At the time of this tweet 70 years ago, an express train from Wellington to Auckland was chugging between Mangaweka and Taihape. Within two hours, 151 of 285 people aboard would die at Tangiwai
Here's my tribute, a narrative history of that awful night
https://t.co/VbIUS1lnqL
@sinead_gill I heard that Pearse had said he didn’t consider what he did to be “flying”… but then again I’m from Timaru, so was taught that the Write Bros stole flying from us, just like the Aussies stole the pavlova.