Plains Vintage Railway

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The Plains Vintage Railway is a heritage railway near Ashburton, New Zealand that operates on three kilometres of trackage that was once part of the Mount Somers Branch before it closed. Public services run regularly and utilise preserved and restored locomotives and rolling stock once used on New Zealand's national railway network.

The Plains Vintage Railway came to world attention when a member of the Rogers K class, K 88, was recovered in 1974 from the Oreti River in Southland and restored to a fully operational condition on the Plains Vintage Railway's line in 1981. This set a pattern other railway enthusiasts have followed, recovering a number of locomotives of various classes from where they were dumped, including two other members of the Rogers K class. One of them, K 94, is also owned by the Plains Vintage Railway and is presently in an unrestored condition as a comparison to vividly illustrate the condition in which K 88 was found.

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Railway preservation in New Zealand
New Zealand railway heritage and preservation groups
Upper North Island
Lower North Island
Feilding and District Steam Rail Society • Fell Engine Museum • Gisborne City Vintage Railway • 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 • Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society • Waitara Railway Preservation Society • Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust • Wellington Tramway Museum
South Island
Canterbury Railway Society • Diesel Traction Group • Ferrymead Railway • Kingston Flyer • Ocean Beach Railway • Ohai Railway Board • Plains Vintage Railway • Pleasant Point Museum and Railway • Project Steam • Taieri Gorge Railway (inc. Otago Excursion Train Trust) • Weka Pass Railway • West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society (inc. Shantytown) • Westport Railway Preservation Society
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