The Southerner Train From Christchurch to Dunedin April 1990 

Wow . This video was taken on Southerner Friday 27 April 1990 on way down to Dunedin for last train to Clyde a couple of days later on 29 April

@@heriot-edievale9783 Yes it's an excellent video! Was privileged to ride in The Southerner Passenger Express train a few times over it's lifetime. One of its drivers in the '80s lived opposite our family home here in Invercargill - a Maori gentleman with the surname Davis. Sorry I've forgotten his first name. Drove it for many years. Might have been Gordon? Every time I heard The Southerner either leaving or returning to Invercargill I knew Mr Davis was at the controls. At Christmas 1979 a group of friends of mine plus myself [5 in total] took The Southerner to Christchurch from here in Invercargill. We were allowed to place our fully loaded touring bicycles in the guards van carriage. We rode a circumnavigation of the South Island i.e. we left Chch and headed up to Kaikoura, Blenhiem, Nelson, down to Murchison, Reefton, over to Greymouth and then down the West Coast, over to Central Otago/Hawea, then Cromwell. We split there and one of my friends and I headed to Alexandra while the others headed to Queenstown. My parents were holidaying in the Alexandra Holiday Camp and my father had a trailer and so with much relief he loaded our bicycles on to it to take back home to Invercargill. We were all aged 16/17. Traffic was kind to us. That wouldn't be able to take place now days - too many unskilled drivers plus increased traffic numbers on the roads in my opinion. I really hope you enjoyed the Last Train Ride To Clyde on 29 April 1990. Would have been a sad but on the other hand wonderful occasion.