LINE CLEAR AGAIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1068, 4 September 1930, Page 1

LINE CLEAR AGAIN

DERAILMENT SPEEDILY CLEARED UP TRAINS RUN AS USUAL By two o’clock yesterday afternoon, the last of the trucks derailed on the Main Trunk, south of the Mangaweka Viaduct, was cleared away, and the men were able to start work on repairing the torn-up permanent way. The line was available for traffic at 5.35 last evening. In spite of the complete disorganisation of the express service and the King Country local timetable yesterday, trains were running almost to time today. Both the first express and the Limited arrived in Auckland half an hour late this morning, but necessary speed restrictions were largely responsible for the delay. Tlie* expresses from the South did not arrive yesterday until 5.25 and 6.34, the first express being 11 hours behind time, and the Limited nine hours. Passengers who were delayed at Marton and Palmerston, awaiting the arrival of trains from the North at the scene of the derailment, so that they could be transferred by motor-, car. had a weary time, but spoke highly of the consideration of Railway Department officials and the expedition with which the transfer was carried out when the Northern expresses arrived. - LEFT ON TIME The two expresses left Auckland last evening to time. Fortunately, two tie luxe sleeping cars required for the Limited at 7.10 arrived with the first train front the South at 5.25, and the only car whiclt had to be speedily transferred for the return journey when the later express arrived was the postal van. It now appears that, when the goods train was 200 yards past the Mangaweka Viaduct, it was stopped suddenly through the automatic application of the brakes, due to a brokeD hose in the Westinghouse apparatus. There is a speed restriction of six miles an hour over the repaired length of track, and it will bo several days before the line is completely repaired.