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.

Train Derailment in the Manawatu Gorge
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_R51_007820
- Title
- Train Derailment in the Manawatu Gorge
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
- Date
- August 1946
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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