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Below is a list of other local or rail oriented sites which we hope you will find interesting.
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- Keeping you up to date with the New Zealand Rail Scene for almost 20 years
- The home of our sister Locomotive - Rogers K88
- Our train travels from Harbourside Station. After leaving the Station, you travel behind the Historic Precinct, past some of Oamaru's oldest buildings. Then we travel through the old Oamaru railway yard, and past the site of Oamaru's first Railway Station. The train then runs along the bottom of clay cliffs, beside Oamaru's Victorian Harbour
- Ferrymead Park features an early 1900s (Edwardian) township, with exhibits such as houses, picture theatre, school classroom, church, jail, railway station, lodge hall, post office, printers, tobacconist, general store, lawyer’s office and more.
- The Southern Steam Train Charitable Trust members consists of like-minded people from the Southland community that have the commitment to appraise the possibility of purchasing the Kingston Flyer, relocating it to Invercargill, and restoring it to mainline operating standard for semi regular operation
- There is so much for visitors to the Gore District to do, whether passing through, visiting friends and family, or here for a special event. Centrally located, the Gore District is an ideal base for taking in the sights of the south.
- Tasty food, amazing coffee and shopping - all in a beautiful rural setting at Mandeville
- An added service to those with a hands-on interest in local history, the centre has resources designed for those wishing to undertake local history or genealogical research. You can also access our extensive cemeteries database online.
- Working to preserve New Zealand's railway history and the history of the South Canterbury area.
- The Weka Pass Railway is based at Waipara, approximately 60km north of Christchurch.
- The society operates one of the most diverse railway collections in New Zealand, including steam and diesel locomotives, carriages and an award winning collection of rolling stock.