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Shannon News, 20 November 1925, Page 2

We all went down to the village on Monday morning n> see the first daylight Limited go through (writes the Halcombe corfesponoTeht of the Wanganui Chronicle.) It was much like other trains, except that there were no passengers—leastways if there were I did not see them. Only one man was in sight, and he appeared to be the engine driver. Perhaps the passengers became nervous at the speed and had all got out at Palmerston. Like a man I know. The. only train, travelling he had done up to the time the nighVLimited started running was an occasional trip from Halcombe to Feilding. Soon after the new night express was put on he decided: to go to Auckland and joined the train at Marton Junction. But he was not used to being hauled, along at a mile a minute ior thereabout, and got the "wind-up" so badly that he left the train at Taihape and finished the joumev on foot—or so it was. said. .