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Ferrymead Two Foot Railway

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The Society owned a small fleet of wagons, mostly obtained from coal mines on the West Coast of the South Island. The majority of these were coal tubs, although there are a small number of wagons built for maintenance purposes underground. The society also owned a small number of side-tipping wagons
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railway until a dwindling volunteer force finally resulted in closure and dissolving of the Society in March 2021. Most of the rolling stock the society operated was from the
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Both locomotives were named after members of the Skellerup family who originally owned the salt works,
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West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society (inc. Shantytown)
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Wellington Heritage Multiple Unit Preservation Trust
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being named after the late Winifred Skellerup while
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Ferrymead Heritage Park
Christchurch
New Zealand
2 ft
narrow gauge
Lake Grassmere
Blenheim Riverside Railway
F. C. Hibberd & Co.
Lake Grassmere salt works
Marlborough
George Skellerup
"Incorporated Societies Register"
"New Zealand Rolling Stock Register"
"Skellerup, George Waldemar"
"Heathcote Valley Online - Salt tubs working hard"
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Railway preservation in New Zealand
New Zealand railway heritage and preservation groups
Federation of Rail Organisations of New Zealand
Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand
New Zealand Model Railway Guild
Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
Bush Tramway Club
Driving Creek Railway
Glenbrook Vintage Railway
Goldfields Railway

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