The Lumsden Heritage Trust was formed in November 2013 to preserve the past, promote the future and provide an attraction for visitors. The trust has two ex-AFFCO locomotives that were formerly preserved by the Goldfields Railway, the chassis of P 60, ex-New Zealand Railways (NZR) wagons that were formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, a railway station including a crane next to it and a jail from the Lumsden camping grounds.
The trust planned to recover two V class steam locomotives from the Mararoa Junction Locomotive Dump in the Ōreti River These two locomotives were unearthed in 2018. On 29 January 2020, V 127 was recovered and put on display, but it proved impracticable to remove V 126. After further consideration a new attempt to remove V 126 was made on 27 February 2020, and this proved successful. The following day the locomotive was also put on display.
The trust plans to relocate the original wooden Anglican All Saints Church to re-purpose it as a regional war memorial museum and to host some of the events being planned to commemorate World War I.
Locomotives and rolling stock
NZR steam locomotives
Key:In serviceIn service, Mainline CertifiedUnder overhaul/restoration/repairStoredStatic displayScrapped Original class and number Builder Builders number Year built Arrived Notes D 6 Neilson and Co. 2564 Entered NZR service in May 1881.Lloyd, W. G. (1974). Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971. New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society (Otago Branch) Inc. Sold to the Taratu Coal Co. in 1917, then to McDonald's Oamaru Lime Ltd. in 1940. In 1965 it went into preservation at the Ocean Beach Railway. It was gifted to the Lumsden Heritage Trust in 2022 and restored by Bulleid Engineering in Winton before being put on display on 16 April 2025. V 126 Nasmyth, Wilson and Co. 261 Entered NZR service on 10 November 1885.Lloyd, W. G. (1974). Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971. New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society (Otago Branch) Inc. Dumped in the Ōreti River near Mararoa Junction for riverbank protection on 28 October 1928. Recovered and put on display on 28 February 2020. V 127 Nasmyth, Wilson and Co. 255 Entered NZR service on 3 February 1886. Dumped in the Ōreti River near Mararoa Junction for riverbank protection on 28 October 1928. Recovered and put on display on 29 January 2020.
Industrial diesel locomotives
Key:In serviceIn service, Mainline CertifiedUnder overhaul/restoration/repairStoredStatic displayScrapped Builder Builders number Year built Arrived Notes Drewry Car Co. 2246 Built for AFFCO for their Horotiu plant in 1948. Used until 1991 when it was placed into storage. In 1995 it was sold to the Goldfields Railway and was restored to operational condition. In 2014 it was purchased by the trust after they became surplus to Goldfields requirements. It arrived in Lumsden on 18 October 2014. Drewry Car Co. 2247 Built for AFFCO for their Southdown plant in 1948. Used until 1991 when it was placed into storage. In 1993 it was sold to a private owner and leased to the Goldfields Railway where it was restored to operational condition. In 2014 it was purchased by the trust after they became surplus to Goldfields requirements. It arrived in Lumsden on 18 October 2014.
Wagons
Key:In serviceIn service, Mainline CertifiedUnder overhaul/restoration/repairStoredStatic displayScrapped Pre-TMS Class and Number TMS Class and Number Type Builder Year built Arrived Notes LPS 351 Highside N/A Used for transportation of scrap metal. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. UB 1140 UB 2981 Flat Deck NZR Otahuhu Workshops Entered NZR in 1940. Renumbered as UB 2981 in 1978. Withdrawn on 11 August 1984. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand. ZP 1111 ZP 5588 15069 Box NZR Otahuhu Workshops Entered NZR on 9 November 1968. Renumbered as ZP 5588 in 1978. It was then renumbered again as ZP 15069. Formerly preserved by the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust, owned by the Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand.
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