What remains of the derailed train on the tracks, above the flooded Manawatu River. Engine driver Basil Craighead and Fireman R Hoskins drowned when their 140-tonne goods train was derailed by a slip and fell into the flooded Manawatu River in the...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          State Highway 3, Palmerston North
Date:          August 24, 1946