Lumsden Heritage Trust

The Lumsden Heritage Trust was formed in November 2013[1] to preserve the past, promote the future and provide an attraction for visitors.[2] The trust has two ex-AFFCO locomotives that were formerly preserved by the Goldfields Railway,[3][4] the chassis of P 60,[5] ex-NZR wagons that were formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, a railway station including a crane next to it[6] and a jail from the Lumsden camping grounds.[2]

Lumsden Railway Precinct and Station

The trust planned to recover two V class locomotives from the Mararoa Junction Locomotive Dump in the Oreti River[7] These two locomotives were unearthed in 2018.[8] On 29 January 2020, V 127 was recovered and put on display, but it proved impracticable to remove V 126. After further consideration a new attempt to remove V 126 was made on 27 February 2020, and this proved successful. The following day she was also put on display.

The trust plans to relocate the original Anglican All Saints wooden church to re-purpose it as a regional war memorial museum and to host some of the events being planned to commemorate World War I.[9]

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

NZR steam locomotives
Key: In service In service, Mainline Certified Under overhaul/restoration/repair Stored Static display Scrapped
Original class and number Builder Builders number Year Built Arrived Notes
V 126 Nasmyth, Wilson and Co. 261 1885 February 28, 2020 Entered NZR service on 10 November 1885.[10] Dumped in the Oreti River near Mararoa Junction for riverbank protection on 28 October 1928.[11] Recovered and put on display on 28 February 2020.
V 127 Nasmyth, Wilson and Co. 255 1885 January 29, 2020 Entered NZR service on 3 February 1886.[12] Dumped in the Oreti River near Mararoa Junction for riverbank protection on 28 October 1928.[13] Recovered and put on display on 29 January 2020.

Industrial diesel locomotives
Key: In service In service, Mainline Certified Under overhaul/restoration/repair Stored Static display Scrapped
Builder Builders number Year Built Arrived Notes
Drewry Car Co. 2246 1948 October 18, 2014 Built for AFFCO for their Horotiu plant in 1948. Used until 1991 when it was placed into storage. In 1995 it was sold to the Goldfields Railway and was restored to operational condition. In 2014 it was purchased by the trust after they became surplus to Goldfields requirements. It arrived in Lumsden on 18 October 2014.[14]
Drewry Car Co. 2247 1948 October 18, 2014 Built for AFFCO for their Southdown plant in 1948. Used until 1991 when it was placed into storage. In 1993 it was sold to a private owner and leased to the Goldfields Railway where it was restored to operational condition. In 2014 it was purchased by the trust after they became surplus to Goldfields requirements. It arrived in Lumsden on 18 October 2014.[14]

Wagons
Key: In service In service, Mainline Certified Under overhaul/restoration/repair Stored Static display Scrapped
Pre-TMS Class and Number TMS Class and Number Type Builder Year Built Arrived Notes
LPS 351 Highside N/A 1989 2014 Used for transportation of scrap metal. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
UB 1140 UB 2981 Flat Deck NZR Otahuhu Workshops 1945 2014 Entered NZR in 1940. Renumbered as UB 2981 in 1978. Withdrawn on 11 August 1984. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
ZP 1111 ZP 5588

15069

 Box NZR Otahuhu Workshops 1968 2014 Entered NZR on 9 November 1968. Renumbered as ZP 5588 in 1978. It was then renumbered again as ZP 15069. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.

References
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  3. "Lumsden Railway Station's new attraction, 2014". Stuff.
  4. "New Zealand Rolling Stock Register".
  5. "New Zealand Rolling Stock Register".
  6. "Southland Heritage Month".
  7. "Trust to dig trains from river". Stuff.
  8. "Trains unearthed in Southland for the first time in nine decades". Stuff (Fairfax). 3 December 2018.
  9. "Plans to boost town's allure". Stuff.
  10. Lloyd, W. G. (1974). Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971. New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society (Otago Branch) Inc.
  11. "The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 9 (January 1, 1929) "The Long Day Closes". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  12. Lloyd, W. G. (1974). Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971. New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society (Otago Branch) Inc.
  13. "The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 9 (January 1, 1929) "The Long Day Closes". New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  14. "Railfan". 21 (1). Triple M Publications. December 2014. ISSN 1173-2229. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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