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Across the tracks

Across the tracks

Across the tracks

In 1936, three passengers were injured and one later died when this train was derailed by a landslide. It occurred at Paraparaumu, near Wellington, after heavy rain.

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Alexander Turnbull Library , S. C. Smith Collection (PAColl-3082)
Reference: 1/2-047382; G
Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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