Krazy Kiwi Bridge

You have probably seen the photo of the car on the bridge with the train directly behind it and thought it was a good Photoshop job. It is a real photo and here is the video that proves the bridge exists. The location is south of Greymouth on New Zealand's South Island.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Zealand
• NZ
• train
• bridge

[malcolmjacobson]

i bet the driver of that truck had a stain in his pants after that

[kaiwhara]

Actually, it is marked, but well behind the camera

[SittingMooseShaman]

...I like it! ...my kind of bridge...

[Daikenboy]

Not crazy at all. It was a cheaper way to get road and rail traffic over a river when built back in the late1800's and early 1900's

[juddabar82]

@rchuso Its not running at the moment as the dairy season has finished. It carries milk solids from Hokitika to Greymouth. Should resume in a few months, twice daily around 7am and 6pm :)

[rchuso]

@juddabar82 I'm looking for the train schedule, but don't see it. I live in Murchison and would like to see the train cross this bridge, as every time I've been over there it's just vehicle traffic. You know when the train crosses?

[johnparkimp3]

Loved listening to that DBR's GMV8 start to growl as the Loco engineer notched her up as she cleared the Road/rail bridge. The DBR was built for branch lines with lighter PSI rails. they were rebuilds of the original DB class EMD loco's and the traction motors were wired in series. They gave you a kick in the back when notching up.

[TheDarkFalcon]

anyone got link to the photo talked about in video description?

[TheDarkFalcon]

@juddabar82 hahahah

[produKtNZ]

I love how the driver throttles up at the end of the bridge :)

[juddabar82]

I cross this bridge every day as I live on the south side of the Taramakau river and not once in the 25 years I have lived there has there been an accident with the train. The only accidents that have occured on the bridge are from two wheeled vehicles (they're wheels get caught in the tracks) and campervans....because the people behind the wheel can't drive for shit.

[nzmedic]

There's nothing dangerous about it. The problem is most people don't know how to drive properly around trains and that trains have the right of way. I see the madness at level crossings - people starting to cross before the lights and bells stop etc.