Steam Incorporated - Centennial South Island Rail Tour 2015 (HD)

An 85 minute long video production that we presented at the annual Canterbury Railway Society meeting in February 2017 - enjoy! One of New Zealand's recent major events in the heritage rail movement in modern times was the undertaking of a steam hauled tour train around the South Island railway network undertaken by mainline heritage operator Steam Incorporated, based in Kapiti, Wellington during October - November 2015. The purpose was to celebrate the centennial of the country's war memorial steam locomotive Ab class no. 608 since being built at Christchurch's Addington Workshops in 1915. The locomotive has been named "Passchendaele" in remembrance to those railway workers who lost their lives during the dark times of World War One, 100 years ago. The locomotive hauled a consist of 4 wooden open platform carriages, a steel paneled buffet car and a wooden guards van which is on a long term loan from the Glenbrook Vintage Railway in Auckland, all from the similar time period when the locomotive was in operation with the NZR. We capture exclusive footage of this special rail tour as it travels right across the railway network of the South Island, travelling to many places such as Picton, Christchurch, Dunedin, Taieri Gorge, Greymouth, Hokitika & Westport, plus a visit to the Weka Pass Railway in North Canterbury, including never-seen before footage of the excursion. A rail tour of this size in today's ongoing change of environment is unfortunately not likely to be repeated in the future, due to current issues that all New Zealand mainline heritage operators are facing at the moment. Nevertheless enjoy the magical experience of steam on the mainline for a period of 3 weeks, bringing back the memories when steam ruled the railways of New Zealand during the 20th century! Links to the music used in this production are down below: That Feeling by HookSounds http://www.hooksounds.com/ Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by Audio Library    • Video   Adventures by A Himitsu   / a-himitsu   Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music release by Argofox    • A Himitsu - Adventures [Royalty Free Music]   Music provided by Audio Library    • Adventures – A Himitsu (No Copyright Music)   Traveller by Lyvo   / lyvo   Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Audio Library    • Traveller – Lyvo (No Copyright Music)   THE HAPPY SONG by Nicolai Heidlas Music   / nicolai-heidlas   Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Audio Library    • Video   SUNNY HOLIDAYS by Nicolai Heidlas Music   / nicolai-heidlas   Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Audio Library    • Video   QUEEN OF THE SKIES by Nicolai Heidlas Music   / nicolai-heidlas   Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music provided by Audio Library    • Video