Nelson Railway Society
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The Nelson Railway Society operates a short heritage railway line in the Founders Heritage Park, Nelson
, New Zealand
.
The society has recovered and now utilises station buildings from a couple of former stations on the Nelson Section
, including the Tui Railway Station
building.
The society uses a DSA class diesel locomotive on running days, and is restoring a WF class
steam locomotive WF 403. The rolling stock used is from, or at least of the same class or vintage as that used on the former Nelson Section
.
The society was originally incorporated as the "Grand Tapawera Railroad Company" with the intention of establishing and operating a line on the original formation of the Nelson Section
near Motupiko.
Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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The society has recovered and now utilises station buildings from a couple of former stations on the Nelson Section
Nelson Section
The Nelson Section was an isolated, gauge, government-owned railway line between Nelson and Glenhope in the Tasman district of New Zealand's South Island. It operated for years between 1876 and 1955...
, including the Tui Railway Station
Tui Railway Station
Tui railway station was a rural railway station that served the small farming settlement of Tui in the Tasman District of New Zealand’s South Island...
building.
The society uses a DSA class diesel locomotive on running days, and is restoring a WF class
NZR Wf class
The NZR WF class were steam locomotives designed, built and used by New Zealand Railways Department. Their wheel arrangement is described by the Whyte notation 2-6-4T and the first members of the class entered service in 1904. The locomotives were tank engines designed by the Railways Department's...
steam locomotive WF 403. The rolling stock used is from, or at least of the same class or vintage as that used on the former Nelson Section
Nelson Section
The Nelson Section was an isolated, gauge, government-owned railway line between Nelson and Glenhope in the Tasman district of New Zealand's South Island. It operated for years between 1876 and 1955...
.
The society was originally incorporated as the "Grand Tapawera Railroad Company" with the intention of establishing and operating a line on the original formation of the Nelson Section
Nelson Section
The Nelson Section was an isolated, gauge, government-owned railway line between Nelson and Glenhope in the Tasman district of New Zealand's South Island. It operated for years between 1876 and 1955...
near Motupiko.