National Railway Museum of New Zealand

The National Railway Museum of New Zealand (NRM) is a museum under construction in Christchurch, New Zealand that covers the history of the New Zealand railway network. Work is underway to open at Ferrymead Heritage Park in Ferrymead, Christchurch,[1] at the site of New Zealand's first railway opened in 1863.[2]

Structure and fundraising

The museum is owned by an incorporated society, the National Railway Museum of New Zealand Incorporated.[3] The society is a registered charity.[4] Alan Spooner is the current president of the society.[4]

To raise funds, the NRM runs its own bookshop, mainly selling books and magazines relating to railway topics in New Zealand.[5]

Exhibits

The museum owns one electric locomotive from Wellington, one electric multiple unit also from Wellington and three wagons with a leased diesel shunter. The museum will display other NZR and bush locomotives from the Canterbury Railway Society. The museum will also display other rolling stock including a turntable from Auckland and any other suitable railway material. The museum is under construction with the turntable in place.[2] An NZR C class (1873), rescued from a dump in Buller Gorge,[6] was moved from the Westport Railway Preservation Society to NZRM in 2024.[7]

Locomotives and rolling stock

Diesel Locomotives

Key: In service In service, Mainline Certified Under overhaul/restoration Stored Static display Scrapped
Number TMS number Builder Builder's number Year built Arrived Notes
DC4876 General Motors Canada 81/1119 (Clyde Engineering makers No.) 1966 2022 Ex-DA 1492. Rebuilt at Clyde Engineering in 1979.
TR 190 TR 943 NZR Hillside Workshops 457 1978 2008 Owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.

Electric Locomotives

Key: In service In service, Mainline Certified Under overhaul/restoration Stored Static display Scrapped
Number TMS number Builder Year built Year arrived Notes
EA 2 EO 45 Toshiba Heavy Industries 1968 2013

Electric multiple units

Key: In service In service, Mainline Certified Under overhaul/restoration Stored Static display Scrapped
Number TMS number Name Builder Builder's number Year built Year arrived Notes
D 162 D 2687 Phoenix English Electric 1648 1953 2014
DM 16 DM 216 Phoenix English Electric 1561 1949 2014

Wagons

Key: In service In service, Mainline Certified Under overhaul/restoration Stored Static display Scrapped
Number TMS number Builder Year built Year arrived Notes
LA 13817 NZR Hillside Workshops 1922 2014
T 199 T 813 NZR Addington Workshops 1966 2014
YD 490 YD 1044 Differential Car Co 1958 2015 Used by the Canterbury Railway Society for work trains.

References

  1. ^ "Ferrymead Heritage Park - Current Members - National Railway Museum of New Zealand Inc". 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "National Railway Museum of New Zealand". National Railway Museum of New Zealand. 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Register of Incorporated Societies - National Railway Museum of New Zealand Incorporated".
  4. ^ a b "Charity Services - National Railway Museum Of New Zealand Incorporated". Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. ^ "National Railway Museum". The Linesider: 59. March 2024. ISSN 2703-6197.
  6. ^ "C Class history | Westport Railway Preservation Society". 20 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ^ "National Railway Museum of New Zealand". www.facebook.com. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.


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