The NZRLS Archive at Ava will be closed for the holiday period from 2pm on Monday 22nd December 2025 and will reopen on Saturday 3rd January 2026.   The Archive Team wishes everyone an enjoyable and safe holiday period.    

This weeks article is from the New Zealand Railway Observer Volume 27, No 2   – Winter 1970 and is: Locomotives and Their Performance No 23 – Second Generation Diesels to Come from General Electric by T A McGavin Article 13, Volume 27, No 2 Each week a new Article from early issues of the New… Read more »

A copy of the draft AGM Minutes are now available in the Members Menu with the AGM papers.  These draft minutes are subject to confirmation at the 2026 meeting. .

In the Governments’ 2025 Budget they confirmed $600m for upgrading the rail network.  At the NZRLS 2023 Annual General Meeting the guest speaker was Daran Ponter who addressed the topic “Metlink Rail Operations – Present Operations and Future Plans”. Daren is the chair of the Greater Wellington Regional Council and a keen observer of rail… Read more »

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