RAIL – NEW ZEALAND

NZ-1D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 40 [ September 2004 ]               60 min                     $36.00
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Volume 40 of this series features rail action (Steam & Diesel) from both North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Featured are:
Toll Rail Branded Locomotives
50th Anniv. Diesel-electric Traction NIMT
DA 1410 King Country Excursion
Waitoa Branch Re-opening
JA 1250 Private Charter
1950’s NZR Nostalgia
The Dawn of Toll Rail Freight Services
Kingsland Station Removal to GVR
DA 1410 ‘Go West Literary Excursion’
NZR Standard Coupling
‘Off The Rails’ Television Series
Great New Zealand Steam Journeys
GVR Waiuku Extension
Heritage Rail Operators Track Access
JA 1275 Mainline Certification Test Run
SD / SA Push-Pull Train Set Trials


NZ-2D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 41 [ December 2004 ]                 90 min                    $36.00
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Volume 41 of this series features rail action from both North and South Islands of New Zealand, plus a look at 2004 overall. The volume also celebrates 10 years of NZ Railscene. Featured are:
Mainline Steam’s Railfan Tour
Silver Fern Railcars to Wanganui
Bob Hepburn’s Nostalgia 1950’s Gisborne Footage
DA 1410 to Murupara
DSG 3236 on Ohai Coal Train
Final Overnight ‘Northerner’ Passenger Express
Toll Rail’s North Island Freight Trains
Blenheim’s Riverside Railway
Wellington’s Commuter Trains Upgrade
AB 663 Greymouth Excursion
Increased West Coast Coal Tonnage Deal Signed
JA 1275 Waitomo Centennial Excursion
JB 1236 Oamaru Victorian Heritage Excursion
New Zealand Railscene Celebrates 10 Years
2004 – The Year That Was


NZ-3D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 42 [ March 2005 ]                        60 min                     $36.00
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Volume 42 of this series features rail action from both North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel action. Featured are:
Genesis Energy Coal Trains
Ohai to Lyttleton Coal Trains
Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
Taranaki Toll Rail Freight Services
AB 663 ‘Tararua Tourer’ Excursion
Whangamomona Republic Day Excursions
Bob Hepburn’s 1950’s NZR Nostalgia Footage
Pigeon Valley Steam Museum
JA 1275 ‘Northlander’ Excursion to Whangarei
Midland Line Upgrade & 30 Wagon Coal Trains
JA 1250 ‘Seatrain’ Excursion
Auckland’s Western Line Double-Tracking
50th Anniversary Rimutaka Incline Closure


NZ-4D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 43 [ June 2005 ]                             60 min                 $36.00
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Volume 43 of this series features rail action from both North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel action. Featured are:
WAB794 NIMT Feilding to Ohakune Excursion
1985 North Island Centennial Express
Mid-1980’s Steam Excursions
JA 1250 & ‘The Ellerslie Limited’
Waitoa Industrial Branch
Toll Rail’s Southland Freight Services
JA 1271 Paekakariki to Wanganui Excursion
1960’s NZR Nostalgia Footage
Christchurch Celebrates 100 years of Trams
JB 1236 Midland Line ‘Snow Special’
New Zealand ‘Railscene’ Website

 

NZ-10D    OFF THE RAILS – A LOVE STORY  (12 Episodes / 2 Disc Set)         264 min        $56.00

Television New Zealand / Jam TV Ltd - DVD

 There is one man in New Zealand still passionate enough about our rails and the country they roll through, to put words into action.  A train buff himself, Marcus Lush heads OFF THE RAILS, venturing from Bluff in the South to Opua in the North, on a remarkable array of railways - coal, freight, steam, railcars, even a jigger or two!  Relive his fascinating and entertaining journey - hitching, hiking and catching a ride on the work beasts still plying the rail tracks.  As well as learning about the richness of New Zealand’s rail history, meet amazing people along the way, with some personal insights into New Zealand’s history and some famous - and infamous - characters.  You can also enjoy the spectacular scenery of New Zealand on this epic journey of discovery.  THIS TITLE IS RATED PG.  It contains low level offensive language.

Editor: This title is similar to the Australian TV series, ‘Down the Line’ with Scott MacGregor.

 

NEW ZEALAND STEAM SPECTACULAR

Vol. 1 – Steam Rail Collection:   Order Code: NZ-11D  (90 min)         Price - $32.00

Vol. 2 – Steam Rail Collection:   Order Code: NZ-12D  (90 min)         Price - $32.00

 

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The steam locomotive has left many memories, for it was the most human machine invented by man – the reason no doubt why those ‘iron horses’ stirred so many imaginations.  To a far greater degree than achieved by any other means of mechanical transport, the steam locomotive became an integral part of life for generations of New Zealanders.  It carried them to school and work, transported them on holidays and to distant relations, and, most importantly, served to bring the country closer together, joining town and country.  For over a century in New Zealand, steam locomotives provided the main motive power on the main line, branch lines, hauling express passenger trains, mixed trains and goods trains.  Steam operations came to a close in the North Island in December 1967 but continued for a further four years in the South Island until October 1971.  The only regular use of steam traction on New Zealand railway tracks was the ‘Kingston Flyer’ that ran two return trips per day over the summer months between Lumsden and Kingston from 1971.  In 1985 Railway’s Management relented to the pressure from railfans to allow privately owned steam locomotives to return to their tracks.

NEW ZEALAND STEAM SPECTACULAR is compiled from the NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE series, and follows steam-hauled heritage excursions and special photographer’s trains operated by privately owned rail lines.

 

NZ-13D        FESTIVAL OF STEAM                                                                         75 min                 $32.00

Glenbrook Vintage Railway Silver Jubilee: 1977 - 2002

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 Easter 2002 marked a milestone in the history of the Railway Enthusiasts’ Society and the Glenbrook Vintage Railway.  To celebrate the Silver Jubilee, the Glenbrook Vintage Railway staged the ‘Festival of Steam’, the biggest live salute to steam in the Auckland area.  Thursday, 28th March was set aside for the railfans who had traveled from around the country to capture eight replica NZR goods and mixed trains including a J-class triple-header.  With Easter weekend opened to the public, the celebrations continued with the ‘Grand Cavalcade’ of locomotives and a variety of mixed and passenger trains that carried in excess of 8000 passengers over the weekend.  Also featured are traction engines, steam boats, steam cars, Clydesdale horse and vintage tractor ploughing and Tiger Moth aircraft.

 

NZ-14D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 44 [ September 2005 ]            60 min                 $36.00
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Volume 44 of this series features rail action from both North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel action.  Featured are:

NORTH AUCKLAND LOG TRAINS

TAWHITI BUSH RAILWAY MUSEUM

1960’s NZR NOSTALGIA - STEAM AROUND GREYMOUTH

Jb 1236 ‘MIDLAND LINE WINTER  STEAM SPECIAL’

Wab 794 EXCURSION TO WANGANUI

1955 - 50 YEARS AGO, RAILCARS & DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOS

Ja 1275 STEAM-HAULED ‘CANNONBALL EXPRESS’

ENGLISH ELECTRIC ARTICULATED EW DELIVERY TRIP

NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK REALIGNMENT AT MERCER

STEAM-HAULED TRANZ SCENIC SATURDAY ‘OVERLANDER’

COBDEN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT

 

NZ-15D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 45 [ December 2005 ]            60 min                 $36.00
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Volume 45 of this series features rail action from both North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel action.  Featured are:

 

DQ BANKERS ON THE MAIN NORTH LINE

VINTAGE CARRIAGE B 231 CANTERBURY RAILWAY SOCIETY

RIMUTAKA INCLINE CLOSURE 50TH REUNION

FINAL WAB 794 ‘OVERLANDER STEAM ENGINE SATURDAYS’

1961 NZR NOSTALGIA

KA 945 HIHITAHI DERAILMENT

FOLLOWING THE AFTERNOON BLUFF SHUNT

PRIVATE HERITAGE OPERATORS’ SAFETY SYSTEM

COAST TO COAST EXCURSION

ONEHUNGA BRANCH

BLENHEIM’S RIVERSIDE TRACK EXTENSION

THE NEW LOOK CONNEX AUCKLAND SUBBIES

2005 – THE YEAR THAT WAS

New Zealand Railscene is a quarterly video magazine series for railfans and covers recent activities of rail operation in New Zealand including Toll Rail, Tranz Scenic, mainline excursions, restoration, archive footage, railway museums and preserved tracks.

 

NZ-16D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 46 [ March 2006 ]                    60 min                 $36.00
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Volume 46 of this series features rail action from both North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel action.  Featured are:

JA 1271 Art Deco Charters

Toll Rail on track

1963 NZR Nostalgia – Centennial Year Excursions                        

Gisborne City Vintage Rail Cruiser Ship Excursion

Taieri Gorge Railway ‘Seasider’ Trains                                        

DXR 8022 Test Run

DB (DBR) class celebrate 40 years of service                                

Silverstream Railway celebrates 20 years

Ontrack to the future                                                                 

Kai IWi (Goat Valley) tunnel By-pass

Oamaru Steam & Rail                                                                

Midland line & West coast services

2006 steam-hauled ‘Overlander Saturdays’

 

NZ-17D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 47 [ June 2006 ]                    60 min                 $36.00

Volume 47 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.

Featured are:

Y 542 - Waihi Rail Centennial

Two Decades of the EF Class on the NIMT

Steam-hauled Saturdays

Toll Rail at Work - North Island

1960s NZR Nostalgia - ‘Power to Otira’

KA 945 - 1986 Manawatu Steam Express

Toll Rail at Work - South Island

Cobden Bridge

North Island Main Trunk Snowbound

Burrell’s Down Under Video Production (See NZ 19D)

 

NZ-18D     NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE – Vol. 48 [ September 2006 ]                    60 min                 $36.00

Volume 48 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.

Featured are:

A Pictorial Look Back at ‘The Overlander’

Steam-hauled Saturdays

A Decade of DQ Locos in Service

New Ballast Wagons

Second Batch of DX Locos

Toll Rail Freight in Action

1966 NZR Nostalgia – C 864 to Lincoln

Dunedin Station Centenary Celebrations

plus much more

 

NZ 19D    BURRELLING DOWN......DOWN UNDER ~ 2006    [DVD-R]                        165 min            $58.00

 MAJIK VIDEO SYSTEMS (the producers of NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE) in association with Tom Williamson Productions, have co-produced ‘Burrelling Down Under......Down Under ~ 2006.’  This DVD production covers the 2006 Traction Engine Rally held at the Rangiora Show grounds in March 2006.  This was the largest gathering of traction engines in the Southern Hemisphere since 1958 and attracted seventy-seven traction engines including Burrells, McLarens, Robeys, Fosters, Fowlers, Marshalls, Garretts, Brown & May, and Aveling/Porter engines.  Activities covered by the traction engines included saw milling, threshing, chaff cutting, heavy haulage and winching.  A feature of the rally was a Burrell Scenic Showman’s Engine ‘Quo Vadis’ brought out from Great Britain along with a fully restored set of Gallopers (carousel ride) that were powered by Quo Vadis. 

‘Burrelling Down Under.....’ also features the 50 kilometre road run undertaken by over thirty traction engines from Rangiora to Cust via Ashley Gorge.

 

NZ 20D   THE  FASCINATION OF STEAM ~ 2006 Dunedin Railway Station Centenary (DVD-R)        120 min            $36.00

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The 2006 Dunedin Railway Station Centenary saw the largest undertaking of its kind since 1988 as three steam-hauled passenger excursions travelled south from the North Island to join a total of seven steam locomotives and three diesel locomotives for the celebrations.  Majik Video Systems follows the excursions from Picton south to Dunedin with side trips along the way to Arthur’s Pass and Greymouth, steam on the Taieri Gorge Railway, a day excursion to Invercargill, the passenger shuttles to Sawyers Bay, the Cavalcade of Locomotives and the return excursions north to Picton.  The official production of the '2006 Dunedin Railway Station Centenary Celebrations'

Featuring steam-hauled excursions:

JA 1271 & Steam Incorporated's passenger excursion

JA 1275, Ab 663 & Jb 1236 Mainline Steam's NZ Tour excursion

WAB 794 Feilding Steam Rail Society's excursion

 

NZ 21D    NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE ~ Vol. 49 (December 2006)                                                            60 min            $36.00

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Volume 49 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.

Featured are:

Dunedin Railway Station Centenary Excursions

Taranaki Rail Scene

NZR Nostalgia – DJ on Waiau & Methven Branches

Awatere & Arahura Road/Rail Bridges

The New Look ‘Overlander’

WAB 794 Excursion to Greymouth

Marlborough Rail Scene

Motat Celebrates Auckland Tramway Closure

The Year That Was - 2006

 

NZ 22D    NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE ~ Vol. 50 (March 2007)                                                            60 min            $36.00

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Volume 50 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.

Featured are:

Final SOL ‘Whangamomona’ Passenger Trains

Steam Incorporated’s Eketahuna Express

Locomotives in Toll Rail’s Colour Scheme

NZR Nostalgia - Vulcan & Fiat Railcars

JA 1271 Art Deco Excursions

Main South Line Freights

1950 Footage of Wanganui Tramway Closure

Napier - Gisborne Freight Services

2007 GVR Steam & Vintage Festival

NIMT Central Volcanic Plateau Experience

WAB 794 & AB 663 ‘Double-Drivers 2007’

 

NZ 23D    NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE ~ Vol. 51 (June 2007)                                                            60 min            $36.00

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Volume 51 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.

Featured are:

Gisborne City Vintage Railway

Auckland’s Western Line Duplication

Plains Vintage Railway - Wheel’s Week

J1211 Napier to Gisborne

Golden Memories

Motat’s Western Springs Tramway Extension

JA 1275 Pacific Coast Steamer

Waitakere Ranges ‘Rain Forest Express’

Bush Tramway Club

Ferrymead Electrification Opening

 

NZ 24D    Let There Be Steam  (DVD)                                                284 min            $62.00    (POSTAGE THIS TITLE - $6.00)

 A collection of six classic rail documentaries from the TVNZ’s archives. 

These programs have been unearthed and restored, and are presented in this ‘4 x DVD Rail Collection Set’.  Featuring rare and archival footage dating back to 1901, we trace the history of transport routes in New Zealand, looking at various types of steam trains and the journeys they took through our unique landscapes.

For anyone who has a love of rail, there is over four hours of fantastic steam train stories

 Disc One -

Steam Lives On (48 Min) - Features sequences of the 1985 Centennial Special run down the North Islands main trunk railway, combined with two earlier NFU rail films – ‘KB Country’ and ‘The Ride of 480’.

Main Trunk Special (44 Min) - Features a journey taken by steam train on the main trunk line between Auckland and Wellington.

Disc Two -

Destinations – Rail 125 (50 Min) - An adventurous and vivid portrayal of the life of the New Zealand

Railways chronicling the changes through 125 years of rail.

Disc Three -

Steam on Parade (60 Min) - Takes us back to October 1988 when steam returned to the main trunk line to celebrate 125 years of railways and steam trains in New Zealand. This segment includes rare archival

footage dating back to 1901.

Disc Four -

Landmarks – The Main Trunk (50 Min) – Professor Kenneth Cumberland traces the history of transport routes in New Zealand.

Let There Be Steam (32 Min) - looks at various types of steam trains and the people who worked with them in the past.

 

NZ 25D    NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE ~ Vol. 52 (September 2007)                                                            60 min            $36.00

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Volume 52 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.  Featured are:

TOLL RAIL SCENE

EX-BRITISH RAIL MARK 2 CARRIAGES

TARANAKI MILK TRAINS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS

RAQUEL DOREEN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER

MAINLINE STEAM’S ARTHUR’S PASS WINTER SPECIAL

TOLL RAIL’S TAIHAPE STEAM-HAULED EXCURSION

RES TARANAKI RAIL TRAIL ADVENTURE

GVR’S 55LB TRACK REPLACEMENT

TRANZ ALPINE’S INAUGURAL RUN IN 1987

‘STEAM ON PARADE 2008’ CALENDAR

 

NZ 26D    ‘ALL ABOARD 794’                                                                                                                46 min            $30.00           

Feilding to Gisborne - October 2007

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Feilding Steam Rail ran a passenger excursion over 4 days from Feilding to Gisborne and return during Labour Weekend 2007 behind WAB 794.  MAJIK VIDEO SYSTEMS cameras captured the excursion as it ran over the scenic Palmerston North - Napier - Gisborne line including the unique crossing of the Gisborne Airport runway.

WAB 794 entered service in May 1927 and was allocated to the heavily graded Dunedin to Oamaru section of the South Island Main Trunk until the introduction of the larger North British built J-class in 1939.  The loco was transferred to Wellington in June 1943 to work suburban passenger trains and in 1954 was allocated to Wanganui for a short period where she was finally written off in August 1955.

Purchased by the Ohai Railway Board in Southland to operate coal trains on their private line between Wairio and Ohai, 794 had a new lease of life for a further five years before being relegated to stand-by locomotive after the introduction of diesel shunters to work the 11 kilometer line.

794 was donated to the New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society and eventually made her way in steam fromWairio to Timaru in March 1968 for storage until 1973 when she was towed to Christchurch.  Following a successful lease agreement with Feilding Steam Rail, WAB 794 was towed north to Feilding in 1997 and so began the long restoration and rebuilding project by volunteer members to bring the locomotive up to mainline running specifications.  2003 saw the locomotive return to the mainline after six years of dedicated work.

 

NZ 27D    NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE ~ Vol. 53 (December 2007)                                                            60 min            $36.00

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Volume 53 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.  Featured are:

TOLL RAIL SCENE

MAINLINE STEAM’S NEW ZEALAND 2007 TOUR

WAB 794 ‘DESTINATION GISBORNE’

JA 1271 ‘MAIN TRUNK EXPLORER’

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY & TRAMWAY ATLAS

TAIHAPE’S TURNTABLE OFFICIAL RE-OPENING

STEAM INCORPORATED’S ‘KOPUAWHARA EXPRESS’

RM 133’S LAST NORTH ISLAND RUN

THE PAEKAKARIKI DBR BANKERS

UPCOMING RAILFAN EVENTS

2007 THE YEAR THAT WAS

 

NZ 28D    NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE ~ Vol. 54 (March 2008)                                                            60 min            $36.00

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Volume 54 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.  Featured are:

OCEANA GOLD ORE TRAINS

TOLL RAIL SCENE

JA 1271 ‘TARANAKI WEEKENDER’ EXCURSION

MANUKAU LIVE STEAMERS

NEWMARKET JUNCTION RE-DEVELOPEMENT

GVR WW's RAILFAN’S DAY

NAPIER ART DECO WEEKEND EXCURSIONS

WHANGAREI HERITAGE PARK RAILWAY - PECKETT

FERRYMEAD RAILFAN'S DAY

ROGERS K92 - OAMARU STEAM & RAIL

 

NZ 29D    MAIN LINE STEAM IN NZ ~ OCTOBER 2007                                                                        62 min            $36.00

As regular main line steam operations in the world are being phased out, New Zealand has become the country that can provide a selection of steam locomotives operating in spectacular scenery and operating conditions that allows railfans numerous photo runbys on the main line and riding on the locomotive footplate. Each year Ian Welch’s Mainline Steam Trust caters for railfans who travel from around the world to experience travelling the length of New Zealand behind beautifully restored steam locomotives such as North British Locomotive Company built JA 1275, J 1211 and JB 1236 and NZR Addington built AB 663.  MAJIK VIDEO SYSTEM’S cameras capture the excursion as it ran through both the North and South Islands and features the North Island Main Trunk and the scenic Palmerston North - Napier - Gisborne line with its unique railway/runway crossing at Gisborne Airport.  Main Line Steam in New Zealand also covers points of interest along the route including the Raurimu Spiral, the last spike on the NIMT, 1953 Tangiwai Rail Disaster, Gisborne City Vintage Rail and the Weka Pass Railway.  The final day of the tour saw AB 663 head the excursion from Wellington to Ohakune where JA 1275 took over for the remainder of the run to Auckland - a 680 kilometre dash that hadn’t been achieved by steam in a single day since February 1965.

 

NZ 30D    NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE ~ Vol. 55 (June 2008)                                                            60 min            $36.00

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Volume 55 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.  Featured are:

TOLL RAIL SCENE

SILVER STREAM RAILFANS DAY

STEAM TO THE RIVER CITY

WEKA PASS RAILWAY

THE PLAINS RAILWAY

FRED HAMER RETIRES ON JA 1271

OHAI COAL TRAINS

Plus many more items ….

 

NZ 31D    NEW ZEALAND RAILSCENE ~ Vol. 56 (September 2008)                                                            60 min            $36.00

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Volume 56 of this series features rail action from both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, covering steam & diesel.  Featured are:

DXB 5143 Special Photo Shoot Train

2008 NIMT Centennial Parliamentary Special

Helensville Passenger Train Return

Kiwirail Scene

English Electric DF 1501 On The Move

Nelson Railway Society

‘Grand Pacific Tours’ Private Steam Charter

Onehunga Branch Relaying

MLS Christchurch - Belfast Steam Shuttles

The Governor’s Special

Mystery Footage Competition

2009 NZ Steam on Parade Calendar

New Zealand Railscene Volume 57 Preview

 

NZ 32D    2008 NIMT CENTENNIAL PARLIAMENTARY SPECIAL & GOVERNOR’S SPECIAL            84 min            $41.00

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THEN ~ At 10.00pm on Friday 7 August 1908, 60 Politicians, as well as their families, invited guests and members of the Press boarded the Parliament Special in Wellington to travel to Auckland to meet the United States Navy’s ‘Great White Fleet’.  The train was made up of eleven carriages with seating for 203 passengers and included one dining car that could only seat seventeen people at a time.  At Horopito the Public Works Department’s locomotive was replaced with three smaller lighter tank engines to tackle the section of unballasted temporary track at a very slow pace of around 6 mph to Makatote.  Auckland was finally reached on Saturday 8 August at 6.30pm after nearly 21 hours - the first through train to travel the NIMT.

 

 

NOW ~ The re-run of the Parliament Special of 1908 that inaugurated rail travel between Wellington and Auckland on the North Island Main Trunk was not just a celebration of that historic event but also a triumph for those rail heritage organizations and people who contributed so much to ensure that it could happen.  It was an opportunity to take part and to witness a rare and historic event.

 

The 2008 NIMT Centennial Parliamentary Special was managed by national rail infrastructure operator Ontrack and involved Kiwirail, Steam Incorporated, the Mainline Steam Trust, Feilding Steam Rail

Society, the Silver Steam Railway, the Museum of Transport and Technology’s Western Springs Railway and the Railway Enthusiasts’ Society.  The train featured five carriages and a guard’s van including

carriage AA 1013 that is the only surviving remnant of the original 1908 Parliament Special.

 

We follow the journey of the steam-hauled ‘2008 NIMT Centennial Parliamentary Special’ and its return working to Paekakariki as ’The Governor’s Special’.