Excellent channel with trains from NZ. Congratulations. Keep up the good work in the future. I subscribed to your channel. Greetings from here... Portugal !!!
JA1271 was a Hillside Workshops built ( in 1956, retired in 1971 ) loco and spent much of its working life in Otago and Southland. As far as i know it is burning coal ( like a Proper steam loco SHOULD not oil )!! Taihape was ''Fred Dag'' country, a real character, a famous cartoon Footrot Flats!
When I was a kid growing up in NZ, one of my chores was to put the milk bottles out by the gate each night for the night milkman to replace with full bottles of milk. I used to rush back inside because of the eerie noises from the steam trains in the shunting yards. Sort of like "Sound effects" on "War of the Worlds" soundtrack. Terrifying as a kid!
Was unaware that outside a couple of Climaxes on static display that New Zealand had any steam locomotives. Didn’t t they bulldozer dozens of them into rivers ???
Awesome sound of those locos. The engineers need to let the people know the weight and power of those historical steamers they have in their hands with the whistle. You guys need to use the "Clear The Track" warning with two looongs a short and another slow gradual pull for a loooooooong. Let your country side know your coming and they will never forget that beautiful sound of the train whistles for generations to come!!
New Zealand steam locos look so much better than British locos of a corresponding age far more modern for example NZ had automated couplers in 1908 no man crushing buffers
