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And also they said it was going to be live streamed on Facebook .

The Biggest problem was Nobody wanted to front up with the money to do the Works , and now if it was a pothole on the road outside your Home they would have someone with their cones come and fix it sooner than what they have done to the lines . And what I have seen around the Network this is not a 4hr overnight job , which some out there think it should be .

yes the Auckland rail network was run down over many decades, and now there's a huge catch-up happening.

@@davidlipscombe916 thankyou for your comments, you are so right, I always new that the work would take a long time to get done, such a big job to undertake.

And if you did that Today the whole network would be closed down and they will have the Cops looking for You .

I got a bit of shock when I saw what they had done not expecting how deep they had gone and distance they had gone , and with the shut down it gives them the opportunity without any movements to get things done without holdups .

It may take longer as there are those readying to try and stop it , I think they are called nimby's or words to that effect .

@ we just want to get SOMETHING built right?!🤣

They are called over Priced Consultants , Bring back the Ministry of Works and keep in House .

Avondale-Southdown Link once built, will quadruple the capacity of Auckland's metro rail network but also will allow increase of regional/inter-regional passenger train services, passing through the Auckland region.

There will be a new line from Henderson to Onehinga via Grafton and Newmarket and if they have it running in opposite directions it would be the ideal system .

In the 1st weeks they were taking empty container wagons up and bringing back 15 wagons from the cement works , and hopefully after the shutdown that continue and possibly Mainfreight will get on the bandwagon too , and possibly logs to Tauranga also .

They may have taken it up there before the Auckland network closes as a backup , possibly .

It sure is!

Usually hey may stop further down , but with the late running Te Huia sort of stuffed it up . What they should have done is run it down slowly under a Orange signal for when the Te Uia had pulled into the passenger/station line , have seen that with a freight some time ago .

No problem 👍 And there was not a drop of Rain when I captured it .

The trouble is after Monday it was only Fonterra containers on boardand each train was shorter after Tuesday . But hopefully after the Xmas break it will pick up again .

@davidlipscombe916 yes hopefully...

Thank you! Cheers!

The one they did in the middle of the Triangle has been tagged since it was painted a number of weeks back and you can see two sides that have been attacked from the Westernbound train .

And the Simpleton in his news item was almost crying when he made the annoucement .

Why Odd ? it shows it coming into and going from the abandon Wellsford Station .

@@davidlipscombe916 Odd because most of the video shows the train motionless.

@@gibbogle Because I had a drunk rabbiting on next to me when the drivers were changing over and the Auckland drivers were lat getting there . The Handover took around 30mins from time of arrival to Time of departure . And I could have played the full 30plus minutes and as most out only watch about 20seconds of most video's .

@@davidlipscombe916 That would have been like an Andy Warhol video.

Yes indeed! , And glad you enjoyed it .

No problem 👍

And how many trucks did they take off the Road , as my way up there are still to many trucks I passed with Box Containers still on the trailers . Hopefully those also come Down by Rail .

@@davidlipscombe916 Kiwirail ruined local routes and focuses on town/regional services meaning trucks still have to cart stuff for a simple trip around Auckland/Hamilton because they don't do localised shunts.

@@joshuahill6153 Then what are the ones for Coke and Mainfreight ? I was talking about intercity container traffic mainly when they close the link to Whangarei , after each Slip .

And at 1.25am for the last one it was , and I missed the nights before as I was too tired with my trip South .

I will have ask someone in the Know , but possibly like everything now they could be LED's not incandescent lights like they use to have .

If it is the Yellow Cradle on the Container Wagon it is used for when they Shunt a long Rake of Wagons without a remote controlled Shunter as there is someone with a radio telling the driver when to stop and go as he can see what the driver can't .

​@@davidlipscombe916 sorry I meant the horrible audio at the end

@@game-azing It sounded like ether the air from the brakes or the suction from the toilet but more like the toilet being flushed then sucked into the holding tanks .

@@davidlipscombe916 forget it

Thanks ✌ And the flickering Light makes it seem a bit Spooky

Yes indeed! It's like all small things they make more noise than the big ones .

At one stage they were looking at Buying the fleet of SA/SD's for their network but the payment for them fell through , but there is still the ADL/ADC's still in storage here .

Glad you enjoyed it . Did a Cab ride in 12months earlier . and I don't know how 2 big crew can fit in that Small Cab as it was tight with 3 in it .

I have seen a shorter one being used but not this length needing two to carry it . And glaad you enjoyed it , thanks .

Don't think there is enough land to do it . But a good idea .

That's what happens when the locomotive behind is not connected to the same air line to release it's brakes , but it sounds great .

@davidlipscombe916 yeah makes a good show 👌

Thanks for watching , Did you see what happened at the end with all the wheel spin caused by the slow release of their Bakes ? .

And if it was anyone Else they would have busted them ,

Thanks for your insight as this was my 1st time through there and I agree with you about the Enginniers most of them are Bunnies , and what the should have done is raised the road on the piles so all the spoil would have gone under the road and straight into the river . But what do we as mere mortals know . What will it be like with the New Toll Bridge , Longer or about the same .

She was never a Housewife . Her Husband did the work at home .

@@davidlipscombe916 then she was not useful at anything then.

I goes to show what happens with Impatience .

Although speed is a factor in many road crashes, impatience is behind many such occurrences. Every day as I drive my car or a heavy vehicle, I see many times when drivers just won’t slow down, to what other traffic is doing, there is often a reason why vehicles are slow moving especially in built up areas. Another problem is tailgating, why in a 50 km/h built up area do motorists get so close? There is no chance of overtaking!

Thank you so much 🤗 Have you been through there yet ? .

Thanks for that now I''m almost at the end of Seventh Decade .

@@davidlipscombe916 only by car. Not train

@@davidlipscombe916 You're Welcome. 🙂

@@florinabird2896 So you where one of the ones that caused the slips back in 2017 ? Ha Ha .

Thanks ✌

Thanks ✌

Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks for that , wish I was there longer to get more of their Trollies .

Glad you enjoyed it Part mine & part CRL .

Yes and it started to rain when I got to then end of the Route .

If you check out the one about Armstrong Park it shows some of the Interior which is also the same for them .

I think so too! At least there were no graffitied EMU's around that day for what I saw .

They were using to Old Freight Line between the NAL and what was the old Station Yards at the Strand before Britomart and the closure of all the Yards along the Waterfront .