West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society

The West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society is based at the Shantytown Heritage Park. The society has three steam locomotives and one diesel. One loco, Kaitangata (otherwise known as "Katie") is a 0-6-0st steam locomotive built by Sharp, Stewart & Co. in 1896. It is an improved version of the 88 F class locomotives.^[1]^[2]

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Number	Builder	Builder's number	Year built	Arrived at Shantytown	Notes
Opossum	E.W. Mills	n/a	1875	1986	Built for the NZR in 1875. When it arrived it was placed into storage at Foxton. It was then sold to Butler & O\'Connor, GM in 1877. It only lasted a year there until being on-sold Public Works Department, Harbour Works. Then to the Greymouth Harbour Board in 1884 and Ogilvie\'s, Gladstone in 1911. Stored in Greymouth from 1958 until 1986 when it was purchased by the society. Stored until 2009 when restoration commenced for it to be placed on static display. This was complete in 2012.^[2]
Climax 1203	Climax Manufacturing Co.	1203	1913	1971	Built for Patate Timber Company for their Matapuna plant in 1913. In 1916 it was the sold to Pukuweka mills at Mananu,^[2] who were agents for the Patate firm.^[3] i. In 1939 it was then on-sold to Ellis & Burnand for their Mananui (1939), Mangapehi (1944) and Ongarue (1953) plants. In 1963 it was then stored at Ongarue then at Mangapehi (1968) and Greymouth (1971). In 1968 it was purchased by John Melse. In 1971 it was then leased to the society and stored until 1973 when restoration commenced. It was recommissioned in 1980. In 1988 Melse donated it to the society. It was withdrawn from service in 2002 and has been in storage since.^[2]
Heisler 1494	Heisler – Stearns	n/a	1494	1969	Built for Midland Saw Milling, Camerons in 1924. It was then sold to New Forest Sawmills, Ngahere in 1929. Then to Unused, Kangaroo Creek in 1958. In 1966 it was placed into storage. In 1969 it was purchased by the society. Stored until 2010 when restoration commenced for it to be placed on static display. This was complete in 2012.^[2]
Kaitangata 4270	Sharp, Stewart & Co	4270	1897	1971	Built for the Kaitangata Coal & Railway Company in 1896. Entered service a year later and was withdrawn in 1971. Purchased by the society in the same year and stored until the 1979 where restoration commenced. Recommissioned a year later. It was placed in its first 10-year overhaul from 1990 to 1991. Serviceable until 2004 when it was withdrawn for another 10-year overhaul. Serviceable again from 2005. In 2014 it was withdrawn from service for another 10-year overhaul. It has been named "Katie" in preservation.^[2]
L 508	Avonside Engine Co.	1206	1877	1998	Entered NZR service in 1877 as L 208. Withdrawn in 1901 and sold to the Public Works Department and reclassified as PWD 508. On-sold to Portland Cement and reclassified as PC 7. It was then purchased by the now defunct Tauranga Historic Village in 1974. Purchased by the society in 1998 and recommissioned in 2004. It has been named "Gertie" in preservation. The locomotive's boiler ticket will expire in 2014.^[4]
T^R 107 (TMS: TR 396)	A & G Price	176	1957	2005	Entered NZR service in May 1957. During this time it was reclassified as W^W 4733 by the Ways and Works Department at Middleton. It was later reclassified back as T^R 107. Renumbered as TR 396 in 1978 and withdrawn in 2005. Purchased by the society in the same year. It was used until 2007 when withdrawn from service for a restoration. This was completed in 2008 and it now wears a green livery with "Infants Creek Tramway" written above the long hood. It has named "Rosie" in preservation.^[5]

v t e Railway preservation in New Zealand New Zealand railway heritage and preservation groups
Nationwide	Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand (FRONZ) Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand New Zealand Model Railway Guild
Upper North Island	Bay of Islands Vintage Railway Bush Tramway Club Driving Creek Railway Glenbrook Vintage Railway Goldfields Railway Helensville Railway Station Precinct Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Museum of Transport and Technology Papatoetoe Railway Station Preservation Trust Railway Enthusiasts Society Rotorua Ngongotaha Railway Trust Waikino Victoria Battery Tramway and Museum Whangarei Steam and Model Railway Club
Lower North Island	East Coast Museum of Technology Feilding and District Steam Rail Society Fell Locomotive Museum Gisborne City Vintage Railway Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Main Trunk Rail Ohakune New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Ormondville Rail Preservation Society Paekakariki Station Precinct Trust Pahiatua Railcar Society Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust Silver Stream Railway Steam Incorporated SteamRail Wanganui Tramways Whanganui Trust Tokomaru Steam Museum Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society Waitara Railway Preservation Society Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust Wellington Heritage Multiple Unit Preservation Trust Wellington Tramway Museum
South Island	Blenheim Riverside Railway Canterbury Railway Society Canterbury Steam Preservation Society Diesel Traction Group Ferrymead Railway Ferrymead Two Foot Railway Kingston Flyer Lumsden Heritage Trust Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Midland Rail Heritage Trust National Railway Museum of New Zealand Nelson Railway Society Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society Ocean Beach Railway Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust Pleasant Point Museum and Railway Project Steam Reefton Historic Trust Board Dunedin Railways (inc. Otago Excursion Train Trust) The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum Tramway Historical Society Waimea Plains Railway Weka Pass Railway West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society (inc. Shantytown) Westland Heritage Park Westport Railway Preservation Society

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