Looters describe finding Kaikoura train after earthquakeSCOTT HAMMOND/Stuff.co.nz Ricky Clark describes how he found a freight train north of Kaikoura after the earthquake in November. A man convicted of looting a train trapped near Kaikoura says some of the carriages had already been ransacked when he got there, but it wasn't a "free-for-all". JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/FAIRFAX NZ The train was trapped by landslides in Mangamaunu, north of Kaikoura. READ MORE:* Looters discharged without conviction after stealing from trapped train* Teen admits looting train after Kaikoura earthquake* Second looter took cookies, tools from stranded Kaikoura train​* Brewer hopes beers stranded on Kaikoura train didn't go to waste​Clark described the days after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in November last year as "scary". That was when he, and his friend Angus Garrett, came across the KiwiRail train trapped between landslides in Mangamaunu.

Source: Stuff March 02, 2017 04:41 UTC