Rimitaka Incline - 8mm Film Scan Test #1

[@robertraikes9409]

Really great to see this as Dad ( Leslie George Raikes) was Station Master in Featherston in about 1963, and it was a bonus to see Kaitoke also as my Grandfather (Leslie Dewson Raikes )was Station Master Kaitoke and Grandma operated the tea room there.

[@musicman53]

This is brilliant footage, huge thanks. I’ve run and biked the Incline a few times over the decades, and although the historical descriptions along the route are really well done, this helps to fill in the gaps. It can’t have been that pleasant inside the tunnels for the passengers during the big grind up!

[@NativeKiwiGirl]

This footage is wonderful. great to see the old tracks

[@TheButlerNZ]

I think my Mum was on the last run over the incline. She lived in Kahutara for a while while my Grandfather (Manager of MacDuffs wgtn) recovered from a crash on 30 June 1944 in a D H Dragon ZK AHT passenger plane on the bush slopes of Mount Hope near Kawatiri.

[@charlieinsingapore]

Just fantastic, great historical footage. Thanks for uploading!

[@muir8009]

Extraordinarily good footage. especially the very rare colour Upper Hutt to Summit footage, that is very special to see. Very good of you to upload this.

[@robertthomson1587]

What fantastic footage!

[@tetotarafilms]

Glad you enjoyed it! It's a great colour scan!

[@kevsmailnz]

thanks for the hard work amazing to see in colour

[@MarkSeconi]

That was amazing! Thankyou for the upload

[@brutallyremastered4255]

Terrific! I bet some of my family were there from Carterton.

[@RoddCutts]

Those locos bring back memories

[@DWtrainsNZ]

Fantastic work. I love this kind of stuff.

[@Garethpookykins]

Amazing footage. At 0.75x speed it looks just much better. Looks only slightly faster than normal speed.

[@tetotarafilms]

Yes it is a bit fast - this was the first off a new scanner I'd built so it could have done with a bit attention to correcting playback speed!

[@richardvoogd705]

Not often that we get to see the Kaitoke station.

[@robertraikes9409]

This sighting of Kaitoke Railway station was interesting to me as my grandfather was stationmaster there and he got the Queens medal when her train passed through. My grandmother operated the tea rooms there. Also to see Featherston was great as Dad was Station Master there in 1963.

[@chrisbrady3979]

Wonderful footage - thank you. But are they really trying to rebuild the Incline?!!!

[@stinchjack]

Very cool

[@ALONEBOYISHAN]

🎉🎉

[@clarkm4200]

It's a great walk. It took four steam engines to lug those carriages up and two diesel electric which managed twice the speed and a fraction of the pollution.

[@nafcd]

Is there sound with the video. I cant seem to get it to work if there is

[@kiwitrainguy]

There is no sound. Filmed with a cine camera. Sound in those days required a seperate piece of equipment.

[@struck2soon]

Lovely footage! A bit of stabilisation and speed correction will only improve it. Perhaps some appropriate dubbed soundtrack as well?

[@tetotarafilms]

This was the first roll of a new scanner we'd built, speed is definitely a bit fast! I believe some footage has made it into another youtube video, however this needs it own entire new narration.

[@theimaginationstation1899]

'evening. What are the chances of being able to use some of this footage? I'm particularly interested in the double headed train arriving in Featherston. ta.

[@tetotarafilms]

Hi there, that's fine, just post a link to the original video in you description.

[@theimaginationstation1899]

@@tetotarafilms i'll let you know when it's up.

[@daveyboy6985]

What year was this taken in?

[@kiwitrainguy]

Probably 1955 the last year that the incline worked. Judging by the gorse in full bloom, it was spring time. The incline closed in October 1955.