Posts By: Sandra Knight

New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Board of Management Elections

At this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Saturday 16 October there will be an election for the Society’s Board of Management. The Election will be for the following positions; President Secretary Treasurer Directors – four required Those elected will hold their positions for three years. The nomination form for the positions… Read more »

Notice of New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) – papers now available under members section including Unaudited 2020/21 Financial Statements

The Society’s 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the Johnsonville Community Centre, located at 3 Frankmoore Avenue, Johnsonville on Saturday 16th October 2021 from 2.00 pm.  Afternoon tea will follow the AGM. The Agenda, formal reports and the Minutes from the previous year’s meeting have been posted on the Society’s website under… Read more »

Mark Cole, Former NZR&LS Archivist

The Society’s long-time archivist until early 2021, Mark Cole, passed away on 28 May 2021. He was aged 88. Mark had done many tasks for the Society over a very long period of time, including having been our archivist and caretaker of the Thomas McGavin building at Ava for over 20 years.  He was also… Read more »

New A&G Price Drawings available

A&G Price Drawings – a further batch of drawings are now available.   The lastest batch scanned are from the third cabinet and are high-resolution scans of the rail-relevant tracings . These cover the period from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s and include surviving drawings of the V-type steam lokey, the RNZAF 87hp petrol locos,… Read more »