Lumsden Heritage Trust

The Lumsden Heritage Trust was formed in November 2013^[1] to preserve the past, promote the future and provide an attraction for visitors.^[2] The trust has two ex-AFFCO locomotives that were formerly preserved by the Goldfields Railway,^[3]^[4] the chassis of P 60,^[5] ex-NZR wagons that were formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, a railway station including a crane next to it^[6] and a jail from the Lumsden camping grounds.^[2] The trust is also planning to recover two V class locomotives from the Branxholme Locomotive Dump in the Oreti River^[7] and to relocate the original Anglican All Saints wooden church to re-purpose it as a regional war memorial museum and to host some of the events being planned to commemorate World War I.^[8]

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

Industrial diesel locomotives

Key:	In service	In service, Mainline Certified	Under overhaul/restoration/repair	Stored	Static display	Scrapped

Builder	Builders number	Year Built	Arrived	Notes
Drewry Car Co.	2246	000000001948-01-01-00001948	000000002014-10-18-0000October 18, 2014	Built for AFFCO for their Horotiu plant in 1948. Used until 1991 when it was placed into storage. In 1995 it was sold to the Goldfields Railway and was restored to operational condition. In 2014 it was purchased by the trust after they became surplus to Goldfields requirements. It arrived in Lumsden on 18 October 2014.^[9]
Drewry Car Co.	2247	000000001948-01-01-00001948	000000002014-10-18-0000October 18, 2014	Built for AFFCO for their Southdown plant in 1948. Used until 1991 when it was placed into storage. In 1993 it was sold to a private owner and leased to the Goldfields Railway where it was restored to operational condition. In 2014 it was purchased by the trust after they became surplus to Goldfields requirements. It arrived in Lumsden on 18 October 2014.^[9]

Wagons

Key:	In service	In service, Mainline Certified	Under overhaul/restoration/repair	Stored	Static display	Scrapped

Pre-TMS Class and Number	TMS Class and Number	Type	Builder	Year Built	Arrived	Notes
	LPS 351	Highside	N/A	000000001989-01-01-00001989	000000002014-01-01-00002014	Used for transportation of scrap metal. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
U^B 1140	UB 2981	Flat Deck	NZR Otahuhu Workshops	000000001945-01-01-00001945	000000002014-01-01-00002014	Entered NZR in 1940. Renumbered as UB 2981 in 1978. Withdrawn on 11 August 1984. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
Z^P 1111	ZP 5588 15069	Box	NZR Otahuhu Workshops	000000001968-01-01-00001968	000000002014-01-01-00002014	Entered NZR on 9 November 1968. Renumbered as ZP 5588 in 1978. It was then renumbered again as ZP 15069. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.

References

↑ "Fairfax Digital Edition".
1 2 "Heritage to be protected". Stuff.
↑ "Lumsden Railway Station's new attraction, 2014". Stuff.
↑ "New Zealand Rolling Stock Register".
↑ "New Zealand Rolling Stock Register".
↑ "Southland Heritage Month".
↑ "Trust to dig trains from river". Stuff.
↑ "Plans to boost town's allure". Stuff.
1 2 "Railfan". 21 (1). Triple M Publications. December 2014. ISSN 1173-2229.

Railway preservation in New Zealand New Zealand railway heritage and preservation groups

Upper North Island	Bay of Islands Vintage Railway Bush Tramway Club Driving Creek Railway Glenbrook Vintage Railway Goldfields Railway Helensville Railway Station Precinct Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Museum of Transport and Technology Papatoetoe Railway Station Preservation Trust Railway Enthusiasts Society Rotorua Ngongotaha Railway Trust Waikino Victoria Battery Tramway and Museum Whangarei Steam and Model Railway Club

Lower North Island	East Coast Museum of Technology Feilding and District Steam Rail Society Fell Locomotive Museum Gisborne City Vintage Railway Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Main Trunk Rail Ohakune New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Ormondville Rail Preservation Society Paekakariki Station Precinct Trust Pahiatua Railcar Society Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust Silver Stream Railway Steam Incorporated SteamRail Wanganui Tokomaru Steam Museum Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society Waitara Railway Preservation Society Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust Wellington Heritage Multiple Unit Preservation Trust Wellington Tramway Museum

South Island	Blenheim Riverside Railway Canterbury Railway Society Canterbury Steam Preservation Society Diesel Traction Group Ferrymead Railway Ferrymead Two Foot Railway Kingston Flyer Lumsden Heritage Trust Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Midland Rail Heritage Trust National Railway Museum of New Zealand Nelson Railway Society Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society Ocean Beach Railway Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust Pleasant Point Museum and Railway Project Steam Reefton Historic Trust Board Dunedin Railways (inc. Otago Excursion Train Trust) The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum Tramway Historical Society Waimea Plains Railway Weka Pass Railway West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society (inc. Shantytown) Westland Heritage Park Westport Railway Preservation Society

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