RAILWAY BLOCKAGE

Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1935, Page 4

RAILWAY BLOCKAGE

ARAMOHO DERAILMENT SHUNTING ENGINE JUMPS POINTS. DELAY TO EXPRESS TRAINS. BURSTING OF BIG WATER MAIN. . —* By Telegraph—Press Association. 'Wanganui, Last Night. The mam railway line at EaStoWn, Aramoho, was blocked for about five hours on Saturday afternoon through a shunting engine jumping the points. Some dislocation of the service resulted. The mishap occurred b a lf sn hour before the New Plymouth express to Wel!m. B ton was due and the train was heldat Aramdho station while the passengers walked across the bridge and joined the special train which had arrived from Palmerston North for the football match. The special then took up the running as an express leaving about 3 o’clock, two and a-half hours late. / Meanwhile a temporary track was laid round the engine but the express from Wellington was delayed over two hours until the new track could be completed... The train arrived at New Plymouth v about two hours’ late. The special train was also late in reaching New Plymouth., / - When the engine left the track it ploughed through the soft earth and broke the valve of a large water-main which feeds Aramoho and the railway workshops, causing, a considerable rush of Water and. adding to the difficulties experienced in getting the engine back on to the track. This was not accomplished till Sunday morning. The engine and the track suffered little damag*. , - \ ’