One Summer - A Snapshot of New Zealand's Railways
New Zealand Railways
About this title
This two disc set is arranged in a magazine format with a look at activity on some of the heritage lines as well main line excursions, Kiwirail freight and passenger traffic is featured in separate chapters.
Disc 1
Heritage lines, North island
The Milk Run
The Art Deco Weekend
Suburban services, Wellington
Suburban services, Auckland
Three narrow gauge railways.
Disc 2
Heritage lines, South Island
Main line excursions
Export coal
Long distance passenger trains
Each disc is over one hour in duration. The material was filmed over a 19 week period in the summer of 2008/9, with additional material from other videographers.
This is a companion set to two other films: New Zealand Steam Diary 2008/9 and New Zealand Line-by-Line.