OOPS! Found some More Trains (More Big Boys Toys)

Rained heavily last night but has started to clear this morning although a little chilly.   This morning we are going to the Plains Pioneer Village and Vintage Railway located just outside Ashburton at Tinwald and which has been preserving the history of the Ashburton District since the 1970’s

The Museum has a large collection of vintage machinery, 3 operational steam locomotives, and a vintage railcar.    Todays loco was a beatifully restored Rogers K88 built in 1877, all fired up and waiting to go when we arrived.  Our mission was to take a train ride on the 2.5km former Tinwald branch line.  

Rogers K88 “Washington”

Alongside the railway is  a variety of other exhibits including traction engines, tractors and their associated machinery set in amongst the Pioneer Village.

We finished off the visit with a look inside the adjoining Lynn Museum of woodworking full of superbly crafted woodworks, ornamental turning and woodworking tools.

Inside the Lynn Woodworking Museum