Keirunga Park Railway, Havelock North
Footage from the 2016 Labour Weekend at Keirunga Park and drone footage is from a normal Sunday running.
Follow me:
►YouTube:
►Facebook:
►Instagram:
Keirunga Park Railway (Havelock North, NZ) 2010
Keirunga Park is the home to the Havelock North Live Steamers and they have two open weekends each year - March and October. These scenes were all taken during the two events in 2010.
Keirunga Park Railway ( Havelock North 2010)
Train ride at Keirunga park, Havelock North Live Steamers, New Zealand. Taken during Labour Weekend, 2010.
Keirunga Park Railway, Havelock North
A section from an hour long video I shot for the 20th anniversary of the
Keirunga Park Railway back in 2012.
Follow me:
►YouTube:
►Facebook:
►Instagram:
Keirunga Park Railway Havelock North New Zealand October 20-21-22 2012 Part 1
Keirunga Park Railway Havelock North New Zealand October 20-21-22 2012 Part 1
#trainspotting Keirunga Park Railway, Havelock North
Easter Sunday 2019
The Keirunga Park Railway is a popular 846 metre track operated by the Havelock North Live Steamers Club. The track winds its way around Keirunga Park, through tunnels, over viaducts and around scenic rock faces. Keirunga is rated in the top 5 best miniature railway tracks in the world.
#trains #train #railway #trainspotting #railways #graffiti #railroad #of #photography #rail #travel #world #freights #benching #trainspotter #our #trainstagram #art #fr #traintracks #railfan #bench #nerds #zug #tracks #locomotive #trainstation #rails #underground #bhfyp
Labour Weekend 2017 | Keirunga Park Railway NZ
NZ Miniature Rail heads to the Keirunga Park Railway, located in Havelock North, New Zealand, for their Open Weekend over Labour Weekend 2017.
Follow me on Flickr for more brilliant photos:
Great footage of Live Steamers in action at Keirunga Park Railway
20 Years of Keirunga Park Railway.. . full DVD version!. This video was originally only available on DVD and was made to commemorate the 20th anniversary Of Keirunga Park Railway in Havelock North, New Zealand
Keirunga Park Railway
Havelock North Live Steamers Open Weekend Easter 2016
Keirunga Park Railway Easter Weekend 2019
From Monday the 19th to Sunday the 21st of April the Havelock North Live Steamers and Associates held their annual Easter operating weekend. Shot on a Nikon D3400, Canon EOS 550D and a Canon EOS 60D. Enjoy.
Facebook:
Instagram:
Soundcloud:
Baldwin c19at abbey park
Baldwin c19 at abbey park
Keirunga Park Railway 25th Anniversary
Filmed with DJI Mavic over Easter Weekend 2017.
Edited using Wodershare Filmora, audio is Yellow Ribbon - We Will Get There
For more details about the Keirunga Park Railway please see
Keirunga & Havelock North
Winter time look in the Oak Valley and above at Keirunga Gardens, Havelock North
Hexacopter. Tim Whittaker Photography.
tim.co.nz
Our day at Kierunga Park Railway Havelock North Hawkes Bay New Zealand 24 October 2016
Our day at Kierunga Park Railway Havelock North Hawkes Bay New Zealand 24 October 2016
Kierunga Park Railway Havelock North New Zealand Easter Saturday 2016
Kierunga Park
Railway
Havelock North
New Zealand
Easter
Saturday 2016
slide show and video
Keirunga Park Railway - Easter Saturday
These shots were filmed at the Keirunga Park Railway (Havelock North) on Easter Saturday of 2011.Features good steam action and interesting angles.
This is one of the club's big open weekend, with heaps of visiting locos.
Keirunga park railway
About Keirunga Park
Building the track
The Keirunga Park Railway is the club track of the Havelock North Live Steamers and Associates, an incorporated society formed in 1985 by a group of enthusiasts who realised that a ground-level multi-gauge track in Hawke's Bay would be an asset to those involved in the hobby of model engineering.
After investigating various possible sites in the area, negotiations with the local Council resulted in permission being granted for the club to use the parkland adjacent to Keirunga Gardens.
Following extensive surveying of the hilly site, an acceptable route for the railway was finalised and construction began on 2 August 1986. Five and a half years and over 26,000 man-hours later, Mr Harry Romanes OBE, patron of the society and Chairman of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council, opened the railway on 18 April 1992.
Description of the Track
The track is 846 metres (just over half a mile) long and caters for 5 and 7.25 gauges. Traversing the hilly topography of the park demands a ruling gradient of 1 in 100 uphill and 1 in 50 downhill. The ruling curve radius is 43 feet.
Two crossing loops are provided and a diversion is possible at the first of these to provide a shortcut back to Keirunga Park station. The single track main line crosses four high viaducts - a curved wooden trestle, a steel arch and two concrete structures, as well as passing through three tunnels. The view constantly changes as the line winds around the hillside and along the steep slopes of a deep picturesque valley.
Map of Keirunga Railway track
The photo above shows a diagram of the track layout.
Facilities
Facilities include a hoist for lifting locomotives to track level, a 12-foot turntable and traverser, elevated steaming bays serviced with 12-volt and mains power, compressed air and softened water with communication and water points at all loops.
Signals
The line is fully signalled with automatic three-aspect colour light signals, with two-position semaphores controlling the Keirunga Park Station area. All turnouts are to the design of Henry Holder of Camforth, UK, and, together with the semaphore signals, are controlled electrically by a Westinghouse Style L miniature lever frame donated by NZ Railways in the signal box at Keirunga Park (as seen in the photo below). Keirunga has the largest number of Holder Points in the world.
View inside the signal box
Locomotives
Club members own and run a variety of steam, diesel/petrol and electric locomotives. Various locos can be seen on the track during club running days. During Easter and Labour Open Weekends, over a dozen visiting locos are also on display and providing rides.
20th Anniversary
Keirunga Park Railway celebrated its 20th Anniversary at Easter 2012. Several of the founding members and two widows were present at the Anniversary Dinner on Easter Sunday evening, along with about 60 club members, visitors and their families. After the dinner, we previewed the new DVD which is now for sale. John Romanes also prepared a booklet outlining the full history of the railway. Download and print the Story of the Building of the Keirunga Park Railway.
Photo Gallery
We have compiled a photo gallery of images provided by John Romanes, showing the building of the Keirunga Park Railway, with before and after photos. Each photo is captioned. View Photo Gallery.
Da1431 departs Napier station
Da1431 from Steam Incorporated departs Napier Station on its return journey from the 2016 Art Deco weekend. Also seen in Otene Road, Hastings.
Keirunga park railway
A train station
Easter Weekend 2018 | Keirunga Park Railway
The Keirunga Park Railway, located in Havelock North, Hastings, New Zealand, held their get together for visitors over Easter Weekend 2018. The track features fully electric signals, a tough and challenging climb, and some fascinating engineering marvels for its scale.
Find photos from this event here: