826 Westland Dairy 

What an amazing collection. Thank you for the effort made in putting this together 👌

The Otira tunnel under the Southern Alps has a sustained gradient of 1:33. Milk powder manufactured in Hokitika packed in 20kg bags in shipping containers goes east and is destined for export from the port of Lyttleton. Some concentrated fresh liquid milk goes the other way to augment Westland milk but this particular train has no empty tankers going back for refill.

Sweet sweet sounds👍

Just under 20,000 hp.. nice

Normally two DXC's from Arthurs Pass. Were they taking the other four to Christchurch for maintenance, or was it a "bad hair" day, and they were needed on the grades?

This deserves a hell of a lot more views

Sorry marty this Video raises more questions than it answers? why are 6 engines hanging slightly less than double that number? I expected in a video entitled westland dairy some comment about raw milk being transferred vai the rail! and the product then being exported at a huge profit?

sou filho de ferroviário aposentado e ja falecido mas adoro ver estas belezuras de locomotivas em plenos funcionamento

And I thought riding on the cowcatcher was outlawed. Great footage

Great footage Marty, amazed to see double Dx's on the Hokitika branch! (Last time I saw a train there it was headed by a very lightweight Dbr)

Great video Marty, what gear are you using?

DX heaven, 😊.

The train can go 100 mph

Very nice Marty :D

As imagens são maravilhosas e a captação do som é demais!

Sadly watching this great video, reminds me of the possible sale of the westland cooperative to the Chinese, but then again I definitely am in ore of the Chinese railway's in the last few years. Maybe in the future our railways will be Chinese owned and operated.

sou filho de ferroviário aposentado e ja falecido mas adoro ver estas belezuras de locomotivas em plenos funcionamento