He said a few of them seemed shaken up and said they had been thrown around.
"They said it was a sudden jolt. the driver hit the brakes hard and they didn't know they had hit a slip.
"The impact was right at the front of the train."
Rob said the staff on board the train were "absolutely phenomenal" in dealing with the situation.
Moana resident Sarah Hammond said she was out walking her dog yesterday when she came across a group of people who said they had traveled by train on Sunday and were staying the night in Moana.
"They said there had been a slip and the train was running late and they were just waiting to see it come back in."
Hammond said she was told some of the train carriages had been damaged in the incident.