Collision at [Koo-Wee-Rup, photograph taken at] Korumburra. A2.906. [Engine.]

Photograph title refers to a train collision which occured at Koo-Wee-Rup. The D3 locomotive was shunting a Strezelecki line train in Koo-Wee-Rup yards, when the shunter accidentally turned into the side of the Korumburra bound train. The photograph would have been taken at Korumburra because the damaged trains were removed to Korumburra for assessment.

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Date(s): 1928-12

Creator: Victorian Railways, photographer.

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