Posts By: Sandra Knight

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 »

NZRLS AGM held 31 October 2020

President Graeme Carter speaking to his report at the commencement of the AGM. Alongside Graeme is Colin Barry, NZRLS Secretary. Len Chisholm demonstrating the Trainfinda to one of our members. Trainfinda is a database being developed by Len to record descriptions of photographs that have been scanned for posterity and housed at NZRLS as part… Read more »