2 Sep 2021

Salvage effort underway in Picton after train fell in harbour

From Checkpoint, 5:22 pm on 2 September 2021

A salvage effort is underway in Picton Harbour for a runaway locomotive and wagon that have tipped into the water.

KiwiRail says it wasn't being loaded onto a ship at the time.

It weighs about 50 tonnes and is sitting eight metres below the surface of the water.

Our reporter Samantha Gee joins us live from Picton Harbour.

 

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