The busy Lyttelton Port Railway - Christchurch - New Zealand

[@RetroJack]

Having been born a Mainlander, it's so cool seeing it again - thank you!

[@irmafoster3933]

Thanks for the trip on Kiwi Rail. Left hand operation was specified in the Opetating Rules Time Table where I worked in Arizona and New Mexico on the Albuquerque Division. So the "artists" are at work on NZ, too.

[@J3scribe]

Lovely day for a cab ride. Thanks for sharing. Lyttelton is an interesting port.

[@anthonyclayden7717]

Wow! I thought I knew all those streets through to Heathcote like the back of my hand, Turns out they look completely different from the tracks. Again great editing to mash together all that different rolling stock. Thank you!

[@raphaelfranks]

Christchurch looks very different from the railway than it does from the roads. Moorhouse’s legacy: an incredible corridor through the city.

[@bnrailfannz8262]

Quite an 'arty ' video from you, with all the other trains and shunt locos being added on the way. Didn't realise it was so far to the Port. Really great video. Thankyou👍👍

[@geoffmackley]

Cheers thanks mate

[@markscrivener4768]

That was bloody wicked..I had bumped into the camera man at the ch ch station to catch the coastal pacific to Picton a month ago..a great trip

[@leswroe8803]

Fabulous work,Absolutely loved it,Well Done ✅

[@criggie]

Why is there a wee concrete platform just before the tunnel @25.55 , and a very short siding to nothing @26:19 ? What are the curved panels on the ceiling of the rail tunnel @30:40 and why are there none of those "dive spaces" to the side like the road tunnel has?

[@firefox5926]

21:31 man i'd love to go for a ride one day feel the rail and the sway of the engine

[@davechapman7735]

a great trip thanks.

[@IvelLeCog]

I must say though, I do love it. And the video.

[@paulherron1933]

Another belter of a video mate. Really enjoyed it . Fingers crossed am over there in March or April time. Keep you posted.

[@geoffmackley]

Cheers Paul

[@IvelLeCog]

It's so disconnected from the rest of the the area. Like it's own wee desolate strip (that has probably had very little in the way of changes compared to the land around it)

[@skylark17]

love the rumble of those engines

[@rwayle]

Feeling a bit claustrophobic going through that tunnel!

[@nzldbart]

Awesome work Geoff, I'm modeling Lyttelton to Otira in Tranz 2022 and your video's are giving me details I just cant get from google.

[@genesiscarlos437]

Excelente vídeo e que belos lugares por onde trafegam as locomotivas e os vagões da Kiwi Rail da nova Zelândia parabéns

[@geoffmackley]

Me alegra que hayas disfrutado el vídeo, saludos desde Nueva Zelanda.

[@michaeljohnbrown6367]

Excellent video enjoyed it very I see there's signal building dark blue half way into town is that still used what's the closest street to it for photos

[@megatronacepticon]

Detroit Place is probably the closest you can publicly get to it. Last I heard it was still being used occasionally to release the switchlocks into the wheel lathe yard, but otherwise the territory it used to control has been moved to a desk in train control in Wellington.

[@firefox5926]

30:46 also what are those panels on the tunnel roof ?

[@stephenbrass1808]

Very much enjoyed the ride there, cheers for that, i have a question if anyone can help me, what happened to to the Taieri George railway, does it still run i heard it had been mothballed, it would be a shame to loose this tourist route, thanks from northern England, visited the country in 2016, wonderfull🙂🎥

[@willpirie4344]

They stopped running trains when covid hit and haven’t done anything since. The line is all still there and hopefully it can start up again with some money spent on tracks and desire from Dunedin city to get it running again

[@stephenbrass1808]

Thanks for your reply, yes lets hope so some lobbying required maybe, . 👍@@willpirie4344

[@capcompass9298]

@@willpirie4344 There is a video online.

[@firefox5926]

40:46 i think this is usually the part of the game where the stats come up as the camera zooms out lol

[@firefox5926]

33:27 hmm might need to get a bell ringer in to take a look at that crossing those bells dont sound right

[@firefox5926]

30:37 so have you heard the one about 3 guys walking thru darkness and one of them see the light....

[@dianeunderwood-kv3cj]

Just love the trains Dad worked for Railway are you at cash key Ex catab

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Geoff, I found it very interesting, it's the most I have seen of CHCH since the earthquakes! I'm Canty born and bred, left for a haircut and a new job in early 1995 I was at the beach in Coromandel during the worse earthquake, I found the changes in the city very interesting, thanks for sharing

[@alanmitchell7322]

very interesting

[@gregorymiller7828]

thanks when was the tunnel built and how long is it?

[@geoffmackley]

The tunnel was built in 1867 and it is 1,970 metres (6,460 ft) long

[@firefox5926]

40:37 on top of oooold smooookey

[@firefox5926]

15:17 i miss the big sheep :(

[@firefox5926]

7:24 i miss the octopus :(

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[@michaeljohnbrown6367]

I have to say it's not really good it's excellent well done all the work that's gone into the video filming of different trains excellent

[@geoffmackley]

Thanks for the compliments Michael

[@michaeljohnbrown6367]

I've saved this video I found it in my liked videos it's really good

[@geoffmackley]

Cool, glad you liked it

[@DXR8007NZR]

May I ask, how do you get these cab rides? I suspect you were in DCP4801

[@glyn1]

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