MAIN TRUNK BLOCKED
Goods Train Derailed At Ohakune By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, November 24. The derailment of a goods train near Ohakune about 8.30 p.m. on Saturday blocked the Main Trunk Railway, and the express from Auckland which was due at Wellington at 7 a.m. to-day did not arrive till 12.33 p.m. To avoid the impassable section of the line in the middle of the island the express left the Main Trunk at Taumarunui and, using the Main TrunkStratford line, came to Wellington via Taranaki. The Auckland-Wellington express was the only important train affected. The line was cleared in time for normal running to be resumed to-night.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21820, 25 November 1940, Page 4
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107MAIN TRUNK BLOCKED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21820, 25 November 1940, Page 4
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