Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society

Oamaru Harbourside Station

The Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society was formed in 1985 to preserve PWD 535. Since establishment the Society has acquired and preserved Hudswell Clarke built 0-4-0ST B10 of 1924^[1] from the Pukeuri Alliance Freezing Works, a Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns shunter No.7908 of 1962 from the Pukeuri Alliance Freezing Works and T^R 35 of 1939 from the New Zealand Railways Corporation. The society also currently has D^SA 234 on loan to them by one of their members. The railway is located in Oamaru's Historic Precinct, utilising a portion of the former New Zealand Railways Oamaru yard. Train travels every Sunday from Harbourside Station to the bottom of clay cliffs (known as Red Sheds), alongside Oamaru's Victorian Harbour.

Locomotives and rolling stock

Locomotives

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

Number	Builder	Builder's number	Year built	Arrived at Waitaki	Notes^[2] ^[3]
B10	Hudswell Clarke	1542	1924	1989	B10 was built for Messrs Armstrong, Whitworth of Tauranga, for the construction of the Waihi to Tauranga section of the North Island East Coast Main Trunk Railway. In 1930 it was sold to Milburn Cement for work on their siding with A 67. In 1967 the locomotive was sold to the Waitaki NZ's (now Alliance) Pukeuri Freezing Works for $1500. In 1988 it was leased to the Weka Pass Railway, but ended up being no use. In 1989 the OS&RRS provided D^SAs 218 and 234 on long-term loan to the freezing works and B10 was on loan to the society. The ownership changed in 2000 for the three locomotives. In 2007 B10 was taken out of service for its 10-year overhaul was due. The boiler as repaired at Scott's Engineering in Christchurch while its frame and other major parts were overhauled and reassembled. B10 returned to active service in May 2013 and in October the same year it was loaned to the Ashburton Railway & Preservation Society for the Rail 150 celebrations at The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum. It has since returned to Oamaru.
D^SA 234	Drewry	2432	1953	1989	TMS: DSA 387. Entered NZR service in June 1954 for shunting duties. Withdrawn in March 1981 and sold to the Ohai Railway Board, Ohai for shunting use for coal trains. It was later used as a source of parts as it was inoperable due to running without water in its engine. Used until July 1989 when it was for D^SA 218. It was sold to the OS&RRS in March 1989. Swapped for Hudswell Clarke built B10 from the Waitaki NZ's (now Alliance) Pukeuri Freezing Works, Pukeuri in October the same year. Used as spare parts for D^SA 218. Purchased by OS&RRS member Harry Andrew in 1999 and was transported back to the Oamaru railway in the same year. It was restored from 2004 to 2008 with major parts from D^S 214. D^SA 234 is in occasional service at Oamaru Steam & Rail.
PWD 535	John Fowler & Co.	15909	1921	1986	PWD 535 was built for the Department of Public Works in 1921. It was used until 1935 when it was purchased by Addison Corp Goldmine. Purchased again by the Oamaru Harbour Board in 1938 and used into the 1960s and was put up for display in the Oamaru Gardens. It was acquired in 1986 by the OS&RRS. Funding for restoration commenced in December 2013 with it being on static display on flat-deck wagon N^F 2075. Restoration has commenced with smaller parts being overhauled.^[4]
T^R 1	RSH	7908	1962	2009	Named Husky. T^R 1 was built for the Wellington Meat Export Company in 1962. It was sold to Waitaki NZ's (now Alliance) Pukeuri Freezing Works, Pukeuri in 1975 and used until 2009. It was acquired by the OS&RRS in the same year. It was used after arrival at Oamaru Steam & Rail and is now under restoration.
T^R 35	Drewry	2144	1939	1988	It entered service for the New Zealand Railways Department in September 1939, was withdrawn in February 1988 and is a replacement on occasion for B10 at Oamaru Steam & Rail.
U^C 366	Sharp, Stewart & Co.	4750	1901	2009	Entered service in 1901 for the New Zealand Railways Department. Withdrawn and dumped in 1936 at the Oamaru locomotive dump. It was recovered by the OS&RRS in 2009 and is currently on Static Display.

In addition:

The Ocean Beach Railway leased to the OS&RRS in 2009 their locomotive A 67 as a stand in for B10 while B10 was sidelined for its ten-year survey. It has since returned to the OBR.
The OS&RRS had purchased D^SA 218 in 1989 and it arrived the same year and hauled trains on the line. It was swapped for B10 along with D^SA 234 in November the same year to the Waitaki NZ's (now Alliance) Pukeuri Freezing Works, Pukeuri. D^SA 218 is now owned by the Ashburton Railway & Preservation Society and is awaiting restoration at The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum.
K 92 from the Waimea Plains Railway came to Oamaru Steam & Rail in early 2007 where it regularly operated on their open days as another stand in for B10. It was moved to the Kingston Flyer in 2008.

References

↑ "Official Oamaru Steam & Rail Website". Oamaru Steam & Rail. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
↑ "New Zealand Rolling Stock Register". New Zealand Rolling Stock Register. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
↑ "NZR Rolling Stock Lists". Retrieved 18 May 2014.
↑ "Railfan" 20 (3). Triple M Publications. June 2014. ISSN 1173-2229.

External links

Official website of the Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society

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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