List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines - Definition and Overview

Members of the Federation of Rail Organisations New Zealand

Northland

• Bay of Islands Vintage Railway Charitable Trust
• Whangarei Steam & Model Railway Club

Auckland

• Glenbrook Vintage Railway (http://www.railsoc.org.nz/)
• Railway Enthusiasts Society (http://www.railfan.org.nz/)
• The Waitakere Tramline Society (http://www.waitakeretramline.org.nz/)
• Watercare Services (http://www.watercare.co.nz/default,recreation.sm)
• Western Springs Railway (http://www.motat.org.nz/)
• Western Springs Tramway (http://www.motat.org.nz/)
• Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway (http://www.rail.co.nz/)

Waikato / Coromandel

• Bush Tramway Club (http://www.bushtramwayclub.com/)
• Df 1501 Restoration Charitable Trust
• Driving Creek Railway (http://www.drivingcreekrailway.co.nz/)
• Goldfields Railway
• New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society, Waikato Branch
• Victoria Battery Tramway Society
• Te Aroha Mountain Railway

Bay of Plenty

• Rotorua / Ngongotaha Rail Trust
• Geyserland Express Trust

East Cape / Hawke's Bay

• East Coast Museum of Technology
• Gisborne City Vintage Railway
• Hawkes Bay Steam Society
• Ormondville Rail Preservation Group (http://www.geocities.com/ormondvillerail/)

Taranaki

• Hooterville Heritage Charitable Trust (http://www.hooterville.co.nz/)
• Pioneer Village Soc Inc
• Waitara Railway Preservation Society (http://members.tripod.com/waitararailwaypres/)

Wairarapa

• Friend of the Fell Society (Fell Engine Museum)
• Pahiatua Railcar Society (http://railcar.netfirms.com/)
• Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society

Manawatu

• Feilding & District Steam Restoration Society (http://www.steamrail.org.nz/)
• Steamrail Wanganui Incorporated (http://www.steamrailwanganui.co.nz/)

Wellington

• Craven Crane Preservation Group
• Department of Conservation (http://www.doc.govt.nz)
• Mainline Steam Trust (http://www.websnz.com/mse)
• New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society (http://www.railsoc.org.nz/)
• Rail Heritage Trust
• Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust (http://www.rimutaka-incline-railway.org.nz/)
• SilverStream Railway (http://www.silverstreamrailway.org.nz/)
• Steam Incorporated (Engine Shed - Paekakariki) (http://www.steaminc.org.nz/)
• Tranz Scenic 2001 Ltd (http://www.tranzscenic.co.nz/)
• Wellington Tramway Museum (http://www.wellingtontramwaymuseum.fr.fm/)

Nelson / Marlborough

• Blenheim Riverside Railway
• Nelson Railway Society

Westland

• Charming Creek Railway
• Reefton Historic Trust Board
• West Coast Historical & Mechanical Society (Shantytown) (http://www.shantytown.co.nz/)
• Westport Railway Preservation Society (http://geocities.com/westportrail/)

Canterbury

• Ashburton Railway & Historical Society (Plains Railway) (http://www.plainsrailway.co.nz/)
• Canterbury Railway Society (Ferrymead Railway)
• Canterbury Steam Preservation Society (McLeans Island Steamscene) (http://steamscene.orcon.net.nz/)
• Christchurch Tramway Ltd (http://www.tram.co.nz/)
• Diesel Traction Group (http://www.dtg.co.nz/)
• K88 Trust Board
• Pleasant Point Railway (http://www.timaru.com/railway/)
• Tramway Historical Society (Ferrymead Tramway) (http://www.geocities.com/tramwaynz/)
• Weka Pass Railway

Otago

• Oamaru Steam & Railway Restoration Society
• Otago Excursion Train Trust (http://www.taieri.co.nz/train_trust.html)
• Otago Railway & Locomotive Society (Ocean Beach Railway) (http://www.obr.org.nz/)
• Project Steam (Dunedin) Inc
• Taieri Gorge Railway (http://www.taieri.co.nz/)

Southland

• Croydon Aircraft Heritage Trust (Waimea Plains Railway)
• Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust (http://www.ohairailwayboard.co.nz/)

Cook Islands

• Rarotonga Steam Railway

Other Organisations

• Kingston Flyer
• Ferrymead Heritage Park
• RM 133 Trust (http://railcar.netfirms.com/rm133.htm)

See Also

• Federation of Rail Organisations New Zealand website (http://www.railfed.org.nz)
• NZHT-Rail - Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NZHT-Rail/)