17 Jan 2025

Trains on Tape: New Zealand Rail Scene Turns 30

From 8 'til Late, 8:08 pm on 17 January 2025
A steam train is headed towards the camera, a man in a blue shirt is beside the rail track filming the train go by on a camera.

Photo: NZ Rail Scene / Supplied

Have you ever watched a DVD full of trains? The odds are you've probably come across the New Zealand Rail Scene in an op shop or perhaps back at The Warehouse in the 2000s. Creator of the series, Lindsay Benbrook joins Corey Fuimaono to discuss how the Rail Scene came to be and how it's still going strong today after 30 years. 

A train glides on the rail tracks around a bend, spectators are outside taking photos and watching the train go past a few meters away from the train track.

Example of a photo run from the NZ Rail Scene 2024 Calendar video. Photo: NZ Rail Scene / Supplied

You can find the New Zealand Rail Scene’s website here.