New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society

New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society
AbbreviationNZR&LS
PredecessorNew Zealand Railway Correspondence Society
FormationIncorporated as a society:
31 July 1958; 66 years ago (1958-07-31)
TypeIncorporated Society
HeadquartersPetone, Wellington
President
Graeme Carter
AffiliationsFederation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand
Websiterailsoc.org.nz

The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc is a society of railway enthusiasts, based in Wellington. It was incorporated in 1958.[1]

The society archives are in the Thomas McGavin Building on Ava railway station's former goods yard in the Hutt Valley.[2] At one time an old railway carriage held at the Ngaio railway station was used.[3]

  1. ^ "Certificate of Incorporation - New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society". Registrar of Incorporated Societies. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ Parsons, David (2010). Wellington’s Railway: Colonial Steam to Matangi. Wellington: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-908573-88-2.
  3. ^ Hermann, Bruce J (2007). North Island Branch Lines. Wellington: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-908573-83-7.