Join the Society

Membership application

Membership of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Incorporated is open to all interested people. Young people over the age of 10 and under 18 years of age who are attending school or college may apply for Junior Membership at a reduced subscription.

To View the “Interested in New Zealand Railways’ brochure which is the paper version for joining the Society  please click the the brochure link here. Please note this brochure was printed before  Banks phased out Cheques hence the now redundant mention of payment by cheque.  If sending through the post the preferred method is obviously credit card details and we also require the three digit security code which was also missed on this brochure but will be included in the next print run.

Interested in New Zealand Railways Brochure

Click on a link below to complete the relevant online application form.

You can join for one, two or three years.

Please note:

  • that some of the bundle options mentioned below are ONLY available to New Zealand and Australian Members.
  • Subscription to the Digital Observer and Digital Linesider provides member access to the Society’s website for the duration of the paid subscription period. Access to the digital magazines and member only website content is removed when the subscription expires or the member is no longer financial.
  • All prices shown below are New Zealand dollars
  • ROW is used for Rest of World.

Full year Membership subscriptions for 2027 (Due 1st July 2026):

Full Member  New Zealand $119.00 (Paper and Digital Copy Observer)

Full Member ROW NZ$145.00 (Paper and Digital Copy Observer)

Junior Member $72.00 (Paper and Digital Copy Observer)

Full Member  New Zealand $101.00 (Digital Copy Observer)

Full Member ROW NZ$101.00 (Digital Copy Observer)

Full Member Junior $54.00 (Digital Copy Observer)

Full Member New Zealand Bundle Option – $197.00 (Paper and Digital Copy Observer and Paper Copy Linesider)

Full Member Australia Bundle Option – $330.00 (Paper and Digital Copy Observer and Paper Copy Linesider)

Full Member New Zealand Bundle Option – $179.00 (Digital Copy Observer and Paper Copy Linesider)

Full Member Australia Bundle Option – $286.00 (Digital Copy Observer and Paper Copy Linesider)

Full Member New Zealand Bundle Option – $175.00 (Digital Copy Observer and Digital Copy Linesider)

Full Member ROW Bundle Option – $175.00 (Digital Copy Observer and Digital Copy Linesider)

Junior Member Bundle Option – $128.00 (Digital Copy Observer and Digital Copy Lindesider)

Price is adjusted when new members join half way through a financial year so check the price on the actual form.

New Member Application

Existing Member Renewal

All members of the Society are entitled to a special price for Society publications when they are ordered from the Society. Members can also insert small private announcements or advertisements in “The New Zealand Railway Observer” and our newsletter, “Turntable”, free of charge subject to availability of space and a limit of one advert per issue per member.

The NZRLS Board has made the decision to discontinue the Magazine Groups.