Todays NZHerald goof isn't actually a goof, despite the article sounding like it was written by a kid with ADD.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/...ectid=10525614
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TRAINS WHEE!
Joseph Ward organised the Parliamentary Special to take a group of 200 celebrities, including 44 members of Parliament, to Auckland to welcome the visiting American Great White Fleet.
The journey took more than 20 hours and included several locomotive changes to complete the trip.
In one section of the line, the train crawled over a temporary, un-ballasted track that the Public Works Department had rushed through in the nick of time.
It was not until November of that year that the North Island Main Trunk Line was actually completed.
BATTLESHIPS
The Great White Fleet was a political charm offensive conceived by US President Teddy Roosevelt to show his countrymen and the rest of the world that the United States Navy had teeth and was capable of operating globally, particularly in the Pacific where America's relationships with Japan were becoming very uneasy.
The fleet included 16 great battleships and a number of smaller escort vessels. It took 14 months to complete, visiting 32 ports in 26 countries.
TRAINS!
Initially, the train will be powered by steam locomotive JA1271, a product of years of careful restoration by Steam Incorporated, Paekakariki.
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