The Perfectly Timed Train Passing Video

[ur2c8]

No disrespect but these must be the ugliest trains I have ever seen. Apart from that it's a nice video. Not sure how anyone can dislike it as there is nothing to dislike: unless you dislike trains.

[johncas1]

I do this all the time and the train is top and tail loco pulls it and on way back you can drive it using the cab at the back coach

[AnimeLiam]

@johncas1 I was just about to ask if you can drive the loco from the cab in the back but it looks as though you answered my question before I even asked it xD

[Ironjagg]

trains are awesome

[MrXcheeseX]

no offence but do u spend ur free time doing this???

[GeoffBlackmore]

@MrXcheeseX - Yes, along with millions of other railfans around the world. life would be boring without hobbies!

[skycaprob]

@GeoffBlackmore nicely done my friend... btw do u sell these.... i build models.. and people say they are childish aswell can realy realy anoy me... trains are part of my childhood.. brings good memores to life same as sci-fi models..i can buy a model costing 30 pounds and sell it for almost 50 to 100 depending on what it is

[A55K1KKR]

@MrXcheeseX No offence but do you spend your free time just spewing out negative comments? I`m sure this guy gets more exitement from this than you do trolling.

[ThePrranjalsChannel]

just 4 coaches.. is it some sort'f passenger train?

[GeoffBlackmore]

@ThePrranjalsChannel - Middle Earth trains carry Hobbits, so quite small.

[ThePrranjalsChannel]

@GeoffBlackmore hahaha cool!

[damnrider93]

I like trains

[checkoutmymelody180]

how the fuck did i get here

[GeoffBlackmore]

@checkoutmymelody180 - You want somebody else to explain your own actions to you? Oh well, in that case, you clicked on the video, watched it, then commented on it. Now, if you stopped taking drugs, you wouldn't need others to explain your own life to you.

[davidoffon]

@checkoutmymelody180 By train?

[ThePostal67]

Very nice, it is great when a meet happens and you didn't have to pay someone off to set it up....lol! That happened to me in NW Illinois last week..

[catalina31768]

I was flabbergasted at the timing of those two beautiful trains

[boxersforever3]

well 10/10 for timing there

[STbluefox]

Yeah that was pretty sweetly timed right there. Nice one, man.

[bas949]

I don;t get it

[GeoffBlackmore]

@bas949 - Timed perfectly to pass each other in front of the camera.

[IAMOldNick]

@GeoffBlackmore no they weren't. I take still photos. I want to see head to head stuff, not some not quite there nothing. movies work the same for me

[GeoffBlackmore]

@IAMOldNick - Sorry, but I can't make any sense of your comment. They weren't what?

[ZiiiP2142]

Sexy looking trains. :D

[pablof59]

Pull-Push train but pull situation in both directions...

[andy126128]

cool vid you dont get that in britan its all units now a days

[ryanlim2002]

Do I see DVTs at the back?

[GeoffBlackmore]

@ryanlim2002 - If you mean driving trailers, then yes. They are push-pull trains.

[ryanlim2002]

@GeoffBlackmore Yep. Precisely what I meant. ;) I see. The (Correction. I made an error earlier. ts supposed to by DBSO.) It can't go as fast when DBSO is heading the train right? As compared to loco-head.

[GeoffBlackmore]

@ryanlim2002 - Same speed either way, 90km/h maximum.

[ryanlim2002]

@GeoffBlackmore I see. Thanks for the info. :)

[Organgrinder1010]

Perfectly timed video! A rare catch!

[TheJBshow100]

Guys notice in the comments how he said he took it at 25th of feb yet it says he uplaoded it on feb 24th

how does that work?

[GeoffBlackmore]

@TheJBshow100 - YouTube's database is on US time.  It was the 25th here, but still the 24th in the US.

[wyrleybart]

Those coaches will the ex British Rail mk2s which Britain's "multiple unit railway" couldn't wait to get shot of !!!!

[henrikbror1]

okay nice. what country..???

[Aspekitteh]

@henrikbror1 Auckland, New Zealand

[trevgev]

I just jizzed.

[SamuelJamieArnold]

Can't understand why this suburban railway doesn't have electricity powered locomotives.

[GeoffBlackmore]

@SamuelJamieArnold - They are electrifying it now, and electric trains will start in 2014/2015. Wasn't worth doing any earlier, as patronage was only 1 million per year, but is now 10 million per year and rising.

[danlefou]

Yin and yang! :-) Neat timing.

[BarneySaysHi]

Cool looking locomotives!

[katingaman]

that would certainly be a great long exposure during night time!

[GeoffBlackmore]

@California7900 - Well my channel is called "Trains & Railways of New Zealand", but to be specific, this video is in the suburb of Ranui, in West Auckland, New Zealand.

[ChachaChapati]

Ignore the haters. Not a whole lot of rail videos on YouTube come from New Zealand, so curious yanks like myself have at least one source for that. Nice video.

[QUIX4U]

@ChachaChapati ;-) well -- maybe some old ? KIWI railfan's .. should change that a wee tad :-) instead of just watching them -- as we always have done.

[tyrelhaveman]

@GeoffBlackmore The trains were "passing" each other, not "crossing". This may be a regional language thing, but at least in America a railroad crossing is where a road intersects a railroad. So the title here makes us expect to see a train and a car crossing just in the nick of time, or something like that.

[RhysDreamsEvil]

That is a Train.

[q12e34]

nice crossing

[tryithere]

I thought that train was going to swerve in front of the other one but when I saw it didn't, I went WHEW.

[sabirtumbi]

ohooo. i dint found n e thing new in this. because both trains were on different tracks.... what the hell.............

indian railway is having better handeling then this

[GeoffBlackmore]

@sabirtumbi - Of course they were on different tracks - they wouldn't be able to cross otherwise ;-)

[sabirtumbi]

@GeoffBlackmore oh yes.. that was a common sense.. thanx for rep..

[TheDarkFalcon]

Haha, Perfectly Timed indeed! Had you timed this, was it a suprise the second one coming around the bed?

[GeoffBlackmore]

@TheDarkFalcon - I could hear the second one before it came into sight, so not a surprise.

[GLINA126]

loooool the guy turned on his headlights when he saw the other guy had them on xD haha

[GeoffBlackmore]

@GLINA126 - It's customary to dim the headlights when approaching another train. You flick them back to normal once you've passed.

[GLINA126]

@GeoffBlackmore ohh ok that explains it. I thought i caught something funny lol

[TheDarkFalcon]

@GLINA126 You can see he turned them off @0:21

[MickFix]

Very nice video!

[GeoffBlackmore]

@MickFix - Thanks!

[SupernalOne]

these trains look like a pair of busy caterpillars

[hepalopala]

I just noticed something strange in the description. you wrote the 25th of FEB but the upload date says the 24th.

[GeoffBlackmore]

@hepalopala - That's because YouTube is based in America, and they are a day behind New Zealand. It was the 25th here, but still only the 24th in America.

[TheFlutomaster]

how did I get from Minecraft videos to watching trains pass each other?

[phantomblue18]

@TheFlutomaster I did the same thing WTF Seriously from Minecraft redstone to this, Its Subliminal I tell you!

[GeoffBlackmore]

@phantomblue18 - Don't you have to click on the video to play it?

[stratagie1]

@TheFlutomaster Through a time vortex lol

[DjOver9000]

They Both crossed at the straight line :O

[GeoffBlackmore]

@johnthechink - Obviously two trains crossing each other isn't going to cause an accident. It wouldn't be a crossing otherwise....

[johnthechink]

@GeoffBlackmore well there was a link to this video when i was watching train's crashing =P

[GeoffBlackmore]

@johnthechink - Somebody else providing a link somewhere with a claim that the trains crash is beyond my control. The title of the video is pretty clear - it's about two trains crossing each other.

[Kaisete98]

no accident?

[GeoffBlackmore]

@Kaisete98 - you were expecting one?

[justinfrnfr]

is this waht they call the sunset railway?

[northlanderdude]

nice looking passenger trains !

[MisterFlaherty]

cool

[Andy061095]

What country is this in? The trains look cool.

[Amtrak1194]

@Andy061095 looks to be New Zealand

[granster111]

wow that was AWESOME!

[tmabyers]

That was good, you where in the right place at the right time. Very nice.

[LcTheSecond]

AHHHH, When I saw the title I thought they would get close enough to hit each other and then one changes direction and they don't hit.

[argenvia]

Excellent video

Greetings from Argentina

[lustforlife358]

Symmetry almost. Nice High Res footage Geoff

[SINWGN]

switchd his ligths off

[KodakYarr]

@SINWGN

Probably so he wouldn't blind the driver of the oncoming train.

[SINWGN]

@KodakYarr LOL it dosent say you can do that in the R.O.R.P.

[9plus1s]

solid ranui !!