The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum
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The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum is a heritage railway and recreated historic village in the Tinwald Domain, Tinwald, New Zealand. The railway (operating as The Plains Railway) runs on approximately three kilometres of rural railway line that was once part of the Mount Somers Branch. The village and railway are open regularly to the public. The railway utilises preserved and restored locomotives and rolling stock once used on New Zealand's national railway network, while the village shows visitors how life was lived in New Zealand's pioneering past.
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Ashburton Railway & Preservation Society | |
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The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum | |
Entrance road and parking lot for the railway and museum | |
Locale | Tinwald, Ashburton, New Zealand |
Terminus | The Plains Museum |
Coordinates | 43.923267°S 171.708422°E / -43.923267; 171.708422 |
Connections | KiwiRail Main South Line |
Commercial operations | |
Name | Mount Somers Branchline |
Built by | New Zealand Government Railways |
Original gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Preserved operations | |
Owned by | Ashburton Railway & Preservation Society |
Operated by | Ashburton Railway & Preservation Society |
Stations | One |
Length | 2.5km |
Preserved gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Commercial history | |
Opened | 4 October 1885 |
Closed | 1 January 1968 |
Preservation history | |
1971 | Formation of Society |
1973 | First Operation of Trains |
1981 | First Operation of K 88 |
2011 | 40th Anniversary Event |
2016 | 45th Anniversary Event |
Website | |
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