Sunday 11 October 2015

HUGE SLIP ON THE SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY: TRAIN TRAFFIC DISORGANISED BY A LANDSLIDE 26 MILES NORTH OF DUNEDIN [South of Puketeraki Tunnel]


Of note is that this occurred only two years before the abandonment of the Puketeraki Tunnel itself which took place in 1934.

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19320907-38-1
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