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
 * 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 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
 * 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
 * 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 and 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