Off the Rails: A Love Story

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Home And Away
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Marcus leaves his home in Bluff and embarks on the start of a 100-day journey around New Zealand by rail. From Invercargill - the most "trained-up" place in the country - he catches a .. show full overview
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Survivor
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From Queenstown, Marcus follows the old Cromwell line to Dunedin, variously using pedalo, bicycle, rubber dinghy and jigger. He stays in New Zealand's most spectacular farmstay and .. show full overview
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Cups And Madness
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Marcus investigates the Seacliff Lunatic Asylum fire, one of the least-known New Zealand disasters, despite it claiming 37 lives. He also gets a handle on railway cups, talking to three .. show full overview
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Friends In High Places
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After arriving by train in Otira, Marcus spends some time helping to run the town with the couple that own it. He then heads to Denniston - a remarkable West Coast town above the clouds - and stays with one of the few families who still live there.
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Coal Fields To Vineyards
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Heading out of the West Coast on a coal train, Marcus meets some miners in Reefton, finds out what happened to Nelson's trains, celebrates Kaikoura replacing rails with whales and ends up in Picton in a subway.
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Secrets And Lies
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From Wanganui, Marcus travels by steam boat and milk train to Whangamomona. He goes to bed in a town of 40 and wakes up the next day to find he's on of 6,000. He then catches his first .. show full overview
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Heart Of Darkness
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From Taumaranui to Palmerston North, Marcus celebrates the Main Trunk Line, ponders the perplexing Raurimu Spiral and taks to people still affected by New Zealand's worst rail disaster, .. show full overview
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Gliding On
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Every day, hundreds of Palmerston North people catch the train to Wellington to work. Marcus partakes in some of their rituals and discovers that the capital is full of rail obsessives. .. show full overview
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Rail Rider
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In Pahiatua, Marcus explains why railcars are the rolling stock that really spins his wheels. He spends the night half a metre from a busy rail line, rides on the country's most .. show full overview
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Good As Gold
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Marcus follows a log as it is felled in Kaingaroa Forest, loaded on to a train and taken to Mt Maunganui for export. He vists the historic gold trains of the Karangahake Gorge, meets .. show full overview
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The Big Smoke
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Marcus hitches a ride on a loco from Hamilton through the Waikato. A visit to Glenbrook is followed by a morning with singer Jordan Reyne who lives in a campground and writes songs .. show full overview
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The Grande Finale
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Marcus gets to ride the one train that's eluded him until now. He heads for Northland via Helensville where he meets the women who used to run the station tearoom. He explains the .. show full overview

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