RAN INTO A SLIP

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 77, 28 September 1942, Page 4

RAN INTO A SLIP

WELLINGTON-AUCKLAND EXPRESS (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 27. Passengers on the express which left Wellington on Friday afternoon, for Auckland had a tiring trip lasting more. than 23 hours, because of an extensive slip which came down on the main ■ trunk line a little south of Waimiha i station, between Taumarunui and Te I Kuiti, at 3.30 a.m. on Saturday. The slip occurred a short time before the express reached Waimiha, and the train ploughed its way well into a huge pile of mud and rubble which had been washed down by the recent heavy rains. v ■ I No serious damage was caused to I the locomotive or any of the carriages, j and there was no derailment. . A re-! lief train was dispatched as soon as possible from Franktoh Junction, and passengers and luggage were transhipped in the early morning. However, it was 8.50 a.m. before the relief express left Waimiha. The passengers were again transhipped at Frankton Junction, and after a clear run through eventually arrived at Auckland at 2.20 p.m. The express was also slightly delayed on- the' line as far as Paekakariki, because of power failures in the Wellington district. The passengers were shaken when the train entered the slip and mud spattered over a few of the carriages. On Saturday afternoon a passage was cleared through the slip.