Tangiwai, Movie made for TV, 2011

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Tangiwai, una historia de amor (Spain)

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1937 Austin Ten Cambridge

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1945 Riley 1½-litre RMA

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jpts ◊ 2020-06-14 13:34	This film was about the derailment of the Wellington-to-Auckland Express No. 626 that crashed into the Whangaehu River after a bridge collapse at Tangiwai in the Ruapehu District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region on the North Island of New Zealand on night of the 24th December (Christmas Eve) 1953. The 626 Express consisting of 11 carriages (four First Class, five Second Class, a postal van, and a guard's van), being hauled by NZ KA Class Locomotive No. 949, driven by Locomotive Engineer First Class, Charles Parker and Fireman, Lance Redman had left Wellington at 3:00pm with 285 passengers and crew. At 10:20pm, the Express 626 had travelled through Tangiwai Railway Station, the stationmaster on duty on the night of the accident had stated that the express was travelling at speeds of 40mph (or 64 km/h). As the train was approaching the bridge, a passing motorist and postmaster, Arthur "Cyril" Ellis had been forced to stop at a submerged road bridge when he saw the adjacent railway bridge collapse into the river. Ellis then saw the headlight of KA949 approaching the bridge and had attempted to stop the train by waving his flashlight but was forced to jump off the line when he saw that the locomotive was going too fast to stop. It wasn't until Parker saw the river's rapid flow, had noticed that the bridge had collapsed and went to try stop the train by shutting off the steam and applied the emergency brake while Redman had shut off the oil supply for the fire, but the locomotive was going too fast to stop and went off the bridge along with five of the 11 carriages into the river below. Ellis who saw the crash, informed the train's guard, William Inglis and both Inglis and Ellis went into the sixth carriage that was left teetered on the edge of the bridge to get the passengers out when the coupling snapped, sending the carriage into the river. Inglis, Ellis, and a passenger, John Holman managed to get the passengers out of the carriage through a side window, of the 24 passengers in the carriage, a female passenger was trapped in her seat by luggage that fell onto her and had drowned. The accident resulted in 151 dead, including Parker and Redman as well as 19-year-old Nerissa Love, fiancée of New Zealand cricketer, Robert Blair. At the time of the disaster, Blair was with the New Zealand Cricket Team in the Boxing Day test match against South Africa in Johannesburg, when Blair went onto the field, the crowd gave Blair an standing ovation. Shortly after the crash, rescue teams from Waiouru, 8km east of Tangiwai, consisting of soldiers from the Waiouru Army Camp, radio operators from the nearby HMNZS Irirangi, workmen from the Waiouru Ministry Of Works Camp and local farmers arrived at the scene and took part in the search for survivors and the recovery of the passengers' bodies. Upon hearing the news, the NZ Prime Minister at the time, Sidney Holland drove from Auckland at high-speed, arriving at the scene early next morning (Christmas Day) and help coordinated the rescue work. Also hearing about the disaster were Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh who were in New Zealand on their first Royal Tour. In her Christmas Broadcast message, broadcasted from Auckland on the 26th December 1953, Elizabeth II had concluded her Christmas Broadcast by offering support of sympathy to the people of New Zealand with Prince Phillip attending a state funeral for the 151 victims on New Year's Eve. At the New Zealand bravery awards held on the 29th January 1954, Ellis and Holman received the George Medal, while Inglis and Arthur Bell (who saw the accident and stopped his car and immediately started to rescue passengers) were awarded the British Empire Medal for their involvement into the rescue of the survivors. -- Last edit: 2023-04-05 16:16:29

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◊ 2020-06-14 13:34

This film was about the derailment of the Wellington-to-Auckland Express No. 626 that crashed into the Whangaehu River after a bridge collapse at Tangiwai in the Ruapehu District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region on the North Island of New Zealand on night of the 24th December (Christmas Eve) 1953.

The 626 Express consisting of 11 carriages (four First Class, five Second Class, a postal van, and a guard's van), being hauled by NZ KA Class Locomotive No. 949, driven by Locomotive Engineer First Class, Charles Parker and Fireman, Lance Redman had left Wellington at 3:00pm with 285 passengers and crew.

At 10:20pm, the Express 626 had travelled through Tangiwai Railway Station, the stationmaster on duty on the night of the accident had stated that the express was travelling at speeds of 40mph (or 64 km/h).

As the train was approaching the bridge, a passing motorist and postmaster, Arthur "Cyril" Ellis had been forced to stop at a submerged road bridge when he saw the adjacent railway bridge collapse into the river.

Ellis then saw the headlight of KA949 approaching the bridge and had attempted to stop the train by waving his flashlight but was forced to jump off the line when he saw that the locomotive was going too fast to stop.

It wasn't until Parker saw the river's rapid flow, had noticed that the bridge had collapsed and went to try stop the train by shutting off the steam and applied the emergency brake while Redman had shut off the oil supply for the fire, but the locomotive was going too fast to stop and went off the bridge along with five of the 11 carriages into the river below.

Ellis who saw the crash, informed the train's guard, William Inglis and both Inglis and Ellis went into the sixth carriage that was left teetered on the edge of the bridge to get the passengers out when the coupling snapped, sending the carriage into the river.

Inglis, Ellis, and a passenger, John Holman managed to get the passengers out of the carriage through a side window, of the 24 passengers in the carriage, a female passenger was trapped in her seat by luggage that fell onto her and had drowned.

The accident resulted in 151 dead, including Parker and Redman as well as 19-year-old Nerissa Love, fiancée of New Zealand cricketer, Robert Blair.

At the time of the disaster, Blair was with the New Zealand Cricket Team in the Boxing Day test match against South Africa in Johannesburg, when Blair went onto the field, the crowd gave Blair an standing ovation.

Shortly after the crash, rescue teams from Waiouru, 8km east of Tangiwai, consisting of soldiers from the Waiouru Army Camp, radio operators from the nearby HMNZS Irirangi, workmen from the Waiouru Ministry Of Works Camp and local farmers arrived at the scene and took part in the search for survivors and the recovery of the passengers' bodies.

Upon hearing the news, the NZ Prime Minister at the time, Sidney Holland drove from Auckland at high-speed, arriving at the scene early next morning (Christmas Day) and help coordinated the rescue work.

Also hearing about the disaster were Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh who were in New Zealand on their first Royal Tour.

In her Christmas Broadcast message, broadcasted from Auckland on the 26th December 1953, Elizabeth II had concluded her Christmas Broadcast by offering support of sympathy to the people of New Zealand with Prince Phillip attending a state funeral for the 151 victims on New Year's Eve.

At the New Zealand bravery awards held on the 29th January 1954, Ellis and Holman received the George Medal, while Inglis and Arthur Bell (who saw the accident and stopped his car and immediately started to rescue passengers) were awarded the British Empire Medal for their involvement into the rescue of the survivors.

-- Last edit: 2023-04-05 16:16:29

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