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This photograph shows a derailment on the Palmerston North - Napier Line, Keith Street Palmerston North. About eighteen wagons were derailed.There were a spate of attempts to derail trains on the line, through the use of debris on the line, objects thrown at the drivers and one case of shots being fired.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014N_R18_007811
Title
Derailment on the Palmerston North - Napier Line
Relation
Public Photograph Collection R 18
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1926

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
accident,
crash,
disaster,
photographs,
railway,
railways,
terrace end,
train,
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