Drivers eye view : Merton to Dunedin

[@johannaarnheim5746]

Fantastic landscape. Thank You very much. Greetings from Germany

[@garyspeed8961]

remember that journey as a 12 year old aussie kid seeing my NZ relatives on a massive stream engine from Dunedin to Christchurch...1964.. still in my minds eye the coastline cliffs north of Dunedin

[@brownie88ify]

Loved this video so much, my first view of New Zealand, so different, the trees, the bushes, just everything beautiful. Would love to see this same drive again about same time of year now, just to see all those construction jobs done and how it looks now. Thanks so much for this!

[@larsmolin8788]

Sitter på min motionscykel och trampar hela den vackra vägen. Fantastisk resa. Allt detta har varit täckt av vatten en gång i tiden. Stort tack från norra Sverige!

[@ВладимирВладимирович-ы8ч]

Слава Тебе Господи! Какие красивые места всё таки есть на планете Земля. Спасибо.

[@anaritarocha5938]

Tô Aq pra comentar. Vi esse vdeo na TV.mto legal agradecer o amigo pela postagem. E agradecer a deus tbm por ver q ainda têm mts lugares lindos de ser apreciado. Obgd amigo pela postagem. Gratidão

[@tonyrobb8815]

I have been to Dunedin on cruise ships,and often seen trains up on that hill,always wondered where they were going...well now I know where they came from...THANK YOU

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

Great video.... I'm an Aussie and I put visiting NZ on my bucket list a while back....I might give it a look soon... I noticed that the train did not toot the horn at every main road crossing there, like we do in OZ..

[@pitarov1]

Another great video of NZ Geoff , a beautiful trip along the coast , you see more from the front of the engine than you see from one side of a carriage , keep those videos coming

[@MrJustinbennett]

We lived at Osborne Township during the early to mid 80's. During school holidays my brother and I would often lie in ambush for the Southerner, ready to pelt it with ripe passionfruit or eggs as it went past. Fantastic to see the drivers view of Mihiwaka Tunnel, never would have guessed it goes in pretty much a straight line.

[@Kiwicruiser355]

Thank you. This ride took me through some very early family history. Seacliff, Waitati, Omimi. I visited these places some years ago, my family (Richardsons) were among the earliest settlers to develop the Kilmog.

[@peterdonnelly1074]

Same. Lived at Omimi and Seacliff in the early 1960s as a little tacker & watched the train from the back yard

[@ranjandasgupta2995]

I also didn't know where Merton is, but from comments below understood it. It is a exciting sight for nature lovers, & a astonishing beauty by itself. A beautiful way to halt. Thanks for the video.

[@swarnsingh4787]

Very very beautiful video thanks

[@CORNELIOAVILA-ey7bl]

I absolutely love these videos. Greetings from Texas.

[@Chris-NZ]

Interesting Geoff, spent many happy holidays in this area as a child as my dads best friend was the rural GP at Palmerston his whole working life. I’ve done the Christchurch to Dunedin (and back) trip only once via steam train with my grandmother in the 1950’s . Really great to see these parts of NZ from a perspective that most of us will never see. Cheers

[@cullumkille2372]

I'll have to watch this tomorrow. I look forward to it!

[@gamgepers]

Thank you so much, a beautiful experience.

[@FalcoRusticolus]

Thank you so much for this video Interesting unusual vegetation, delightful views. Such beautiful places...

[@4376ED]

It is February 7, 2023, on a cold winters day in Ontario Canada. And I am looking at this video on my 86 inch 4K tv. If i stand in front of the tv, I feel like am sitting in the cab. This has been one of the most scenic and relaxing videos I have seen in a long time. Not like the congested Japanese cab rides. Or the graffiti covered and run down cab rides in some European countries. If I may suggest, a copy of the route map, and a photo of the train, at the begining. Would be helpful.

[@anaritarocha5938]

Eu então vendo ele agora tbm numa TV um pouco menor que a sua Klkklkkk mas valeu a pena mto lindo msm.

[@haydenbrown8421]

Rail is so undervalued in this country. Great video.

[@geoffmackley]

It sure is!

[@Guymont]

Yes it's unfortunately the right remark.

[@smileysteam]

Another winner! great camera and lens just right for the job. cheers

[@geoffmackley]

Thanks Ron!

[@boogiegirl4276]

I love these videos. It is like being on a touristy train. 😊😊😊 Thank you for posting.😊😊😊

[@captbob3144]

At 38:00 what a stunning view! New Zealand coast is amazing. Yes definitely more videos please. I have subscribed today. Thank-You.

[@nshvle]

Great,to see the trip from the cab,did this trip many times while working for NZR early to mid 90s on board the Southerner express Invercargill based.

[@ابوسارةابوسارة-ز6د]

اذا وجدت سكك حديد اعلم ان هناك حياة وعيشة ومجتمعات شيئا جميل

[@markcorry878]

I have never seen the mikiwaka tunnel from that point of view, awesome. I remember years back going on the seasider to seacliff and back and seemed like forever when going through that tunnel.

[@JamieSteam]

Longest tunnel in Otago maybe?

[@charlesnelson4609]

Excellent vedio, natural train engine sound is in the air to attract the neighbours 😀 👍

[@cullumkille2372]

Thank you. New Zealand is beautiful. ❤

[@l.h.1760]

Great landscape, very nice video. Thanks a lot! Greetings from Germany! 👍🏻🚃🤓

[@chriskiwi2601]

Great scenery from a different perspective. 😊

[@radicaldudejom]

Is KZbin messing up did this cut out before we got to Dunedin? I was hoping to see that gorgeous train station and the video/KZbin won’t let me get to it.

[@urdualfaz1227]

❤❤❤from(Pakistan Railway and village)❤❤❤

[@JamieSteam]

It's my local! Love this bit of coast.

[@VjnRolf]

Wonderful trip. Thank you!

[@skyesamuels7912]

Fine qualiity footage, keep em coming 👍👍👍

[@jimcrawford5039]

Much enjoyed, lovely trip! Cheers from NSW.

[@ronthornton2583]

I used to travel on that line way back in the late 50's early 60's ☺

[@clivebennett4513]

A great view all the way - really enjoyed it - used to ride the Steam train home to Seacliff from OBHS days.

[@webersteve1547]

Very beautiful cabride!

[@chrissybabe8568]

Where on earth is Merton ? I had a good look at google maps but I must have slipped past it. Don't worry I found it. A lot closer to Dunedin than I thought.

[@joeljacob6610]

Aaah! Your videos keep getting better. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽. Nice one again.

[@geoffmackley]

Glad you like them!

[@erichall7068]

Is it a view from the rear, run backwards?

[@geoffmackley]

@@erichall7068 no

[@RB-dc9zz]

A nice video Thank You from Canada

[@michaelbeck3289]

Is there going to be an upgrade of any of these train line like the loop in the future or not?

[@glynnismacpherson504]

loved this trip I wish tthey still had passenger trains running.

[@barryphillips7327]

Think 'The Southern' was stopped mid 2002?? Lack of numbers, ie it was not making any money, before The Southern when it was pulled by JA steam locomotives it was called The South Island Express from memory, that in 1971, JA 1274 ( in the glass case Dunedin RW station ) was one of the steamers to pull that train, there is very little wrong with JA1274 it was built in early 1950s.

[@mintaka57]

Would be even nicer if you could include a map at the beginning ♥

[@billmcintyre61]

Awsome clips 😊

[@Crintingnut]

One set of grand parents built a small house between Warrington and Edendale. SIMT was above the house and section and we could see the line and trains on the far side of Blueskin Bay. Magic days for a small child. I was a foamer, even then.

[@canucksfan2024]

Cool storms on horizon and beautiful area!!

[@ivankg844]

38:02 what a beautiful view 😍

[@trackofpakistan]

Video is masterpiece and so drivers who do this every day

[@cagorrie]

Great video thanks

[@carstoncrew1]

Try as I could, I could not figure out whether this train was heading North or South to Dunedin. Disappointed the main Dunedin rail station was ommited. However I enjoyed this view of the countryside

[@jamoiam]

it's on the east coast. Sea on the left so must be heading south :-)

[@danamack7405]

Please do more of this type video if possible.

[@alwayslight2658]

😶 🙂🥰❤ Perfect.Many thanks. Speechless. On one side nature and colors - on the other amazing railway with it's sounds. However odd this mind sound but both distal end's ''extremes are simply impressive.😉

Harika. Klasik müzik ile çok iyi gider.

[@goingnowherefastman]

Blimey, those brakes give me night terrors....it seems to me we never reach Dunedin as the film ends in a tunnel outside town, I believe ?!

[@ricardoalvarez7281]

Mucho me gustaría estar presente en esos lugares. Saludos desde Venezuela.

[@mattval6293]

Why no horn action at the x ings?

[@isthatus0768]

Maybe because it wasn't needed

[@alasdairwright1575]

05:30..Church at Puketeraki seen. Excellent inside. Where Matt Ellison and Sarah Osborne were married in the 1970s. Seacliff made me a wee bit homesick; had a Relly live at end of culdesac at this place, with a fantastically great view....crossed Coast Road at 16:05...19:35 sees evidence of Double Tracking which used to be there almost erased. When did this occur? 30:35 to 31:42 has Waitati Crossing Loop..climb begins to Doctors Point, which overlooks Blueskin Bay down below (if I remember correctly)....31:56 to 31:57 Wagon Flicker observed ( as told to me by another now-long-since-departed Railwayman)...39:04 to 39:28 has Cliff Tunnel...48:02 to 51:20 is Mihiwaka Tunnel. Never realised this as long as this is...also appears to have been brick-lined and roof cleaned, too...56:43 to 57:14 is Upper Port Chalmers Tunnel (so I believe)...1:03:30 is Sawyers Bay Tunnel. Sorry for the longish "commentary" but I could not help myself. I am a loyal DUNEDINITE whom happens to choose to live in Canterbury. I support the HIGHLANDERS

[@CollDott]

What country??

[@MrRodneyCL]

Enjoy watching this type of video but my OCD kicks in. Like seeing a picture hanging crooked on a wall with the camera view having the rails always just off center.

[@geoffmackley]

Sorry to hear Mr Rodney, Engineers mount Go Pros regularly to film spectacular train routes, they are not professional cameramen or woman, and once cameras are mounted drivers can't take their eye off the job to adjust them in any way, they do their best but what we get is what we get and for that I am grateful.

[@punhutin2565]

1000 mm ?

[@punhutin2565]

Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

[@steves009]

sounds like some grease is needed on the tracks in places

[@annawinters4346]

Disappointing. I'm glad I read the comments and fast-forward to the end. I once knew someone who moved to Dunedin. I was looking forward to seeing it for myself.

[@danamack7405]

What kind of loco and which company ? Thxs

[@isthatus0768]

General Electric DXB locomotive in New Zealand. Kiwirail.

[@Wallykget1]

👍👍

[@prabhakarfanse6137]

Great

[@ВиториоКлиментов]

Beatiful. Australia. So beatfiul.

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

From Merton to Dunedin with interchange to the "The shire". 😉

[@chaiwatpotichanid]

ตรงจุดน้ำมัน.ไม้.วัสดุก่อสร้าง.เหล็ก.ส่งรถจำนวนมากๆเข้าโชวรูม.ส่งข้าว.ส่งผัก

[@Han-wh5ie]

De aarde is mooi.

[@davidpanton3192]

'To travel hopefully' and all that but it would have been nice to have arrived somewhere. Nice scenery though.

[@rachelsadlier3294]

Nga taonga tuku iho

[@anaritarocha5938]

Que mar é esse meu deus.

[@redtussock]

Let's be honest... it's a low-budget narrow gauge experience ...

[@Zakeerhussain-l3o]

🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐

[@good5402]

예전엔 이런 풍경이 좋았는데 지금은 왜 답답하게 느껴지는지 모르겠다

[@loilasantos9679]

Canal do Brasil de comentários Loyola

[@rsinclair6560]

Sit back and relax

[@beniramgotiya1134]

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[@MeimeimeiaPunangk]

They say Geoff but Geo graffy giraffe graffix my tree stump legs and nek sticks outf train roof haha

[@MeimeimeiaPunangk]

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[@beniramgotiya1134]

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