WAGONS DERAILED
MISHAP NEAR PLIMMERTON DISORGANISES TRAFFIC
(P.A.) Wellington. Dee. 23. Through the derailment of several wagons of an early morning goods
train near Plimmerton station, originating through the breaking of an axle, morning traffic on Saturday on tn? Main Trunk line was disorganised for some hours, but no great material damage was done. The line was cleared just after 7 a.m., but the relief Auckland express due at 6.46 a.m. did not arrive until 7.55 a.m., and the ordinary Auckland express arrived an hour and live minutes Ini? at 8.5 a.m.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 303, 24 December 1945, Page 5
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