SLIP NEAR KAIKOURA
Goods Trains Delaved
Three trains were delayed by a large slip that blocked the main north line near Kaikoura at 11 p.m. on Sunday. Lines gangs were called out and the slip was cleared by 5 a.m. yesterday. The slip occurred between Oaro and Puketa, about 10 miles south of Kaikoura. The Christchurch-Picton goods express train was delayed for five and a half hours and the south-bound express goods was delayed six hours. The Picton to Christchurch goods train was delayed six hours and a half.
A goods train was delayed at Rangiora for three hours after five waggons had been derailed during shunting on Sunday evening.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31121, 26 July 1966, Page 6
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