Martinus Rail Ballast Wagons Head South - Auckland to Makatote (HD) (Drone Footage)

On Saturday the 9th of September 2023, we chased Train 225s from Auckland (Westfield) to Makatote. Hauled by DLs 9475 and 9112, 225s was conveying 10 XMB Martinus Rail Ballast Wagons to go with DCs 4041 and 4571 for the Picton Yard upgrade in the South Island as Martinus was contracted for the job.
Link to DCs heading south here:    • Martinus Rail On The Move - DCs 4041 ...  
The first leg of our chase started at KiwiRail's Auckland depot at Westfield we then head south following the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) all the way to Hamilton's Depot at Te Rapa. Train 225(s) usually stops in Hamilton for roughly 2 Hours before continuing on south to Palmerston North. We then rejoin the train at Te Kuiti (I know I will try to go to different spots in future) where the trains length has increased to 51 Wagons. This is the highest it has been in a good few months. If I could i probably would've continued the chase to Palmy, however as this video is roughly 30 mins long i ended the chase at the Makatote Viaduct as I had to drive back the same day as I was busy the next. Its also another reason why this video has taken a while to upload. Recently I have been both a bit under the weather and very busy with other things, so i will probably save a full Mid trunk chase for something else coming up. ;)
Again I apologize for taking this long to upload it.
Special Thanks to the KiwiRail Crews for a long and awesome chase.
Next few videos will be more M52 Chases but with long-hood leading banned it will be with Double DCs, but until then Enjoy!