150 Years of Rail in New Zealand Fact Card No. Sawyers Bay Mural

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1 136 Sawyers Bay Mural A signals building in Sawyers Bay, Otago shows a cruise ship entering Port Chalmers on one side and the Taieri Gorge Railway train on the other. The murals, painted by Ange Spears, are part of a drive to reduce graffiti and deter trespassers from the rail corridor.

2 137 Green Lady Mural A mural in Kingsland, Auckland of the popular The Chinese Girl or Green Lady by Vladimir Trechikoff has been reproduced with Kiwi flair by Tauranga artist Owen Dippie. The mural is part of a drive to reduce graffiti and deter trespassers from the rail corridor.

3 138 Bruce McLaren Mural A mural in west Auckland of race car driver Bruce McLaren takes pride of place overlooking the rail corridor alongside the road that bears his name in Henderson. The mural, painted by Tauranga artist Owen Dippie, is part of a drive to reduce graffiti and deter trespassers from the rail corridor.

4 139 LNER A4 Pacific Mural A mural of a LNER A4 Pacific locomotive is adorned on Br28 on the Wairarapa Line in Pomare, north of Wellington. The mural commissioned by Hutt City Council and KiwiRail was painted by Whanganui-based artist Dan Mills, and is part of a drive to reduce graffiti and deter trespassers from the rail corridor.

5 140 Train Brain Train Brain looks both ways looks and listens for trains crosses at the crossing focuses around trains is aware of overhead wires. Use Your Train Brain.

6 141 Freeze Brain Freeze Brain is frozen into the straightahead position, not thinking to look left and right at a proper crossing. Always look for trains and obey the warning signs.

7 142 Beats Brain Beats Brain is totally engaged in the funky beats and in the zone. Beats Brain is grooving so much it doesn t hear or see the train. Look, Listen and Live!

8 143 Dur Brain Dur Brain is a baffling condition that defies common sense, wandering away from the safety of the railway crossing and cutting across the tracks where it shouldn t Dur! Trespassing is illegal.

9 144 Txt Brain Txt Brain doesn t mix with trains. So infatuated with its device that it doesn t focus on where it is or what it is doing. Look, Listen and Live!

10 145 Fly Brain Only a Fly Brain would fly a kite close to the electric overhead wires. No second chances. Stay Clear.

11 146 Train Crash Simulation In 2009 KiwiRail simulated a train and car collision. The footage is used in rail safety campaigns throughout New Zealand. Lose a minute, not your life. NZ Herald

12 147 YJ Ballast Wagon Designed and built in New Zealand it carries, distributes and spreads ballast (crushed rock) for railway construction and maintenance activities.

13 148 70s rail freight advert (Rolling rolling rolling, rolling rolling rolling) rail freight Rolling rolling rolling, keep these wheels a rolling Ride across the country rail freight Muscles big and bulging, we ll keep these freight cars rolling We ll keep on rolling rail freight From shore to shore, from door to door Big or small we ll take em all Our aim in life is to get this freight train through h yah Put em up, move em on, put em on, load em up, Put em up, move em on, rail freight Get em there, get em here, get em here, get em there Move em on, move em on rail freight (rolling rolling rolling, rolling rolling rolling) rail freight (rolling rolling rolling, rolling rolling rolling) rail freight.

14 149 Cruising on the Interislander sailing to the other side Written by DDB Agency and performed by The Warratahs, this song became the centrepiece of an advertising campaign in the early 1990s for Interislander, catching the carefree relaxing experience of travelling on board its ferries. Since been recorded by teenager Moana Leota giving a fresh interpretation of the original. Image by Lindsay Keats

15 150 Take a break, take a train In 2013 KiwiRail Scenic released a TV commercial Take a break. Take a train featuring footage of the TranzAlpine. An aria from Georges Bizet s The Pearl Fishers opera (1863) named Au fond du temple saint (In the Depths of the Temple) is performed by cousins Moses MacKay (baritone) and Pene Pati (tenor).