the Taitā Lawn Cemetery in Lower Hutt. Moohan Rocket On 16 February 1960 a special ministerial train dubbed the Moohan Rocket made a trip from Wellington to Auckland on the North Island Main Trunk, taking 11 hours and 45 minutes, or 2½ hours less than the steam-hauled Night Limited. As the train of a brake van, three first-class cars and a Ministerial car at the rear only weighed 147 tons, and was hauled by two DG class locomotives, the time was somewhat disappointing. The return trip two days later behind a single DA class locomotive was slightly quicker at 11 hours and 34 minutes, though the superior DA could not then run through the tunnels north of Wellington and the two DGs took over at Palmerston North. The train reflected Moohan's idea of a fast and comfortable intercity service later seen in the Silver Star and Silver Fern. Notes References Rail: The Great New Zealand Adventure by Roy Sinclair (1987, Grantham House Wellington) (Moohan Rocket, page 82) Who's Who in New Zealand (1961, 7th edition) |- |- |- |- 1899 births 1967 deaths People from County Fermanagh British Army personnel of World War I Irish emigrants to New Zealand (before 1923) Local politicians in New Zealand Deputy mayors of places in New Zealand New Zealand Labour Party MPs Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for Hutt Valley electorates Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand Burials at Taitā Lawn Cemetery 20th-century New Zealand politicians Deaths from cancer in New Zealand Royal Engineers soldiers