Mountain Thunder - Largest NZ Heritage Train in 36 Years!

This ain't no walk in the park...this is Mountain Thunder!
To celebrate 50 years of friendship between Steam Incorporated and the Glenbrook Vintage Railway, the two groups teamed up to form the largest passenger carrying service since 1986.
3 locos with over 3,700hp collectively, pulling 20 carriages. 380 metres long at nearly 600 tonnes.
The train originated at Paekakariki in the early hours of Saturday 6 August 2022, with Da's 1431 & 1410 pulling Steam Inc's 13 carriages. At Palmerston North, the train combined with GVR's 7 carriages and their DBR 1254 to make up the impressive train.
The train was a historical event amongst the history of the New Zealand preservation scene, and will be remembered by the over 800 passengers who travelled on the sold out occasion, as well as the many railfans and members of the public who came out to witness the event.
GVR & Steam Inc have many joined trips planned for the end of the year, keep an eye out on their websites and social media pages for more info on these in the coming weeks.
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[@albertofranchi6408]

Super beautiful train

[@neville132bbk]

Outstanding... and the 2nd best part is... there is No Background Soundtrack...just the sound of diesels.....

[@LyfovRyan51]

I knew that the footage would be good, but this well exceeded my expectations.

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers Ryan!

[@sandrahardy7980]

Great coverage of the trip

[@kahu9546]

Great day out

[@Rooster77595]

Absolutely outstanding mate, keep up the great drone shots

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers Rhys! Will certainly do

[@carolhull907]

Thank you Finn, Great video once again,

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers Carol!

[@neptunze71]

Wow !!! What a blast from the past,this rekindled many memories ❤️

[@Kiwitrailchannel]

Glad to hear both the DAs and DBR class running well together, the GVR will soon make it even better with combining the DC class with the duo class

[@bigkiwimike]

Worth the wait. By far the best of all the videos of this event on KZbin. Talent with the camera and editing shows. Great work Finny!

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers Oggie! Much appreciated mate

[@JamesAttwellPhotography]

Excellent! Thoroughly enjoyed watching this!

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers!

[@haulinmedia]

Nothing short of impressive, Great camera and editing work. Good watch

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers!

[@albertofranchi6408]

Super beautiful train

[@neiltoatasi6892]

Absolute beauty

[@kiwisteam7451]

You are the Guru Finn. Absolutely Fantastic!

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers Chris - can’t wait to see your results also

[@kiwisteam7451]

@@TNZvideos Working on it but not as good as yours. Your drone shots open new worlds. Wayne knew promise when he saw it!

[@RodrigoSousaFerrovias]

Super liiiikkkeeee! Very great video, I loved it, super locomotives in action 🤩🤩🤩New subscribe and greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@johnhall1473]

Absolutely awesome 😊

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers!

[@yumenekotrain]

The video of crossing the bridge from 4:00 is wonderful. The scenery is beautiful and it's the best video 😄👍

[@TheDarkFalcon]

It's great a great shot, but I still think I prefer 6:44

[@neiltoatasi6892]

Who ever did video hats off for this lad

[@trainfixer1981]

Brilliant!

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers Peter!

[@BricksandBuilds]

Awesome video - Really shows the scale of the train that you didn't get on it.

[@TheKiwianTrainspotting]

Great footage of the trip! - I love the sequencing of different camera angles

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers Hunter!

[@barrypulford6374]

This is a great video. It has everything including the aerial shots, the sound and the amazing scenery as well. Well done! 👍😃

[@mikeshearer1250]

Outstanding footage mate. Fantastic drone shots!!!!

[@trajan231]

Hopefully next time Mainline Steam will be involved. Be awesome to see all three groups together

[@zanegracie39]

Another fantastic video from TNZ Studios, great angles you captured Finn, watched it twice.

[@TNZvideos]

Thanks Zane! Much appreciated mate

[@ethancc5673]

Beautiful work mate

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers mate!

[@rikisimeti7955]

Great video Finn! Love all the different angles!

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Cheers Riki!

[@VojtovySumavskeVlakyCZ]

Nice video like and subscribed from Czech Republic 🙂👍👍👍🔔🇨🇿🇪🇺

[@TNZvideos]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@VojtovySumavskeVlakyCZ]

@@TNZvideos you're welcome and If you want to subscribe, you can

[@trevormoore4921]

Just amazing

[@rachelmiller3053]

Be awesome to see them working with the steam engines. The old girls showing how its done. Imagine

[@C.S.RailPhotography]

Great video Finn, i missed it :( (btw its me christian)

[@TNZvideos]

Glad you enjoyed it Christian!

[@C.S.RailPhotography]

@@TNZvideos what sort of drone do you have? my one would be blown away with a small gust

[@mattellis6306]

EMD should have patented that sound.

[@summer.reads_]

🚂

[@struck2soon]

What’s with the American-style bell on the loco?

[@angusmarshall2455]

Hello

[@dogmannz]

Get rid of that stupid bell. Whose idiotic idea was that?