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Two engine crew were presumed drowned when a goods train was derailed by a slip and fell into the Manawatu River. The body of the driver was recovered from Foxton Beach; the body of the fireman was never found. The locomotive involved in this tragic accident was Ka951.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
CA: Elmar Negative Collection F263
Date
August 20, 1946
Digitisation ID
2013G_ELMAR-F263_007002
Held In
Coolstore

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