Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Eastbound Kiwirail coal train 832 kicks up a huge heat haze in the -2 degree temperatures at Craigieburn, on the mountainous Midland Line in New Zealand's South Island.

The Midland line is a 212 km section of railway between Rolleston and Greymouth in the South Island of New Zealand. The line features five major bridges, five viaducts and 17 tunnels, the longest of which is the Otira tunnel. It is the route of the popular TranzAlpine passenger train.

Filmed 09 August 2025.

Assistant camera : Cayleb Clayton