By popular request, realtime cab footage from a DC class locomotive in New Zealand on the M52 Hautapu/Waitoa mainline shunt. In this video we travel with tonnage from Morrinsville to Te Rapa, and experience the DC's engine being put to work and getting us to line speed.


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 incab conversations, to protect the privacy of all involved.


0:00 Note on Audio
0:10 Morrinsville to Motumaoho
8:11 Motumaoho to Eureka
13:44 Eureka to Ruakura
19:33 Ruakura to Hamilton
26:35 Hamilton Station to Te Rapa

Footage captured by GoPro mounted on the top window, 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.