Ocean Beach Railway

[2] In 1960, the late S. A. Rockliff and a small group of members of the New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Otago Branch placed a bid of $20 to purchase a small 9-ton Fowler 0-4-0T tank locomotive, Maker's NO 15912 of 1921 and used by the Public Works Department as their NO 540, from the Otago Harbour Board.

[3] Permission was granted by the Ocean Beach Domain Board to lay 60 yards of track at Kettle Park in Saint Kilda, alongside the Otago Model Engineers' Club grounds.

It was decided to extend the line to the nearby locality of Saint Clair, following part of the route of the Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway[2] Progress was made on this extension, approximately 200 metres from where the line now terminates, but this had to be removed due to dune erosion.

The line currently runs from John Wilson Ocean Drive to Moana Rua Road, covering a distance of approximately 900 metres.

The OBR also owns the underframes of two ex-Dunedin & Port Chalmers Railway Company vehicles, each built in 1872.

DSA 252 will also return to service once the (now paused) cosmetic overhaul has been completed and the new engine cooling system is reinstalled.