Auckland

All meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each even numbered month at 7.30pm for 8.00 pm,
in the upstairs dining room at the Onehunga Returned Services Club, Princes St., Onehunga.
All welcome, especially visitors to Auckland. Admission $2.00 towards the cost of supper, please.

Contact Person: Alan Sim (ph 09.629-2069).

Waikato

Meets: St Andrews Library, corner of Braid Rd. and Taylor Terrace, Hamilton.
 Time: 7.30 p.m. Admission a gold coin and members bring a plate.
Contact Person: Kevin O'Neill, 59 Kelly Road, RD2, Mercer 2474, Phone (09) 296 6134

Bay of Plenty

Meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month, February to November, at 7.30 pm, in the Model Engineers' Clubrooms, Memorial Park, Tauranga.
All enquiries to and details of venue from,
David Kent, 33 Gunbar Drive, Welcome Bay, RD 5, Tauranga, 3175
ph (07) 544-6144

Taranaki

Meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month in New Plymouth.
Meetings commence at 7.30pm during 'daylight saving' and 7.00pm the rest of the year.
Contact the Coordinator: Dr.Peter Matthews, 34 Davies Road, New Plymouth, 4601. phone (06) 753 3635

Rotorua

Meets on the 1st Monday of the month at 7.30 pm, in Rotorua.
Visitors always welcome. All enquiries to and details of venue from,
Murray Farquhar, PO Box 10-156, Rotorua Mail Centre, Rotorua, 3046 ph (07) 346 0490

Manawatu

Meets: Milson Community Centre, Milsons Line, Palmerston North.on thr Fourth Saturday each month, starting at 7.30.
Secretary/Treasurer Stu Ingram, 12 Woburn Place, Palmerston North, 4412
ph. (06) 357 5216 or email to: 'stu_i @ inspire.net.nz'

Hawkes Bay

Meets: Meetings are usually held at Old Custom House, Customs Quay, Ahuriri, Napier. On the Second Monday of every second month from February, starting at 7.30.
Contact David Prior, 37 Trent St., Taradale, Napier 4112.
ph. (06) 844 8795

Wairarapa

enquiries to:-
Noel Meek, Group Secretary,
Wards Line, RD 1, Greytown, 5794
Ph. (06) 304-9536

Wellington

Meets: The Museum Room, Top Floor, Turnbull House, Bowen Street, Wellington.

The meetings for 2010 are:-

• Saturdays, 13th February, 10th April, 12th June, 14th August, 9th October, 11th December

South Canterbury

Meetings are normally held Saturdays at 7.30pm in Pleasant Point Railway & Historeical Society's, Keans's Crossing Theatrette, Pleasant Point.
Please bring a plate for supper and a gold coin donation.
Contact Bryan Blanchard, 18 Roxburgh St.,Timaru, 7910 ph. (03) 686-2269
e-mail ba.mc.blanchard @ xtra.co.nz

Invercargill

Meets at Graeme Aitken's home, 4-15 Clifton Street, Invercargill, 9810
7.00pm on the 4th Sunday of the month except December. Check with Graham, the date may vary.
Contact person Graham Aitken, ph (03) 217-5986.

• Locomotives::

• Ab 608 - work is now going ahead at the Paekakariki base of Steam Inc.

• Wab 794 has been restored by Feilding & District Steam Rail Society and is in active service.

•  X 442 is at Feilding awaiting restoration...

• Carriages::

• Our Ex. Wellington and Manawatu Railway cars No.48 and 52 are at Silverstream North End. Number 48 is well on the way to full restoration.

• Wagons::

• Kp 1728 is at Steam Inc's site at Paekakariki, being used as a support wagon for Ab608

• An Rb highsider has been provided by the Rail Heritage Trust and is at Feilding.

• 2 class Q hopper wagons are located at Silverstream North End. Minor repairs have been carried out and they have been repainted.

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The Society is a partner in a joint venture that owns a block of land at the north end of the Silver Stream Railway. The Society has put up a substantial building on its share of the land.

The purpose of our building is to:-

• Provide space and facilities to undertake preservation;

• Store and display our rolling stock under cover (think of what has been done at the Fell Museum in Featherston);

• Have a member's library and facilities room; and

• Securely store excess archive material.

Goals for the Partnership

• To plan the overall use of the site.

• To establish all necessary site fencing.

• To establish all necessary access roading.

• To establish all necessary services in common for water , sewerage, electricity, telephone, gas, etc.