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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
Auckland
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 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
Manawatu
Wellington
  • Craven Crane Preservation Group
  • Department of Conservation
  • Mainline Steam
  • 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
Westland
  • Charming Creek Railway
  • Reefton Historic Trust Board
  • West Coast Historical & Mechanical Society, Shantytown
  • Westport Railway Preservation Society
De 1429 Gate 1
English Electric De 1429 at Gate 1 in the sunset.
Canterbury
Otago
Southland
  • Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust
  • Gore Model Engineering Club
  • Southland Society of Model Engineers

Cook Islands

Other organisations

See also

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