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Kōrero: Railway accidents

Silver Fern railcar crash

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Silver Fern railcar crash

The carriages of the Silver Fern railcar lie down an embankment after a fatal accident in 1981. The railcar went too fast around a curve as a result of several missing speed restriction signs, and it derailed and rolled. Four people were flung out and then crushed by the carriages.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Railway accidents – Types of accidents, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20593/silver-fern-railcar-crash (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 4 March 2010.