The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 1 (May 1, 1932.)

A Difficult Situation

A Difficult Situation.

Admiration of the manner in which the Railways Department handled a difficult situation when the train services were disorganised by the floods in North Otago recently was expressed by Mr. James Hogg, when speaking to a representative of the Otago Daily Times. Mr. Hogg, who returned to Dunedin from the north, said he was very favourably impressed with the arrangements which were made for the transfer of the passengers from one train to the other at the point where the line was impassable. He also commended the foresight of the railway authorities in Dunedin in sending away cars capable of passing through the flood waters. The delay caused at Oamaru while the advisability of sending on the train from Christchurch was being considered, might have seemed to call for criticism, he said, but when it was considered that the decision was one which could not be made lightly, the hesitation of the officials was easily explained. “I consider,” said Mr. Hogg, “that the Railways Department is deserving of high commendation for the expeditious manner in which the train service was reorganised in the face of great difficulties.”

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