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{{Heritage Railway |
|name      = Bay Of Islands Vintage Railway|
|image =[[image:Bay of Islands Vintage Railway - Gabriel on Number 5 Bridge.JPG|300px]]|
|caption=The steam locomotive, Gabriel pulling passenger coaches over Bridge Five.|
|locale    = [[Kawakawa, New Zealand|Kawakawa]], [[Bay of Islands]], [[Northland, New Zealand|Northland]], {{NZL}}|
|terminus  = [[Taumarere]]|
linename  = [[Opua Branch]]|
|builtby   = Kawakawa Coal Mines (Kawakawa - Taumarere)<br>
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==History==
The railway was formed as the Bay of Islands Scenic Railway, a private company, in 1985 following the withdrawal of [[New Zealand Railways Corporation]] services beyond [[Otiria]].<ref name="railways_of_nz">{{cite book|author=Churchman, Geoffrey B., and Hurst, Tony|title=The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)|year=1991|edition=reprint}}</ref> The service began with a 
4-4-0 Peckett on loan from the [[Portland Cement Company]] at [[Whangarei]]J1211 which was brought up from the Wellington on the main trunk rail-line. The railway proved popular with tourists, and in the summer seasons of 1985/1986 and 1986/1987 the railway leased [[Mainline Steam]]'s [[NZR J class (1939)|J 1211]] to haul three return trains a day. The locomotive did not return for the 1987/1988 season because of the [[Ferrymead Railway|Ferrymead]] 125 years celebrations that year and because it used two and a half tons of coal a day as opposed to thea Peckett using only one ton a day, which replaced the J1211.

In 1987 the group was reformed as a preservation society, the Opua-Kawakawa Railway Preservation Society Incorporated. The Taumarere Northland Railway Trust was formed around the same time. A joint venture between the Society and the Trust, the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway 
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[[Category:Heritage railways in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Far North District]]
[[Category:Visitor attractions in the Northland Region]]
[[Category:Rail transport in the Northland Region]]