Te rohe | - Location
Maronan Road, Tinwald, Ashburton 8300

Ngā haora mahi | - Opening hours
Open days as per our website .

Te utu | - Admission
Free to museum site. Train fares additional charge.

The museum is constructed around a vintage railway and a village concept consisting of buildings and displays from the early days of the Mid Canterbury region.The rural history section involves traction engines, vintage tractors,oil engines and vintage farm machinery.

The railway runs along a 2.5 km along the former Springburn/Mt Somers branch. Loco's include a 1939 diesel Vulcan Railcar RM50,steam loco's K 88 'Washington' built by Rogers in 1877, a 1952 Hillside built 110 ton ex NZR Ja 1260 and a 1873 Dubs A 64 . Also several ex-New Zealand Railways carriages and wagons and a few vintage diesel shunters .

The focus is on restoration and presentation of working history with steam and diesel trains running; the village setting and the old cottage, blacksmiths and print shop, traction engines, tractors and vintage farm machinery.

Ngā momo kohinga -
Collection Strengths

Technology

• Wheelchair access

• Function space

• Toilets

• Parking

• Shop

• Postal address

  PO Box 5051, Tinwald, Ashburton 8300

• Phone number

  64-3 3089600

• Email address

  info@plainsrailway.co.nz

• Website

  http://www.plainsrailway.co.nz