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The annual Cruisin on Main Trunk or Treat was held Oct. 8 in Hazard. John Mize, one of the event organizers, said the Cruisin on Main Car Show is a

From a standing start of little tank engines chugging along wooden rails, New Zealand built a vast rail network, made up of enough steel rail to wrap halfway around the moon.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has opened an inquiry into a freight train derailing near Marton last night

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has opened an inquiry into a freight train derailing near Marton last night

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has opened an inquiry into a freight train derailing near Marton last night

Heavy rain has caused a freight train to derail south of Hunterville on Monday night. No-one was injured.

A view of the overturned train AB748 at Ōngarue in the King Country in 1923. A regional councillor has called for a long-forgotten railway disaster in the King Country to be officially commemorated. When the Auckland-to-Wellington overnight express AB 748 ploughed into a fresh landslip in Ōngarue, on July 6, 1923, it killed 17 passengers and changed New Zealand history. The incident set a then record of fatalities; transformed medical services at nearby Taumarunui and prompted the almost im...