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Pleasant Point Museum and Railway

Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, Heritage railway museum in Pleasant Point, New Zealand.

The Pleasant Point Museum and Railway is a railway museum in New Zealand featuring a 2.5-kilometer track connecting the original station to Keane's Crossing with restored locomotives and equipment. The grounds include vintage train cars, a vintage cinema, and a collection of historical transport items from different periods.

The line from Timaru opened on 24 December 1875, making Pleasant Point the terminus for just over a year until the Fairlie branch was completed. The station closed with the branch on 2 March 1968, and a historical society then formed to preserve the 1875 building, its 1930s booking office, the yard and about 2.5 km of track.

The railway is run by the Pleasant Point Railway and Historical Society, which also operates an Old Time Movie Theatre and displays vintage computers alongside railway memorabilia. The site's centrepiece is New Zealand's only "half birdcage" passenger carriage, built in 1895.

The museum offers train rides during warmer months and holiday periods, so plan your visit accordingly. Wear comfortable shoes for walking around the grounds and viewing the collections.

The Model T Ford railcar on display is a replica built in 1926 of an experimental vehicle constructed in 1925 and scrapped in the 1930s. Only one other replica exists, in the United States, and it was built to different specifications. The railcar runs multiple trips on operating days.

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