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Pleasant Point Railway and Historical Society Guided Tours

Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, 59 Main Rd, Pleasant Point

Friday 27 December 2024 - Sunday 23 February 2025 11:00am – 3:00pm

59 Main Rd, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Pleasant Point Railway and Historical Society Guided Tours

Dates
  • Fri 27 Dec 2024, 11:00am–3:00pm
  • Sat 28 Dec 2024, 11:00am–3:00pm
  • Sun 29 Dec 2024, 11:00am–3:00pm
  • Mon 30 Dec 2024, 11:00am–3:00pm
  • Tue 31 Dec 2024, 11:00am–3:00pm

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Restrictions

All Ages

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Pleasant Point Railway

Come, step back in time with a ride on a Model T Ford railcar and museum-guided tour, with the driver giving a special personalized 45-minute conducted tour around our site. Including an interactive model railway, 2 steam locomotives, a vintage movie theatre, old printing presses, and much more.

Tours leave: 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm & 3 pm

On days, when the steam train is running, there will be no personalized guided tours, the museum will be open to walk through at your own pace. (on those days 1 ticket and you can ride both Steam Train and Railcar)

History
When the Fairlie Branch line closed in 1968, a group of people with a passion to preserve history for future generations set up the Pleasant Point Railway and Historical Society. All they had was a vision, a steam locomotive, and a vandalized railway station.

In 1970 a steam locomotive, Ab 699, was placed as a static exhibit on the only piece of track not lifted, about 50 meters, in front of the old Pleasant Point Railway Station. A museum was set up in the railway station.

We now have the following:
- Ab 699 Locomotive, fully operational
- The Model T Ford Railcar that runs daily during the summer
- Two kilometers of relaid track
- NZ’s only restored half birdcage carriage.
- D16, former freezing works shunting loco, restored to working condition.
- A huge shed at Keanes Crossing, built to house a workshop, rolling stock, and displays.

More attractions at Keanes Crossing:
- Vintage movie theatre showing old-time films.
- Printing machinery on display.
- Operating model railway and much more for you to enjoy.

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