# List of New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines

This is a list of groups involved in Railway preservation in New Zealand.

## Members of the Federation of Rail Organisations New Zealand

Members of the Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand: Railway museums, heritage lines, societies, clubs, trusts, etc., in New Zealand. This also include model engineering clubs and narrow gauge railways.

### North Island
#### Northland

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

#### Auckland

* Mainline Steam Trust
* Glenbrook Vintage Railway
* Railway Enthusiasts Society
* The Waitakere Tramline Society
* Watercare Services
* Western Springs Railway Museum of Transport and Technology
* Western Springs Tramway Museum of Transport and Technology
* Auckland Society of Model Engineers Incorporated
* Manukau Live Steamers

#### Waikato / Coromandel

* Bush Tramway Club
* DF 1501 Restoration Charitable Trust
* Driving Creek Railway
* Goldfields Railway
* Victoria Battery Tramway Society
* Te Aroha Mountain Railway
* Thames Small Gauge Railway Society
* Hamilton Model Engineers
* Cambridge Model Engineering Society Inc
* Waihi Small Gauge Railway

#### Bay of Plenty

* Rotorua - Ngongotaha Rail Trust
* Geyserland Express Trust
* Tauranga Pioneer Museum
* Tauranga Model Marine and Engineering Club
* Eastern Bay of Plenty Model Engineering Society

#### East Cape / Hawke's Bay

* East Coast Museum of Technology
* Gisborne City Vintage Railway
* Hawkes Bay Steam Society
* Ormondville Rail Preservation Group
* Hawkes Bay Model Engineering Society
* Havelock North Live Steamers & Associates

#### Taranaki

* Hooterville Heritage Charitable Trust(No longer operating)
* Pioneer Village Soc Inc
* Waitara Railway Preservation Society
* New Plymouth Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

#### Wairarapa

* Friends of the Fell Society Fell Engine Museum Featherston
* Pahiatua Railcar Society
* Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society, based at the Carterton railway station

#### Manawatu

* Feilding and District Steam Rail Society
* Steamrail Wanganui Incorporated
* Palmerston North Model Engineering Club Inc
* Esplanade Scenic Railway

#### Wellington

* Craven Crane Preservation Group
* Department of Conservation
* Mainline Steam Trust
* New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society (or see website)
* Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand
* Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust
* Silver Stream Railway
* Steam Incorporated (Engine Shed - Paekakariki)
* Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust
* Wellington Tramway Museum (or see website)
* Paekakariki Station Precinct Trust
* Wellington CableCar Museum
* Kapiti Miniature Railway & Model Engineering Society Inc
* Featherston Miniature Fell Society
* Maidstone Model Engineering Society
* Hutt Valley Model Engineering Society

### South Island
#### Nelson / Marlborough

* Blenheim Riverside Railway
* Nelson Railway Society (Founders Heritage Park)
* Picton Society of Model Engineers
* Marlborough Associated Modellers Society
* Nelson Society of Modellers

#### Westland

* Charming Creek Railway
* Reefton Historic Trust Board
* West Coast Historical & Mechanical Society, Shantytown
* Westport Railway Preservation Society

#### Canterbury

* Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
* Ashburton Railway & Preservation Society
* Canterbury Railway Society (Ferrymead Railway)
* Canterbury Steam Preservation Society (McLeans Island Steamscene)
* Christchurch Tramway Ltd
* Diesel Traction Group
* Heritage Tramways Trust
* Midland Rail Heritage Trust
* Midland Railway Company (NZ) Ltd
* National Railway Museum of New Zealand
* Pleasant Point Museum and Railway
* Tramway Historical Society (Ferrymead Tramway)
* Weka Pass Railway
* Canterbury Society of Model & Experimental Engineers
* Christchurch Live Steamers
* Ashburton Steam Model & Engineering Club
* South Canterbury Model Engineers

#### Otago

* Oamaru Steam & Railway Restoration Society
* Otago Excursion Train Trust (part owners of Dunedin Railways)
* Otago Railway & Locomotive Society (Ocean Beach Railway)
* Project Steam (Dunedin) Inc
* The Otago Model Engineering Society
* Otago Miniature Road & Rail Society Inc

#### Southland

* Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust
* Gore Model Engineering Club
* Southland Society of Model Engineers

### Cook Islands

* Rarotonga Steam Railway in Cook Islands

## Other organisations

* Kingston Flyer
* Ferrymead Heritage Park
* RM 133 Trust
* Otago Settlers Museum has two steam engines on display