The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc is a society of
railway enthusiasts
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Rail ...
, based in
Wellington
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. It was incorporated in 1958.
The society archives are in the ''Thomas McGavin Building'' on
Ava railway station's former goods yard in the
Hutt Valley
The Hutt Valley (or 'The Hutt') is the large area of fairly flat land in the Hutt River valley in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Like the river that flows through it, it takes its name from Sir William Hutt, a director of the New Zeala ...
. At one time an old railway carriage held at the
Ngaio railway station was used.
Publications
The society publishes a magazine, the ''New Zealand Railway Observer'' (), that was first published by the New Zealand Railway Correspondence Society on a
Gestetner
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in 1944, and a newsletter ''Turntable''. The society publishes books on railway subjects. There are currently about 25 books available, as listed on the website. Most are about
New Zealand railways, but there is a book ''Cane Trains'' about
railways in Fiji.
Rolling stock
The society owns steam locomotives
AB 608 and
X 442.
Rolling Stock Register
New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society
References
External links
NZRLS website
''The New Zealand Railway Observer''
Rail transport in New Zealand
Organisations based in Wellington
Railway societies
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