New Zealand tragedies on the track Tangiwai and other railway accidents

Object detail

Accession number

01-198

Maker

Geoff Conly
Graham Stewart

Description

Tangiwai - tragedy that stunned a nation -- The 10 worst after Tangiwai (Rimutaka Incline 1880, Rakaia 1889, Whangamarino 1914, Mataroa 1918, Ongarue 1923, Opapa 1925, Ratana 1938, Hyde 1943, Haywards 1943, Seddon 1948) -- A perilous landscape (Kaiwarra 1888, Chaneys 1905, Ongarue 1906, Taringamotu 1915, Kakahi 1925, Paraparaumu 1936, Raurimu 1945, Manawatu Gorge 1946, Aniseed 1947, Red Jacks 1949, Goose Bay 1950, Rahautara 1950, Hawera 1956, Hihitahi 1961) -- Semaphore Arm to TWC (Bankside 1907, New Lynn 1913, Papatoetoe 1946, Parnell 1947, Levin 1950, Kaukapakapa 1952, Stillwater 1960) -- Manning the system (Mamaku Incline 1907, Te Rapa 1934, Whangamomona 1934, Mercer 1940, Islington 1946) -- Beyond human control (Lyttelton 1907, Mataroa 1919, Poro-o-tarao Tunnel 1935, Whangaehu River 1941, Ellerslie 1943) -- Animal victims (Mangaroa 1900, Hukaroa 1920s, Gore 1946) -- The end of the line.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

ix, 182 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 26 cm.

ISBN/ISSN

1869340086

Edition

Revised edition

Credit line

Geoff Conly et al. 1991. New Zealand tragedies on the track Tangiwai and other railway accidents, 01-198. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Book Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

Wellington New Zealand

Subject: all levels

New Zealand Railroad accidents New Zealand Disasters

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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