Milk Movers BLU-RAY

Railways excel at moving bulk goods, and KiwiRail is no exception when it comes to moving milk products.

Using it’s customised Class OM Freight wagons fitted with stainless steel tanks, these dedicated milk trains are a common sight during the summer peak milk season.

Loaded tanks from outlying plants are assembled into unit trains at Palmerston North, and heralded off to Fonterra’s plant at Whareroa, near Hawera.

During the seasonal peak, up to six trains a day, seven days a week depart Palmerston North for Whareroa, and mixed in with these unit trains are empty containers and ice liners, which will return to Palmerston North loaded with processed products for export.

It’s busy times ahead for KiwiRail, and you’ll see all the action trackside from the Oringi plant through the Manawatu Gorge to Palmerston North and Feilding, Marton, Wanganui, Patea and Whareroa.

Run-by shots of full length trains are included. Limited narration - the trains do most of the talking.