Posts Categorized: News

Ava Archive – Open Times for Members

Our archive and office at the Thomas McGavin Building at Ava is open to members and other visitors at the times shown in the Archives section of the website. In view of the lower numbers of Covid-19 infections, the wearing of a mask is optional. Masks are available at the reception desk for you to… 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 »

Books for sale

The Society has a large collection of Second Hand Books for sale. Some in pristine condition, others not so.

A&G Price Drawings

In mid-2018 the New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc took on custodianship of the majority of the surviving engineering drawings from A&G Price and William Cable. The Price drawings date back to the mid-1890s while the Cable drawings date from after WWII. A small team has started listing and scanning those drawings that are… Read more »