None injured as freight train derails south of Hunterville
Heavy rain has caused a freight train to derail south of Hunterville on Monday night. No-one was injured.
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Calls to cememorate long-forgotten King Country railway disaster
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 immediate modernization of trains using the Main Trunk Line. With the centenary of the disaster loomi...
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