I completely forgot to record my "thank you to Dunedin Railways" outro. It is a beautiful rail journey on the South Island: pull down the description for a link to their site!

@akankshpiasa8612

5 жыл бұрын

Tom Scott hi I’m a big fan

@jack-er5bz

5 жыл бұрын

another time travel comment

@mickmoon6887

5 жыл бұрын

3 Weeks ago. Tom Scott is verified time traveller.

@dolphee9935

5 жыл бұрын

Time travel!

@hedlund

5 жыл бұрын

Did you record it on a Thursday? I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Sometimes, things are *so* dangerous that they actually end up being safe - everyone treats it with caution!

@cosmicjenny4508

5 жыл бұрын

+Carriage of No Return. It’s like the phenomena of zebra crossings sometimes causing more accidents... because people treat it with not enough caution!

@magnusbruce4051

5 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of when my entire city had no power for about two days meaning that all of the lights at crossings were out. A taxi driver was telling me that nothing happened and the traffic actually flowed better than usual because people were being more observant and letting people in when they needed to rather than when the lights told them to.

@theotherwalt

5 жыл бұрын

@@magnusbruce4051 In the states any traffic signal that has malfunctioned must be treated as a four way stop.

@fetchstixRHD

5 жыл бұрын

That actually ends up being quite common apparently. When something looks dangerous, people tend to be more cautious, which some road layouts actually exploit.

@OrangeC7

5 жыл бұрын

@@theotherwalt And if the traffic is flowing better when they're treated as four way stops, does this mean the traffic signal shouldn't be there? 🤔

I love that the train driver waved back. :)

@GhostHostMemories

5 жыл бұрын

look like it surprised Tom a bit there

@wanhapatu

5 жыл бұрын

They've always waved back to me!

@1234567895182

5 жыл бұрын

A big train used to pass by my elementary school all the time. Me and a bunch of friends would all have and try to get him to blow the train horn. 9/10 they always did! Train drivers are cool people (:

@sam08g16

5 жыл бұрын

The countryside is different than the big city. You naturally wave at strangers and they naturally wave back. You know, like real human beings.

@mikeblatzheim2797

5 жыл бұрын

Once I was in Philly city centre filming a departing CSX train, and to my utter surprise (being from Germany and not used to this) the engineer waved to us and blew the horn.

"Trains and cars don't usually combine very well" I'd say they combine TOO well. Once they meet, it's hard to separate the two.

@SeanBZA

5 жыл бұрын

Very easy to separate, the stuff still on the rails is train, the stuff on the sides that is not ballast was the car.

@SeanBZA

5 жыл бұрын

@@crimmy838 Generally yes.

@ansh0133

5 жыл бұрын

😲

@Brooklyn-Manhattan

5 жыл бұрын

Hirail Truck.

@JesseC1007

4 жыл бұрын

As a locomotive engineer for 23 years I can relate to that !

0:16 That timing with the train horn! You look like you couldn't believe it yourself! ^^

@hasanalarbash4057

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like it was planned. It's too good to be true

@gabrielmaja6127

5 жыл бұрын

Could have been sound effects edited in

@flashsurfing

5 жыл бұрын

More like that's where trains sound their horn, approaching the crossing, like everywhere else in the world

@nztphotography5758

5 жыл бұрын

D G Not in NZ exactly, unless a whistle (horn) board is in place, it’s just well timed.

@PrezVeto

4 жыл бұрын

editing. notice the camera cuts

Look at Tom being nice and waving at the train driver what a nice guy

@OrangeC7

5 жыл бұрын

Only the cool kids waved at the train driver

@Roooobb

5 жыл бұрын

remember 2 thank ur train driver

@SeanBZA

5 жыл бұрын

@@OrangeC7 I do every time I see Aubrey, but some of the other drivers are long dead, or retired.

@eramsorgr

5 жыл бұрын

I always wave to the drivers, the usually wave back or the hit up the horn and scare the crap out of me

@user-sm9tk1ur8k

4 жыл бұрын

and the train driver waived back!

Thanks for such an incredible KZread channel Tom

@Winterharbourmusic

5 жыл бұрын

Yes Rob

@Winterharbourmusic

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed as well

@thefountainpendesk

3 жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing Rob Scallon here!!

@matroscin2189

3 жыл бұрын

Wow hi Rob!

@halotroop2288

3 жыл бұрын

What makes Tom's channel so good is that it *is* credible! :D

I have a feeling you'd like Whittier Alaska. The only land access to the town is a 3 mile, single-lane tunnel, used for cars and trains in both directions. There are tolls and massive waiting areas on either end because the direction of the tunnel flips every hour.

@roblamb8327

4 жыл бұрын

Hope there's a river nearby 'cos I think it'd be tricky navigating that tunnel in an oil tanker.

@samhansen9771

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking. The story about the engineering that went into the tunnel is incredible!

@AaronOfMpls

3 жыл бұрын

@@roblamb8327 It's on a coastal inlet (and was actually founded as a military harbor during WW2). I imagine hazardous materials -- and things that don't fit through the tunnel -- get barged in via the harbor.

@joncalon7508

2 жыл бұрын

That tunnel (Anton Anderson Memorial) was originally hewn out of the rock for the railway. For the longest time, if you wanted to take your vehicle from Anchorage or elsewhere in Alaska to Whittier, for example to take on a ferry, you’d load it onto a train and the Alaska Railroad would transport you and the vehicle to Whittier. They put pavement in the tunnel a decade or so ago, added traffic controls, and made it a dual-purpose tunnel. Trains still use it to this day, because Whittier is the dock that accepts barges carrying railcars from the south (until recently, that was Prince Rupert and Seattle, now it’s just Seattle.)

@krovek

2 жыл бұрын

@@joncalon7508 Interesting, thanks. I visited Whittier in 2016 and loved it, absolutely gorgeous place. The story about it being built as a cold war era base absolutely makes sense, very defensible since there's really only one approach by land or by sea. Funny how now it's almost a social co-op from what I've been told.

On this week's episode of Tom's holiday to new Zealand: trains

@SakanaOtoko

5 жыл бұрын

We've peaked

@thelastcube.

5 жыл бұрын

It's interesting how Tom is squeezing every bit of his holiday-educational trip into bite sized pieces. I really like it tbh

‘Trains and cars don’t usually combine very well’ - There’s an exception to every rule I guess.

@undead890

5 жыл бұрын

I think the problem is Trains and Cars combine too well.

@beetemup1642

5 жыл бұрын

undead890 I think the problem is traincars.

@TheMorpheus017

5 жыл бұрын

Back to the Future 3.

@awildfilingcabinet6239

4 жыл бұрын

An unstoppable force meets a very movable object

@pisces2569

4 жыл бұрын

Ciara Turner the exception is those pickup trucks modified for traveling on railroads

This is one of those things that is very safe compared to suprisingly many things, precisely because it seems so dangerous and the hazard is clearly visible. Suprisingly, sometimes adding safety-elements is dangerous, because people tend to trust them more than they actually protect.

@2bfrank657

Жыл бұрын

Also, it looks like this is way out in the wops where people are used to tight, twisty gravel roads, wash-outs, ford's, stock movements, etc. That motorist who went past was probably a farmer. This isn't in the middle of a city or anything.

Until very recently, there was a shared bridge like this south of Greymouth on New Zealand's west coast. It wasn't just some rural town either, it was the main north-south highway where both the road and train track crossed the Taramakua river over a single bridge. It has since been replaced by separate bridges but it scared the crap out of me every time I drove over it because you're literally driving on a train track for a good 20 seconds with no lights or barriers to warn you of oncoming rail traffic.

@DoubleMonoLR

Жыл бұрын

There were bells at least from memory. It could be intimidating, but there was no risk in reality, on the odd occasion the train would end up following a car across. The only safety issue with it was the driving surface(presumably largely due to the actual rails), from memory I think a motorcyclist had an accident on the bridge and died.

@hahno455

Жыл бұрын

@@DoubleMonoLR Nope, no bells, just 'Railway Crossing/ Give Way' signs. 😊 I couldn't tell you how many time I drove over that bridge, was sad to see it go to an exclusive rail bridge. Was the same with the old Arahura River bridge too.

@timconnors

Жыл бұрын

I rode through there on motorbike. Motorcycles don't have reverse gears usually...

@apveening

Жыл бұрын

@@timconnors But motorcycles can turn in place.

@mapper7310

Жыл бұрын

Would that have been the one on state highway 6?

Yay! My home town of Dunedin appears again. Always interesting to see how it's viewed by an outsider.

@DRSDavidSoft

5 жыл бұрын

I like your hometown

@Frog_Is_My_Name

5 жыл бұрын

GuanoLad my dad did part of his uni there and all I’ve gathered is that it is bloody cold, and now I also know that they have a steep road and weird bridges I already knew about the bridges tho

@GuanoLad

5 жыл бұрын

@@Frog_Is_My_Name It's a great University. It's a lot like Scotland, with a lot of rain, rolling hills, and rocky cliffs on the coast.

@gasdive

5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite places.

@presenttomato1060

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Christchurch, I went to Dunedin for a concert, really nice place actually!

Nice work nailing that piece to camera in one take! Pressure!

@beeble2003

3 жыл бұрын

There's no reason to believe it's one take. As another commenter has pointed out, if you go to 0:19, you can see a ghost image where two images have been merged. There are also multiple cuts in the video: the cut away to the train at 0:20 and back; the cut to the company building at 0:24. We cut back to Tom at 0:55, away again at 0:59, back at 1:03, away at 1:06, back at 1:10, and that shot ends at 1:20. The longest continuous shot there is about ten seconds.

This actually was a common occurrence on the west coast where the expected road traffic was light (given it was the 1930's when the roads were built) and you needed to minimize the number of expensive bridges across rivers. They are only in the last 10-20 years finally replacing the final major ones, with the Awatere Road Rail bridge (in Seddon, with it's rail over road design) only taking rail since 2007, and the two major ones on the west coast, Taramakau, which got turned into rail only last year, and Arahura which got replaced in 2009, but you can still go on a portion of the original span. Also good to see that at the end of the video you showed the way to go over such a bridge. You never drive on the rails, always to one side.

@danielcarroll3358

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the update. I went down the west coast by bus years ago and was thinking, "But what about the bridges on the west coast?"

@maytrestar

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of the one in Taramakau while watching this! They were still doing roadworks when I was there :)

@catherinekilgour2563

3 жыл бұрын

The Awatere Road Rail bridge was the one that came to mind for me. Just the chance of having a train cross at the same time was exciting to me as a child. I'm only sorry they removed the road decking it would be the perfect place to take photos. Would also be great as a pedestrian cycle bridge.

New Zealand can be quirky in places, but I absolutely love it. I have travelled over one road/rail bridge but a new road bridge has been built so it is now train only. Well done for showing us this one.

@tkara1980

4 жыл бұрын

I assume your referring to the Taramakau Bridge part of State Highway 6 on the West Coast. South of Greymouth and near the junction with State Highway 73 to Christchurch.

I seem to be the only one who’s impressed by Toms timing with just starting to talk and 20 seconds later the train coming out of the tunnel

@soaringvulture

4 жыл бұрын

That's because Jacinda Ardern is famous for making the trains run on time.

Dunedin ~ Dúnedain Guess New Zealand is really Middle-earth

@brandonkey181

5 жыл бұрын

Close enough!

@benjaminschultz8046

5 жыл бұрын

Much of the LOTR movies was filmed in New Zealand, so you’re not far off!

@JesusJuenger

5 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminschultz8046 I think Jetlite knew that when they wrote the comment :P

@gurrrn1102

5 жыл бұрын

Dùn Èideann. It’s extremely annoying how they don’t pronounce it at all accurately.

@matthewamer713

5 жыл бұрын

Jetlite it’s Gaelic for Edinburgh! Scottish heritage of New Zealand

Can we just all stop for a moment and admire the perfect timing of the train coming out of the tunnel? :)

@backslash777

5 жыл бұрын

@@ragnkja Nevertheless, it had to be challenging to do it properly. And yet so minor thingy :D

@beeble2003

3 жыл бұрын

It's not perfect. At 0:19, you can see a ghost image where two shots have been blended into one.

A new driving strategy, let the train win.

@MiseFreisin

5 жыл бұрын

Alastair Ward The train always wins.

Fully welcoming this channel becoming "The Weirdness of New Zealand Show"

@TommoCarroll

5 жыл бұрын

The world didn't know it needed a "The Weirdness of New Zealand Show"....but ohhhh lord we did

@shiwanabe

5 жыл бұрын

I find it amusing that I'd guessed it was somewhere in NZ due to the background on thumbnail and the 'sillyness' of sharing the bridge. Yay for more No.8 wire logic. :)

@PrograError

5 жыл бұрын

well, it's in the south hemisphere...

@RatelHBadger

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Tom will visit the Otira tunnel?

@Miranda-vj8yy

5 жыл бұрын

Yes love it!! Most of this is things i didnt know i was living close to😂

It's a very acute-angled level crossing.

Tom, I'm absolutely loving the series of videos you're putting out about New Zealand - I'm a Kiwi, but you're showing off parts of my country that I never knew existed!

I really love that I have watched tom scott for over 1 year now and still keep getting videos in my recommended that I haven't watched

interesting stuff that we only see from you Tom keep going

@slipperyslytherin3470

5 жыл бұрын

Where are you inserting it?

@araylaurence6220

5 жыл бұрын

@@slipperyslytherin3470 were the like button is

@joshduthie3401

3 жыл бұрын

I'm probably the only person commenting here who's actually been over it in a car and that was 30 ish years ago.

Grant Craig's wonderful Kiwi accent is mesmerizing. Thanks for the interesting segments, Tom!

Now Takumi can finally challenge the train driver from polar Express in an epic drift battle, pushing both characters to their driving limits

@joshuanishanthchristian5217

5 жыл бұрын

STATION TO STATION!

@RatelHBadger

5 жыл бұрын

Internet needs to make it happen

@Scrogan

5 жыл бұрын

Multi-track drifting?

@revimfadli4666

5 жыл бұрын

@@Scrogan there's only a single track tho so Takumi has an unfair advantage

@nztphotography5758

5 жыл бұрын

Ratel.H Badger I mean NZ is 3ft 6 so we have a issue...

That's so cool!! 👌

Your videos are always either mind-boggling or heart-warming. Thanx a lot.

@deus_ex_machina_

5 жыл бұрын

Never heart-boggoling? Or mind-warming?

@dominiklehn2866

4 жыл бұрын

Or both

I had the privilege of going over that bridge on the train in February 2017 while travelling around New Zealand. If you're in Dunedin the Taireri Gorge Railway is a worthwhile scenic trip. There was another road and rail bridge at Little Current, Ontario where you go on to Manitoulin Island, until the railway tracks were removed many years ago.

Remember to always thank the train driver and be a good boi like Tom

If trains were invented today, we'd never have had platforms without barriers in train stations. Much like this bridge, so long as you're careful it's not a safety hazard.

@TWX1138

5 жыл бұрын

At modern light-rail stations I've seen idiots sit on the platform edges with their legs dangling above the rails as they wait for the next train. When trains pull in they end up within an inch of the platforms. I personally like having my legs and feet too much to assume that I'll be able to move quickly enough when the train pulls up and that the driver would see me in time to try to stop.

@tobybartels8426

5 жыл бұрын

@@TWX1138 : That gives new meaning to ‘Mind the gap’!

@LordZarano

5 жыл бұрын

@@TWX1138 Sounds like they need to install more benches

@TheCandoRailfan

5 жыл бұрын

The floor is also an option. Not a great option, but better than in front of a train.

@netking66

4 жыл бұрын

And southern England would never have had 'third rail' (750 volts) electric railways.

the train coming into view over the hill is just - the most comedic image somehow

You did a video 5 years ago about a manual rail crossing in Canterbury. I realised it's close to my university campus, so I went and had a look the other day

Discovered your channel a couple of days ago, and Ive been binging the whole lot. Incredibly interesting stuff. Keep up the great work Tom.

We always thank the bus driver, but noone thanks the train driver...

@klaxoncow

5 жыл бұрын

In fairness, on a bus, you typically pass the bus driver on your way off the bus - so it's easy to throw a "cheers, driver!" thank you to them as you're leaving. But, with trains, you don't naturally pass them as you leave, so it's not an easy thing to do. Indeed, if everyone insisted that they had to go up to the driver's cab when they leave the train to say "thank you", then you'd get quite a traffic jam on busy stations and it'd just slow down train operations, as the driver's obliged to wait to allow everyone to offer them their "thank you"s. So I'd guess that the train operators and train drivers would actually say "though it's appreciated, please don't actually do this".

@user-sc8mj5bb6k

5 жыл бұрын

@@klaxoncow ...hmm, thank the train driver, but be late? *_A small price to pay for salvation._*

@watfordjc

5 жыл бұрын

If getting off at the back of a Crossrail train, you'll be 2 football (American or soccer) pitch lengths away from the driver. When I used to get off the back of a TfL bendy bus I considered the driver too far away to thank.

@pdarsh3588

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-ds6jv5jf5o you must be from London I'm guessing?

You basically live in New Zealand now Tom

"Level crossings are worse" Well if New Plymouth is anything to go by they're a hole in a fence so yes, I suppose they are 😅

@gearandalthefirst7027

3 жыл бұрын

At least you guys have a fence, I've lived places where tracks going down the middle of a city only have a meter's width of dirt on either side and level crossing are just when asphalt got poured around the rails

How'd you get the cameras on the bridge to so perfectly pan to follow the train? They've gotta be motorized somehow...

@nelsonglover3963

4 жыл бұрын

GoPro Fusion 360 probably then planning around the sphere in post

@JohnSmith-dt1tw

3 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonglover3963 Tom does a lot of neat stuff with that camera. His series "Two of These People are Lying" (a 4 people around a table panel show type thing, well worth a watch) was shot on the 360° camera, with the camera in the middle of the table. It's probably a lot easier to set up than 4+ go-pros, plus if someone moves you can track them after the fact.

@xtrct7303

3 жыл бұрын

Taran, the only human being that asks about camera setup on Tom Scott’s video

@JonatasAdoM

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-dt1tw Wait... I never realized that there weren't any cameras!! You blew my mind! I'm so used to the cameras and microphones I just assumed they were there. Another reason to go watch it again yay!

@Skorpychan

2 жыл бұрын

Probably a gyro-stabilised camera attached to one of the smoothest and most precise tracking systems available; trained human hand/eye coordination.

The Taramakau Road-Rail Bridge is even bigger and longer than that. We went on it not knowing it was a thing, and you can imagine how baffled we were when our GPS told us "yes yes, that's the road you gonna take". It's a really unique driving experience in hindsight, but you're not 100% relaxed when you're on it! Luckily there were other cars in front of us, because I don't know if we would have drove on it otherwise. The trains rolling on it are no small ones too..!

I love these videos you're doing in NZ, I've been watching your channel for quite a while and the added bonus of seeing your videos about the country I call home thrills me :D

New Zealand drivers better be trained in handling this road, or they might be... Well, train'd.

@violeteclipse3912

5 жыл бұрын

nice one

@bremCZ

4 жыл бұрын

NZ drivers are barely trained at all. You don't have to spend even 1 minute at a driving school

@LetsGoGetThem

4 жыл бұрын

@@bremCZ What you got against them, Ms.?

@bremCZ

4 жыл бұрын

@@LetsGoGetThem The lack of driver training of course.

@LetsGoGetThem

4 жыл бұрын

@@bremCZ Why, Ms.?

In 2002, I rode a motorcycle through the 2.5 mile long, one-lane Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel that connects Wittier to the rest of Alaska. It was tense riding between the two slots for the train wheels, and it was quite scary to ride unexpectedly, under the six, 75 horsepower jet engine-loud, air fans inside the tunnel, only a few of which were operating. The train schedule was not obvious before I entered the tunnel. And there was no traffic for me to blend into.

This is the coolest bridge! It reminded me a little bit of the Anton Anderson Tunnel in Alaska, where cars and trains share a 4100m tunnel

@Genius_at_Work

2 жыл бұрын

There is a Bascule Bridge shared by Cars and Trains in Germany, and it happens to be single Lane too. It's secured by Lights and Barriers though, because there is more Traffic (Road and Rail), the Trains are faster and mostly because German Drivers can't be trusted to act independently. A simple broken Traffic Light literally is an inevitable Crash, because People think it means "green" and blast into the Intersection without even slowing down or looking.

Tom should do a series called Amazing Potential Disasters.

Good video! Hope you're having a great time here in NZ, Tom! Maybe you can do a video or two here in Wellington!

We have been on that train, they stop just after the tunnel to let passengers off to walk across the bridge so that you can take pictures of the train coming at you and then the train stops just around the corner so that the passengers can get back on. It's a very good trip with some stunning scenery. Dunedin station is worth a visit even if you're not traveling, the ticket hall is incredible.

Thanks for showing all these cool oddities Tom! The world is full of neat little features and you're allowing people to see them all.

As soon as you said road/rail bridge I knew it was going to be NZ. they have many awesome ones up the west coast too but sadly they are separating them as traffic increases so the experience will eventually dry up

I've visited New Zealand a couple of times. It really is a quirky weird country like no other and my God is it gorgeous.

Lucky to see this. They were common in the 90's. There were still a few road/rail bridges on the west coast when I was there in 2015, but when I visited again in 2018 they were all gone.

Mad respect for the effort put into the camerawork of this video, Tom.

Ah, a classic case of something seemingly dangerous making people cautions, making the thing actually less dangerous, than the safer seeming alternatives.

@laurencefraser

5 жыл бұрын

@Jordan Rodrigues conveniently, in this case, the only thing on the other side is a couple of farms, so that's mostly a non-issue.

@joshduthie3401

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurencefraser there's also a nice river and picnic area abut you'd have to know about it, it's miles from anywhere.

That is cool!

The Taieri Gorge railway is a great day out for those who don't know it, very spectacular. There was a one-lane road/rail combined bridge at Connel Ferry near Oban (Scotland) for many years. Since the closure of the Ballachulish branch in the 1960s, it has been road only.

Yessss! that timing of the Trian was perfect! Thank you for having such attention to detail Tom!

Not dissimilar to Connel Bridge near Oban. The bridge wasn't wide enough for both trains and cars, so it worked more or less like a level crossing.

Loving these videos from my home in NZ : )

Great to see you are enjoying your time in our fair land Tom! Having just returned from a holiday in the UK and Italy I'm very glad to be home and extremely grateful for the simple things New Zealand had to offer, including quirky train bridges and fruit based town monuments (Kiwifruit in Te Puke, Carrots in Ohakune, L&P Bottles in Paeroa). Keep up the good videos!

@TheCrowDoctor

3 жыл бұрын

LAZER KIWI should have won.

I grew up near one of these in Germany. It linked Anglia and Swansea. I'm not joking those are the two peninsula. I cannot imagine not having barriers to make sure there isn't a train coming the other way.

"Sorry, I screwed up my line. Could the train come back and drive over again?"

@gordonrichardson2972

5 жыл бұрын

One-take Tom...

I can imagine some action movie scene taking place here A car just making it through while a train is coming from other side

As dangerous as it sounds in concept, its great to see how peaceful this is in practice!

i love how train driver waved back at Scott, when that train was passing by

All bridges should be like that. I'm tired people driving into moving traffic and assuming it will stop.

Level crossings are worse... I can believe that, people will pay way more attention to this.

Always happy to see a new Tom Scott vid

I can actually think of two more examples of shared train-car bridges: - Porthmadog, Wales: The Welsh Highland Railway enters and leaves along a short road running section across a bridge. - Preston, England: The Ribble Steam Railway crosses over a shared Road-Rail Bridge.

@fetchstixRHD

5 жыл бұрын

I forgot about both of those for a moment! Saw another comment about the Preston one but forgot the name of it

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory

Жыл бұрын

Theres one in Chicago too

Went over a few of these in Uganda, most of the trains in the country have stopped running now though.

At 0:24 my derpy brain read "Home of George Takei railway" for a second. Oh, my.

@tkara1980

4 жыл бұрын

Wrong the Taieri Gorge. Taieri is pronounced "Tie-we."

More than the content itself, what amazes me the most his how Tom can seemingly get so much information out in what seems like one camera take. That's some expert level memorization right there.

@Genius_at_Work

2 жыл бұрын

It's the other Way around. Research Informations and write a Script, so you know what to record and be efficient at it.

Can I just say I think you have some of the best content on KZread? Super interesting, short (!), well made videos (!!!). Just what KZread is for. Well done, as per usual. 🙂

Never expected a semi-railfanning video from Tom Scott, nice work!

@benkolya

5 жыл бұрын

I need more

There's a swing bridge in Preston in the UK similar to that, Tom. Although as you say it has barriers and warnings.

@Cookie1994UK

5 жыл бұрын

You beat me to it. I've seen a train on the bridge but I've never been there to see it open for a boat to go through

@fetchstixRHD

5 жыл бұрын

Oh I think I’ve seen that one somewhere! What a crazily impressive bridge it is, a combination of a swing bridge and level crossing...

@taygadesign

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cookie1994UK wait then how do they make sure the railway track is aligned when the bridge is lowered?

@nightw4tchman

5 жыл бұрын

@@Cookie1994UK I've been on trains over it and driven over it countless times. Yet to see it open for a boat in person though. There's two level crossings either side of it as well which makes it fun if you're driving.

@nightw4tchman

5 жыл бұрын

@@taygadesign It locks in to place I believe. I've driven on it countless times and it looks almost perfectly aligned every time.

I love these small and interesting videos. I hope there are many more to come!

Love how short but informative your clips are. Congrats, nice channel

The Taramakau Road-Rail Bridge south of Hokitika in New Zealand is an even weirder example of this

@HerrSchnapps

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly it's recently been replaced

@lukasschramm5906

5 жыл бұрын

@@HerrSchnapps Is that really true? Such a shame! are there any sources for this? Are there now to bridges?

@Catrope

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, you can see it on street view in Google Maps

The train always has the right of way, even if it doesn't, it will make it's own right of way. The train never loses.

@SassyP17

5 жыл бұрын

Ah unless there is dynamite

@lordsqueak

5 жыл бұрын

@@SassyP17 Or another train,,, loaded with dynamite.

Love the NZ videos you've made!

Great video as always!

What a neat place! I wonder what the design load for the bridge is.

@boostin100

5 жыл бұрын

It's a rail bridge that's had a road surface added to it, so will be high.

just one thing: How do you come up with all the ideas/places for your videos?! Do you have people researching for you? Anyways, keep up the good work!

@FailTorrent

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of people e-mail him with suggestions for his video's, but I can imagine a lot of companies like this also get in touch with him, because it's good promotion.

@TheCrowDoctor

3 жыл бұрын

There are only 5 cities with over 100k population excluding the lower hutt. (Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) so there is not a large selection.

@TheCrowDoctor

3 жыл бұрын

@John Citizen Hahaha jokes on you, you live in Dunedin like I do probs not, our architecture is amazing.

In Portugal we have a similar bridge still standing, the Jafafe Bridge in Sernada do Vouga. The train does go into the bridge *very* slowly, and I believe there are barriers, but still very cool to see.

That is a great train trip in the spring. The other train/car bridge in NZ is on a main highway, lots of traffic.

@julianevans6486

5 жыл бұрын

That is now rail only. New road bridge opened. That is located just south of Greymouth

0:04 "the rules are simple" YOU LAUGH YOU LOSE

@shahimagesyt

4 жыл бұрын

Well you already know what happened to me

How did they perfectly time the train horn with Tom's monologue??? Edit: 0:18

@flashsurfing

5 жыл бұрын

Tom timed when the train would arrive, paused monologue for the horn

@bremCZ

4 жыл бұрын

Edit the horn into the monologue.

In Alaska, there is a small town called Wittier, and it's only road link is a single-lane tunnel, and it's shares between cars and trains.

What a stunning view.

I seriously hope nobody has been in a hurry and tried to go ahead of the train

@Huntracony

5 жыл бұрын

Here's the thing, I don't think they would on a damn bridge, people do try on level crossings.

@TheSpaghettiKnight

5 жыл бұрын

Not a New Zealander here, but someone has, I'm sure of it. :/

@roblamb8327

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps they ought to have added passing places mid-bridge? And/or "No Overtaking" signs? That's the/our British way of taking Health and Safety to excess.

@trueriver1950

3 жыл бұрын

People don't usually try that a second time

The one lane car that shares trains and bridges

@RubixB0y

5 жыл бұрын

The cars-bridge trains that lane one shared and

Love you keep your videos concise

Amazing scott thanks for bringing this cool place to us

No!! Tom your greying! Its ok we still love you no matter what ❤️

You know you're lucky when both Tom and Ted-ed upload on the same day :)

That was such excellent timing for that take with the train. You only get one shot. Good work friend

There's a similar bridge in Wilderness, South Africa, used by the Outeniqua Choo Tjoe steam train, although the line hasn't been used since it was damaged in a landslide a good few years back.

Tourists: Trains have right-of-way? Not on my watch! Also tourists: _Gone. Reduced to atoms_

@fetchstixRHD

5 жыл бұрын

Train: “I’m about to end this man’s whole career”

@OrangeC7

5 жыл бұрын

Tourists: Tries beating the train to it Thanos: Snaps the universe

You really had a busy time in New Zealand didn’t you ahahaha

Very nice timing on filming. Great video.

What a nice and short+to the point video. Thank you.