Story: Historic earthquakes

Derailed train

Derailed train

There was widespread damage to railway tracks around Īnangahua, causing this train to derail.

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Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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Eileen McSaveney, 'Historic earthquakes - The 1968 Īnangahua earthquake', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/4525/derailed-train (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Eileen McSaveney, published 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 28 Mar 2011, updated 1 Nov 2017