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This photograph shows the retrieval of the derailed freight engine KA 951, derailed into the Manawatu Gorge. The accident happened 20 August 1946. Two of the three crewmen were killed - B. Craighead and the fireman, R. Hoskins, while the guard, R Maitland, escaped. Three wagons and the engine fell into the flooded river.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014N_R51_007820
Title
Train Derailment in the Manawatu Gorge
Relation
Public Photograph Collection R 51
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Manawatu
Date
August 1946

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
accident,
fatal,
photographs,
r 51,
railway,
railways,
slip,
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