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Yes, still a few around the place.

Not enough internal demand & NZ cannot produce milled timber at the same price.

GE U26C built by General Electric. They have had extensive modifications hence the DXC subclass.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. There is alot of logging around that area.

No wagons for Fonterra today. Good length after departing Edendale.

Yes. Was also the first time the siding in Gore had been used in a while.

Thanks, was also the first time the siding in Gore had been used in a number of years.

Thanks, check out my video on Y35 if you want to see some Edendale railyard action.

Majority of the shunters in New Zealand are that style. Twin engined & remote control.

Thanks. The thing with the,"Clayton " class 17 was the motors were absolutely crap. Even with modified prime movers they were inadequate for what they were ment for. Some were fitted with steam generator boilers for passenger use. But still useless.some of the Claytons ended in private use,places such as cement works but most were consigned to the cutters torch, only one was saved in preservation and can be seen on heritage railways around the UK.

No problem. Y35 is normally a busy shunt. Collects tonnage from Alliance, Daiken & Fonterra. To save time for the mainline services it will consolidate the wagons from Alliance, Daiken & Fonterra and will leave them at Edendale, and will also take wagons down to Alliance, Daiken & Fonterra that are dropped off at Edendale.

Thanks. Southbound trains are normally limited by length rather than weight. On this train, all the wagons before the white tarp containers were loaded & bound for Invercargill, and the remaining wagons (apart from the last two wagons (carrying the ISO tanks)) were empty. The white tarp containers are bound for Fonterra Edendale, and the remaining wagons dropped off at Edendale are for Daiken (the local Medium Density Fibreboard plant). Northbound trains are the opposite, they are normally limited by weight.

Yes there are certainly a interesting piece of kit, & the fact that they are continuously moving. I remember years ago seeing the ballast cleaner working down here. I'm unsure if i have seen one down here since.

Thanks. Yes you will see a few DF's & DC's on the Midland line, helps to bring a bit of variety.

@TravellingRailSpotter been a while since I last seen a DC on the Midland Line or the hokitika line.

@@steveruss8369 I'm not on the West Coast often but saw two over there in January last year. I've got a video of one of them on here.

@TravellingRailSpotter mint I'll check that vid out!!

Thanks!. Check my video of Y35 if you want to see more of the Edendale yard.

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Yes. There is still a bit of milk powder coming out of Edendale. 932 was a good size on Friday, especially after collecting the additional tonnage from Daiken. Majority of the dairy farms around Southland would have dried off by now and a small portion will be winter milking but their milk will head north for processing. One wagon was removed from the rake of wagon which was destined for Daiken, as it had a bad flat spot. Check out my video of the Y35 shunt to see them shunting this wagon into the siding.

Yes, but majority of those containers are empty, as there are a lot of products exported from Southland, so need the empty containers to load.

Yes, still the longest passenger tunnel in New Zealand, but is the second longest rail tunnel now.

Yes, certainly creates a bit of interest while it is down. Shame nothing is offered while it is laying over in Invercargill.

Glad you enjoyed it Jaidee, hope all is well in Hamilton.

Thanks Jaidee, glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you very much! The locomotives for the Tranz Alpine are kept busy now, since the banning of locomotives long end leading. They bring the carriages and take the carriages back to Waltham for the Coastal Pacific and the Tranz Alpine.

Yes, but the log trains out of Murapura are some of the heaviest in New Zealand.

Yes.

Thanks for watching. It is a shunters refuge, so they have somewhere to stand while shunting wagons, as there is no where safe to stand on the back of the locomotive. It also includes spare couplers that maybe required when coupling up to wagons that don't have the automatic couplers.

Hi, neither, they are used to cart the resin (glue) for the manufacture of Medium Density Fibreboard.

Yes there is. The length is dependent on the length of the passing loop as alot of New Zealand is single track, with passing loops where one train can pull into to allow another train to cross. The weight of a train is dependent on the ruling gradient & each class of locomotive has a maximum weight it can haul eg a DX can haul more than a DC. For Southland it is normally around 2000T and 900 metres

@@TravellingRailSpotter thank you sir

A set of six, in this case 6x DX locomotives.

There is alot of work going on at Wellington Station to improve the signaling so they can increase the number of trains that can run per hour. Currently there is a bit of a bottle neck at times.

@@TravellingRailSpotter Thanks for the info

The bankers aren't really needed, but is easier if they haul a train through, as there is a dedicated crew based in Otira & all they do is take trains through the tunnel.

No, that is it.

@@TravellingRailSpotter Must have had some important tonnage in the train...ie the first wagon.

@bnrailfannz8262 they require a runner wagon as other wise the cow catchers will foul each other.

Thank you so much.

When heading west (towards Otira) the bankers don't do anything, they are just on there to get back to Otira. Due to the training required to operate trains through the tunnel, there is a full time crew based in Otira to do this, and they take all trains through the tunnel. When heading east (towards Arthurs Pass) they are required due to the 1:33 gradient of the tunnel, so requires the extra horsepower to pull the train through.

@@TravellingRailSpotter ah got it, thanks for that mate 👍

Thanks, hope you enjoying my videos from New Zealand.

Welcome aboard!

Thanks, certainly a great catch on a Sunday afternoon.

Nope haven't tried a laptop but I'm sure there are workarounds. Doors aren't too much of an issue as they aren't open for long. Worthy points, but still a superior ride compared to the older S carriages.

Thanks

Same siren, but different frequency. It us used to alert the local fire service of a call out. The fire service is alerted by their pagers, but if no one responds after a certain number of minutes the alarm sounds as a backup, incase the pagers failed.

Two are on the back, & two on the front. Both are removed before departing Arthurs Pass.

The DC locomotives without cab issues are still widely used at the head of trains.

I just think that the extra DX on the head was just added so the DC wasn't needed to be used for the journey to Port Chalmers. The DC would have been used for the journey up to Dunedin from Edendale though.

Ok Railspotter... I have never seen or heard of a DC class locomotive, crewed, heading a freight train in the South Island... Also I don't get why KiwiRail would drag a dead loco all the way to Port Chalmers... Wear and tear for no good reason. All those locos would have been cut off the head of that rake, and a DSG would have taken over. It's not economical to use Mainline locos for a shunt man as they would have to come all the way back to Dunedin as there is no way out of Dogtown via Port... Dunners is the staging point for anything going North or South.

Oh yeah, DC's don't have cab issues as they are constantly rebuilt to provide motive power... Unmanned.. You may have meant the DXC...

​@aaronharvey7523 DCP 4755 & DXC 5425 would have been on the head of 931/932 (Dunedin - Edendale). Often the evening Y22 shunt will pause in Dunedin before departing as Y20 to Port Chalmers & in the weekend the locos from 938 will heads out to Port.

No just the front DX

Thanks, our trains are considerably smaller than what you regularly see