Wellington Heritage Multiple Unit Preservation Trust

The Wellington Heritage Multiple Unit Preservation Trust was formed to preserved D 2130, DM 556 and D 2411 or otherwise known as the "Cyclops" EMU set. The trust is based at Maymorn near the Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust. The set was purchased in January 2013^[1] and arrived at their base on 21 April the same year.

Cars

Key:	In service	In service, Mainline Certified	Under overhaul/restoration	Stored	Static display	Scrapped

Number	Builder	Builder's number	Year built	Arrived at Maymorn	Notes
D 2130	English Electric	1599	1949	21 April 2013	Pre-TMS: D 113. Entered NZR service in November 1949 for the Wellington commuter trains. During this time it was joined with motor car DM 556 and trailer D 2411. In 2006 it was overhauled and repainted in the NZR Midland Red livery and named the "Cyclops" and returned to service on 4 April the same year. It was placed into storage at Hutt Workshops as a spare trailer. Withdrawn, 19 March 2012. Purchased by the WHMUPT in January 2013 and arrived on the 21 April that year.
D 2411	English Electric	1624	1950	21 April 2013	Pre-TMS: D 138. Entered NZR service in December 1950 for the Wellington commuter trains. During this time it was joined with motor car DM 556 and trailer D 2411. In 2006 it was overhauled and repainted in the NZR Midland Red livery and named the "Cyclops" and returned to service on 4 April the same year. Withdrawn, 19 March 2012. Purchased by the WHMUPT in January 2013 and arrived on the 21 April that year. In 2014 it was repaired and now is currently used as a carriage with RIRHT's T^R 189 on their open days.
DM 556	English Electric	1593	1953	21 April 2013	Pre-TMS: D^M 48. Entered NZR service in March 1954 for the Wellington commuter trains. During this time it was joined with motor car DM 556 and trailer D 2411. In 2006 it was overhauled and repainted in the NZR Midland Red livery and named the "Cyclops" and returned to service on 4 April the same year. Withdrawn, 19 March 2012. Purchased by the WHMUPT in January 2013 and arrived on the 21 April that year.

References

↑ http://www.nzrsr.co.nz/view_page.php?page=5&search=false&sort=none&order=none

Railway preservation in New Zealand New Zealand railway heritage and preservation groups

Upper North Island	Bay of Islands Vintage Railway Bush Tramway Club Driving Creek Railway Glenbrook Vintage Railway Goldfields Railway Helensville Railway Station Precinct Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Museum of Transport and Technology Papatoetoe Railway Station Preservation Trust Railway Enthusiasts Society Rotorua Ngongotaha Railway Trust Waikino Victoria Battery Tramway and Museum Whangarei Steam and Model Railway Club

Lower North Island	East Coast Museum of Technology Feilding and District Steam Rail Society Fell Locomotive Museum Gisborne City Vintage Railway Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Main Trunk Rail Ohakune New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Ormondville Rail Preservation Society Paekakariki Station Precinct Trust Pahiatua Railcar Society Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust Silver Stream Railway Steam Incorporated SteamRail Wanganui Tokomaru Steam Museum Wairarapa Railway Restoration Society Waitara Railway Preservation Society Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust Wellington Heritage Multiple Unit Preservation Trust Wellington Tramway Museum

South Island	Blenheim Riverside Railway Canterbury Railway Society Canterbury Steam Preservation Society Diesel Traction Group Ferrymead Railway Ferrymead Two Foot Railway Kingston Flyer Lumsden Heritage Trust Mainline Steam Heritage Trust Midland Rail Heritage Trust National Railway Museum of New Zealand Nelson Railway Society Oamaru Steam and Rail Restoration Society Ocean Beach Railway Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust Pleasant Point Museum and Railway Project Steam Reefton Historic Trust Board Dunedin Railways (inc. Otago Excursion Train Trust) The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum Tramway Historical Society Waimea Plains Railway Weka Pass Railway West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society (inc. Shantytown) Westland Heritage Park Westport Railway Preservation Society

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