(DC) Te Rapa to Motumaoho - NZ Rail Cab View Real Time

By popular request, real-time cab footage from a DC class locomotive in New Zealand on the M52 Hautapu/Waitoa mainline shunt. In this video we travel from Te Rapa yard in Hamilton, to Motumaoho crossing loop, on a light loco journey to Waitoa.

Please note there will be more audio muting than usual, as it was a mainline shunt where a Rail Operator (shunter) travels in the cab. There was conversation in the cab, as this is permitted and we are only human. On this channel, what's said in the cab stays in the cab, thanks for understanding.


* Audio will be muted during radio calls, Locomotive Engineer signal calls, and in-cab conversations, to protect the privacy of all involved.


0:00 Note on Audio
0:10 Te Rapa to Hamilton Station
6:15 Hamilton to Ruakura
13:35 Ruakura to Eureka
20:37 Eureka to Motumaoho

Footage captured by GoPro mounted on the 2nd Person's side, out of the driver's line of sight, and not touched until the train was stationary and brakes were applied.

All rail personnel are blurred for their privacy.