Off the Rails: A Love Story — Season 1, Episode 10: Good as Gold
Documentary • 22 min • 1 season, 12 episodes
Episode synopsis
Marcus follows a log as it is felled in Kaingaroa Forest, loaded on to a train and taken to Mt Maunganui for export. He visits the historic gold trains of the Karangahake Gorge, meets Coromandel livewire Barry Brickell who built his own narrow gauge railway and, in Hamilton, discovers an extraordinary collection of railway exotica.
About Off the Rails: A Love Story
One man in New Zealand is still passionate enough about its rails and the country they roll through, to put words into action. Train buff Marcus Lush heads "Off the Rails", from Bluff in the South to Opua in the North, on a remarkable array of railways - coal, freight, steam, railcars, even a jigger or two! A fascinating and entertaining journey full of quirky locals and spectacular scenery.