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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 F260
Date
August 20, 1946
Digitisation ID
2013G_ELMAR-F260_007000
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
State Highway 3

Object rights

License
By Attribution Alone

Taxonomy

Tags
1940s,
black and white,
disaster,
elmar studios,
flood,
gorge,
photographs,
train,
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