{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox organization | name = New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | abbreviation = NZR&LS | predecessor = New Zealand Railway Correspondence Society | formation = Incorporated as a society:<br/>{{start date and age|1958|07|31|df=y}} | type = Incorporated Society | status = | purpose = | headquarters = [[Petone]], [[Wellington]] | location = | membership = | num_members_year = | leader_title = President | leader_name = Graeme Carter | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | affiliations = [[Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand]] | website = [https://railsoc.org.nz railsoc.org.nz] | footnotes = }} '''The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc''' is a society of [[railway enthusiasts]], based in [[Wellington]]. It was incorporated in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.societies.govt.nz/pls/web/dbsiframe.show_report_on_browser?p_access_no=042CB339A83EDE3E7CDE1E608A97A147&p_report_name=msrcert2_i.rdf&p_parent_window_url=DBSCONT.control_tabs%3Fan%3D042CB339A83EDE3E7CDE1E608A97A147%26cn%3D216449%26tab%3DAL&p_reference_number=216449&p_report_parm_string=p_reference_number=216449~p_letter_code=L025|title=Certificate of Incorporation - New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society|publisher=Registrar of Incorporated Societies|access-date=4 March 2019|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717093712/http://www.societies.govt.nz/pls/web/dbsiframe.show_report_on_browser?p_access_no=042CB339A83EDE3E7CDE1E608A97A147&p_report_name=msrcert2_i.rdf&p_parent_window_url=DBSCONT.control_tabs%3Fan%3D042CB339A83EDE3E7CDE1E608A97A147%26cn%3D216449%26tab%3DAL&p_reference_number=216449&p_report_parm_string=p_reference_number%3D216449~p_letter_code%3DL025|url-status=live}}</ref>
The society archives are in the ''Thomas McGavin Building'' on [[Ava railway station]]'s former goods yard in the [[Hutt Valley]].<ref>{{cite book |last= Parsons | first = David | title = Wellington’s Railway: Colonial Steam to Matangi |year= 2010 |publisher= New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society |location= Wellington |isbn= 978-0-908573-88-2 |page= 141 }}</ref> At one time an old railway carriage held at the [[Ngaio railway station]] was used.<ref>{{cite book |last= Hermann |first= Bruce J |title= North Island Branch Lines |year= 2007 |publisher= New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society |location= Wellington |isbn= 978-0-908573-83-7 |page= 66}}</ref>
==Publications== The society publishes a magazine, the '''''New Zealand Railway Observer''''' ({{ISSN|0028-8624}}), that was first published by the New Zealand Railway Correspondence Society on a [[Gestetner]] in 1944,<ref>{{Cite web|title=That Very First 'New Zealand Railway Observer'|url=https://railsoc.org.nz/219/|date=2013-11-25|website=NZRLS|language=en-NZ|access-date=2020-06-01|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922140534/https://railsoc.org.nz/219/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a newsletter ''Turntable''. The society publishes books on railway subjects. There are about 25 books available, as listed on the website. Most are about [[Rail transport in New Zealand|New Zealand railways]], but there is a book ''Cane Trains'' about [[Rail transport in Fiji|railways in Fiji]].
==Rolling stock== The society owns steam locomotives [[NZR AB class|A<sup>B</sup> 608]] and [[NZR X class|X 442]].<ref>[https://railsoc.org.nz/about-the-society/rolling-stock-register/ Rolling Stock Register] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804145437/https://railsoc.org.nz/about-the-society/rolling-stock-register/ |date=4 August 2020 }} New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society</ref>
==Associated groups== The [[New Zealand Model Railway Guild]] was formed from the model railway section of the society. The Guild was incorporated as a separate incorporated society in 1967.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://railsoc.org.nz/ NZRLS website] * [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22425124 Archives New Zealand - New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society] * [https://www.fronz.org.nz/railway-tramway-member-groups FRONZ - Member Groups] * [http://railsoc.org.nz/railway-observer-preview/ ''The New Zealand Railway Observer'']
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