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Kōrero: Wairarapa region

Remutaka rail accident

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Rimutaka rail accident

The railway line over the Remutaka Range opened in 1878. Two years later, high winds on the Wairarapa side blew three carriages off the line and over the bank, killing four people. The catastrophe was depicted in this New Zealand Mail lithograph. Fences were built along exposed sections of the line to prevent further similar accidents.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-034-004

by J. H. Wallis

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ben Schrader, Wairarapa region – Transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/12115/remutaka-rail-accident (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.