The National Railway Museum of New Zealand (NRM) is a museum under construction in Christchurch, New Zealand that covers the history of the New Zealand railway network. Work is underway to open at Ferrymead Heritage Park in Ferrymead, Christchurch,[1] at the site of New Zealand's first railway opened in 1863.[2]
The museum is owned by an incorporated society, the National Railway Museum of New Zealand Incorporated.[3] The society is a registered charity.[4] Alan Spooner is the current president of the society.
To raise funds, the NRM runs its own bookshop, mainly selling books and magazines relating to railway topics in New Zealand.[5]
The museum owns one electric locomotive from Wellington, one electric multiple unit also from Wellington and three wagons with a leased diesel shunter. The museum will display other NZR and bush locomotives from the Canterbury Railway Society. The museum will also display other rolling stock including a turntable from Auckland and any other suitable railway material. The museum is under construction with the turntable in place. An NZR C class (1873), rescued from a dump in Buller Gorge,[6] was moved from the Westport Railway Preservation Society to NZRM in 2024.[7]
| Key: | In service | In service, Mainline Certified | Under overhaul/restoration | Stored | Static display | Scrapped |
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| Number | TMS number | Builder | Builder's number | Year built | Arrived | Notes | |
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| DC4876 | General Motors Canada | 81/1119 (Clyde Engineering makers No.) | Ex-DA 1492. Rebuilt at Clyde Engineering in 1979. | ||||
| TR 190 | TR 943 | NZR Hillside Workshops | 457 | Owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. |
| Key: | In service | In service, Mainline Certified | Under overhaul/restoration | Stored | Static display | Scrapped |
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| Key: | In service | In service, Mainline Certified | Under overhaul/restoration | Stored | Static display | Scrapped |
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| Number | TMS number | Name | Builder | Builder's number | Year built | Year arrived | Notes | |
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| D 162 | D 2687 | Phoenix | English Electric | 1648 | ||||
| DM 16 | DM 216 | Phoenix | English Electric | 1561 |
| Key: | In service | In service, Mainline Certified | Under overhaul/restoration | Stored | Static display | Scrapped |
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| Number | TMS number | Builder | Year built | Year arrived | Notes | |
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| LA 13817 | NZR Hillside Workshops | |||||
| T 199 | T 813 | NZR Addington Workshops | ||||
| YD 490 | YD 1044 | Differential Car Co | Used by the Canterbury Railway Society for work trains. |