Trainload comes in by bus
Passengers from the Southerner arrived in Christchurch from Timaru bus yesterday — only 20 minutes late — after a derailment of a southbound goods train between Winchester and Orari abjut 3 p.m. Only’ one waggon of the goods train was derailed, and the track was clear again by 7 p.m.
The cause of the derailment was not known late last evening. All trains were restricted to 10 km/h between Temuka and Hinds for a time ' on Saturday afternoon when heat buckled track joints. A speed restriction of 50 km/h on express trains, and 30 km/h on goods trains has been in force between Rangitata and Hinds since a goods train was derailed by’ buckled joints in the area on Februarv 13.
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