Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand
The Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand is a charitable trust established in October 1991.[1][failed verification] At the time the New Zealand Railways Corporation was being split into New Zealand Rail Limited, which would own all the rail, ferry and network operations of the corporation (and was eventually privatised in 1993) and the Corporation, which was to dispose of the remaining assets and hold onto the land beneath the railway network.
Former New Zealand Railways Corporation executive, Euan McQueen, helped form the trust, and was chair from 1991 to 2012.[2] McQueen, who had retired from NZR in 1988, had become concerned that with privatisation, historic assets would be lost.[2] As Tranz Rail disposed of historic assets during the 1990s and early 2000s, the Trust picked up a lot of work preserving various stations, rolling stock and other equipment.[3] The Rail Heritage trust pioneered the concept of "heritage rolling stock" which was leased to various preservation groups around New Zealand by Tranz Rail. Over 200 such items of rolling stock are now leased.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Certificate of Incorporation". Registrar of Incorporated Societies and Trusts. 1 October 1991. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ a b Kevin Ramshaw (16 September 2016). "Obituary Euan McQueen Elder Statesman of Railways". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ a b Euan McQueen (2004). "Rail Heritage in New Zealand - Review and Prospect" (PDF). Institute of Professional Engineers of New Zealand.
External links
- "Rail Heritage Trust documents". Rail Heritage Trust. 2021.
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- Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand (FRONZ)
- Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand
- New Zealand Model Railway Guild
- Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
- Bush Tramway Club
- Driving Creek Railway
- Glenbrook Vintage Railway
- Goldfields Railway
- Helensville Railway Station Precinct
- Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- Museum of Transport and Technology
- Papatoetoe Railway Station Preservation Trust
- Railway Enthusiasts Society
- Rotorua Ngongotaha Railway Trust
- Waikino Victoria Battery Tramway and Museum
- Whangarei Steam and Model Railway Club
- East Coast Museum of Technology
- Feilding and District Steam Rail Society
- Fell Locomotive Museum
- Gisborne City Vintage Railway
- Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- Main Trunk Rail Ohakune
- New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society
- Ormondville Rail Preservation Society
- Paekakariki Station Precinct Trust
- Pahiatua Railcar Society
- Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust
- Silver Stream Railway
- Steam Incorporated
- SteamRail Wanganui
- Tramways Whanganui Trust
- Tokomaru Steam Museum
- Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society
- Waitara Railway Preservation Society
- Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust
- Wellington Heritage Multiple Unit Preservation Trust
- Wellington Tramway Museum
- Blenheim Riverside Railway
- Canterbury Railway Society
- Canterbury Steam Preservation Society
- Diesel Traction Group
- Ferrymead Railway
- Ferrymead Two Foot Railway
- Kingston Flyer
- Lumsden Heritage Trust
- Mainline Steam Heritage Trust
- Midland Rail Heritage Trust
- National Railway Museum of New Zealand
- Nelson Railway Society
- Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society
- Ocean Beach Railway
- Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust
- Pleasant Point Museum and Railway
- Project Steam
- Reefton Historic Trust Board
- Dunedin Railways (inc. Otago Excursion Train Trust)
- The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum
- Tramway Historical Society
- Waimea Plains Railway
- Weka Pass Railway
- West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society (inc. Shantytown)
- Westland Heritage Park
- Westport Railway Preservation Society