"MERE EYEWASH."
STONES ON RAILWAY LINE. AN ENGINE-DRIVER'S OPINION. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This tyy. "Mere eyewash," was the description applied by an engine-driver of over 40 years' experience, to the finding of the Railway Court of Inquiry that the derailment of the express train at Timaru on June 4 was caused by stones placed on the line. "This is not the first time,'' he said, "at the same«spot that dei-ailment has occurred with the same class of engine. Stones could not cause it, aven once, let alone twice. If a ston<> big enough to put a 75-ton engine off the road could get \mder the cow-catcher, the wheels would knock it off the line. I think the cow-catcher is only four inches above the rails.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVIII, Issue 10943, 15 June 1927, Page 5
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