RELATED TO RAILWAY ENGINEERS LEAVING WHANGANUI, 1914
Events
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24 September 1917
Bere Ferrers rail accident
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11 September 1880
Rail tragedy on the Rimutaka Incline
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4 August 1923
Ōtira rail tunnel opened
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3 May 1929
Controversial ex-mayor killed in Berlin riots
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20 July 1892
Steam locomotive sets world speed record
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3 November 1886
Manawatū rail link opened
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15 December 1951
Belmont viaduct blown up
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8 May 1926
New Zealand Railways Magazine launched
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25 October 1971
End of the line for steam railways
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15 April 1885
First sod dug for North Island main trunk
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2 July 1938
Electric trains come to Wellington
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9 February 1900
Wanganui Opera House opened
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5 February 1867
Opening of railway from Invercargill to Bluff
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9 September 1976
Wanganui Computer legislation enacted
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6 November 1908
Last spike for North Island main trunk line
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29 August 1914
NZ force captures German Samoa
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15 May 1920
Whanganui mayor shoots poet
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18 April 1847
Gilfillan killings near Whanganui
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4 June 1943
Rail tragedy at Hyde
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27 January 1962
Peter Snell breaks world mile record
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24 December 1953
Tangiwai railway disaster
Biographies
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Robert Logan
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James K Baxter
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John Bryce
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Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui
Articles
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NZ Railways at war
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First World War farewells
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The Vogel era
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Tangiwai disaster
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War in Whanganui
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Capture of German Samoa
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New Zealand in Samoa
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Rail tourism
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Railway stations
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New Zealand disasters timeline
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The North Island main trunk line
Community contributions