Hautapu Industrial Branch

Dbr 1295 rolling along the old cambridge line to hautapu to pick up tonnage from Fonterra
Looks like the lines seen better days

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• hautapu
• kiwirail
• train
• railway
• level crossing
• fonterra
• dbr
• hamilton
• branchline

[dwkcamman611]

Nice! I think it's crazy how they think that one short horn blast is gonna stop more cars from crossing in front of the train.

[Rawrnz]

@dwkcamman611 In theory the compulsory stop sign should do that haha..

[ccoraxfan]

Interesting piece of rail there!

So do stop signs mean something other than STOP in New Zealand?

[Rawrnz]

@ccoraxfan it seems so.... perhaps it means 'drive faster' and no one told me haha

[NZLcyclist]

I often also see 1295 flying past to Te Awamutu and back, I work on Collins Road.

Flatmate was saying "oh yeah, I fly across that unused railway line at Matangi" We established it is in fact the Hautapu line... lol

[Rawrnz]

this is about the only train slow enough to keep up with in the waikato .. everything else seems to haul ass.. especially the MP trains

[TrainsNZ]

Nice video, but it's ridiculas to know that nobody pays attention to trains and stop signs!

[Jigsaw3477]

or anywhere for that matter.

leads to more accidents, etc.

[CaptYanknBank]

It's a shame to see lines fall in to such a state of disrepair in NZ.

[Rawrnz]

sat there for 15 mins waiting for her return from hautapu. ialmost 70% of the cars stopped.

Is funny to see the last 2, race the train and see who wins.

[Rawrnz]

twice daily i think, once in the morning and once in the afternoon.. this is a far reach from my home patch, so i was lucky to catch her.