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 * 1862 - Dun Mountain Railway opens in Nelson.
 * 1863 - Oreti Railway opens in Invercargill.
 * 1863 - Canterbury Provincial Railways opens in Ferrymead.
 * 1878 - Rimutaka Incline opens.
 * 1880 - Rimutaka Incline railwai disaster.
 * 1908 - The Parliamentary Special becomes the first train to travel from Wellington to Auckland on the NIMT.
 * 1923 - Ongarue railway disaster.
 * 1943 - Hyde railway disaster.
 * 1944 - The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society is formed.
 * 1953 - Tangiwai disaster.
 * 1955 - Rimutaka Incline closes.
 * 1955 - The Nelson Section closes.
 * 1963 - Fowler number 15912 becomes the first preserved locomotive in New Zealand at the Ocean Beach Railway in Dunedin.
 * 1982 - New Zealand Railways Department start trading as New Zealand Railways Corporation.
 * 1988 - Ferrymead 125 takes place, 125 years after the opening of the Canterbury Provincial Railway.
 * 1990 - New Zealand Rail Limited split off from New Zealand Railways Corporation.
 * 1993 - New Zealand Rail Limited is privatised.
 * 1995 - New Zealand Rail Limited is renamed to Tranz Rail.
 * 2004 - Toll New Zealand purchase operations and rolling stock from Tranz Rail. At the same time, Tranz Rail (still owning the land) start trading as ONTRACK.
 * 2008 - NIMT Centenary Celebrations and the 2008 Parliamentary Special.
 * 2008 -The Government purchase Toll Rail from Toll New Zealand and rename it "Kiwirail".
 * 2013 - Ferrymead 150 takes place, 150 years after the opening of the Canterbury Provincial Railway.
 * 2018 - the Napier to Wairoa portion of the Napier - Girborne Line is re-commissioned.

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