Pahiatua Railcar Society
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The Pahiatua Railcar Society (PRS) is a society located in Pahiatua, New Zealand, dedicated to the restoration of railcars and other locomotives and rolling stock formerly operated by the New Zealand Railways Department. It is notable for possessing the sole remaining examples of the RM class 88 seater and Wairarapa railcars.
Standard railcar RM 31 in the yard at Pahiatua station.
RM 31 in the Pahiatua yard with the station building and platform to the left.
RM 31 in Pahiatua yard.
RM 5 under restoration.
Pahiatua railway station
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Pahiatua railway station is on the Wairarapa Line in New Zealand's North Island. It was opened in May 1897, shortly before the line was opened to Woodville in December of that year. The station is located in Mangamutu, 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) west of Pahiatua, in contrast to the original plans for the railway line to run through the town.
Pahiatua railway station Railcar Storage Shed and Workshop. This building was constructed by the Pahiatua Railcar Society and was completed in 2001.
Pahiatua railway station goods shed and loading bank. This is the only surviving original building on site, and was completed in 1897.
Pahiatua's replacement station building, opened in 1971.