Oh we are so spoiled in this twenty first century, and you know even in the twentieth it was heads up toward cruisy with a constant...

The print shop holds a large amount of moveable metal type used for compositing and printing. All of this type has been accumulated...

ATB Sign (2014.297) Borer Treatment This month the whole team worked on treating the Auckland Transport Board sign for active borer....

At the end of 2020 we celebrated Graham’s successes in the MOTAT team as he moved on to pastures anew. Graham O’Keeffe joined the MOTAT...

Rail section is now two years into an extensive overhaul of A1819, a 1934 steel panelled carriage. This is the first major carriage...

The MOTAT Society trip to Fort Stony Batter on Waiheke Island took place on 27th February - a beautiful sunny Saturday. Although we were...

Retirement is . . . . . . Something to do. It was 2006 and I was considering setting up a print shop in the garage at home when Graham...

Corny title I know but that is what they are, the newly installed (dummy, but very realistic) guns in the rebuilt front turret of our...

The third and final installment of the Aussie Adventure made in October 2019 by five of our active Rail/Steam Volunteers with financial...

When Joseph joined the tramway section - actually we enticed him over from the steam/pumphouse during the Peter Fisk era - being a...

As everyone is tired of hearing from all quarters, it’s been a difficult year for obvious Covid-related reasons. Despite that, we in the...

Our tour-party in the Conservation Lab. Hi-Viz ensured members not mistaken for artefacts & subsequently subjected to premature preservation

In October 2019, with financial assistance from the MOTAT Society and MOTAT, five active Rail/Steam Volunteers headed to Melbourne,...

The new exhibition within the MOTAT library This colourful event is a rolling twelve month display of iconic posters relating to NZ...

On Saturday, 21 March 2020, The MOTAT Society held another of our successful Society Excursions. This time we took to the water...­ Since...

Back in the mid-1980s, in the era of the so-called “Think Big” projects, I was General Manager of the heavy engineering company IST...

The day dawned bright and warm as the MOTAT Society members gathered in the car-park at MOTAT-2 on Saturday 7 December. Our Coach was...

New Zealand's oldest internal combustion powered locomotive, made in what is now claimed to be the world's oldest surviving aircraft...

The December 2019 issue of the Ferrymead Printing Society’s newsletter The Scoop featured our very own Society members Alan and Makyla...

In October 2019, with financial assistance from the MOTAT Society and MOTAT, five active Rail/Steam volunteers headed to Melbourne,...