About this episode
This episode recounts the tragic fate of a Christmas Eve train in 1953 bound for New Zealand's capital city.
In 1953, a Christmas Eve train bound for New Zealand's capital city met a tragic fate. Music in this Episode "Ourselves at Least" — C. Diab, from the album Imerro on Tonal Union Records"Bucharest" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Cozy Winter" — Oleksii Kalyna, via Pixabay"Velejo" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Below the River" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive"Sad Sorrowful Documentary Music" — Ievgen Poltavskyi, via Pixabay"Venus Aire" — Blue Dot Sessi...
Topics covered
- history
- tragedy
- Christmas
- transportation
- New Zealand
Keywords
- Christmas Eve
- train tragedy
- New Zealand
- 1953
- music
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Ourselves at Least, Imerro
Places: New Zealand's
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