MAIN TRUNK COMEDIES.
"MOUXTAIN-CIJMBEir ENGINES. The Main Trunk express Una had some unfortunate runs lately. A fortnight or so <ago, nn the way front Wellington n piston-rod of a locomotive broke, necessitating a delav which ended in tlio train reaching Auckland four liotirs late. A few days later, the iirebox of on© of the bi/? ''mountain-climbers/' which docs the ninety-mile run between Taumarunui and Taihape, foil in, necessitating stoppages which forced t'li(? train (a Miinll one by the way) to take (he Okaurwua spiral in "penny sections/* Tiiat train ran about ninety minutes late. The other day, through no fault of us own, tlie train ran into a slip at Enu\, causing delay of hours, and on Monday another of tin-. "mountain-climbers was again unequal lo flic tusk of dragging the train up the spiral, and an extra locomotive hail to bo procured to finish 1 lie job. Tho train rail into "Wellington nearly two hours late. . ' The durability of the "mountain-climb-ers" built at Aldington Workshops is at present bcins severely questioned, especially by tho men wlio have to work tlieni.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 8 May 1912, Page 6
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181MAIN TRUNK COMEDIES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1434, 8 May 1912, Page 6
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