to use the underground Britomart being closer to "everything" passengers wanted, so the service was discontinued from the newer train timetables.