Double Thunder Steam Excursion & Ja 1271 North to Glenbrook

[7822welshsteam]

Superb footage. Was that diesel Sulzer-powered?

[NZRAIL]

@7822welshsteam Thank you. It's got an English Electric prime mover.

[quietv8]

The yellow paint on the back carriages spoils the appearance and makes it unauthentic. Only circus trains had yellow paint on the NZR.

[bigkiwimike]

@quietv8 Not quite true. Many non revenue wagons were yellow such as La wagons for bridge and weighbridge inspectors; wooden Kc wagons etc were used by the stores branch to shift freight. Then there was the original Northerner.....

[supertramp1007]

Awesome

[Rocketboy1950]

Lovely bit of pacing

[NZRAIL]

@Rocketboy1950 Cheers!

[TNZvideos]

Great stuff! You can see me hanging out of one of the yellow carriages in the Mercer shot :)

[NZRAIL]

@TNZvideos Haha awesome. Thanks for the comment.

[Rocketboy1950]

@TNZvideos as one of my old drivers would say to me " pull your head in boy people will think it's a stock train" :-)

[enjay1976]

Great video, not a sight you would see everyday that being 2 Ja,s coupled up

[NZRAIL]

@enjay1976 Thanks. It was certainly a spectacular sight.

[Crintingnut]

Great video! Had to miss this trip and this easily makes up for it!

[NZRAIL]

@Crintingnut Thanks, was a great trip to watch.

[Rawrnz]

Cool vid, was a fun day, i think your in one of my photos at mercer haha

[NZRAIL]

@Rawrnz Thanks! And yeah that is me in the photo haha.

[CarAudioGuy21]

sweet video :)

[NZRAIL]

@CarAudioGuy21 Thanks!