Who We Are
We are a group of likeminded individuals that have come together over a passion for locomotives and our Southland community. In 2022, we created a trust to work towards preserving rail heritage for our community.
Our F150
Built in Glasgow, Scotland by Dubs and Co, F150 served on New Zealand Railways from October 1882 until her retirement in 1958 in Invercargill. In 1962 it was gifted to the Invercargill City Council and installed in the Newfield playground along with a WWII Valentine, where many of us in Southland hold treasured childhood memories of playing on it until 1974.
The vision
Our dream is to return our loco to the rail where she belongs and run her with carriages several times a year between Invercargill and Bluff, securing a dedicated section of heritage railway for our Southland community.