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Retrieval of freight train, engine KA 951, which derailed 20 August, 1946, in the Manawatu Gorge. Two of the three crew, driver B Craighead and fireman R Hoskins, were killed, while the Guard, R Maitland, escaped. Three wagons and the engine fell into the flooded river after running into a slip at the Woodville end of the Gorge.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1946
Digitisation ID
2007N_R52_RAI_0667
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Coolstore

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The Gorge, Woodville

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