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Men are working to right a railway carriage, on the banks of the Manawatu Gorge. The derailment of the freight train, engine KA951, killed two of the three crew, driver B Craighead and Fireman R Hoskins. The Guard, R Maitland, escaped. Railworker on far right is Tom Lang/Laing. Man on far right in group of three on bank may be Douglas King.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection R 46
Date
August 20, 1946
Digitisation ID
2007N_R48_WOR_0121
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Manawatu

Object rights

License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
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railway,
work,
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