NZ Rail 150

[1] The celebrations commenced on 19 October 2013 with the Christchurch Model Train Show and carried on the next day.

KiwiRail commenced their part in the celebrations on 29 September 2013 with their Exhibition Express that made the following stops:[2] The Mainline Steam Heritage Trust also commenced their part for the celebrations on the 19 October 2013 with a steam excursion from Auckland to Northland hauled by JA 1275 and returned the next day.

The next day, DG 772 from the Diesel Traction Group and DJ 1209 from the Dunedin Railways hauled an excursion from Christchurch to Kaikōura and return.

On the 26 October 2013, Ja 1240 hauled an excursion to Arthur's Pass and returned and the DG and DJ hauled an excursion to the Weka Pass Railway while the Canterbury Railway Society ran trains at the Ferrymead Heritage Park, with Mainline Steam's KA 942 and the Silver Fern railcar running trips between Ferrymead and Lyttelton.

The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum ran night runs with their locomotives A 64 and Oamaru Steam & Rail Restoration Societys B 10.

NZR JA class loco 1275 at The Strand Station, Auckland