The Glenbrook Vintage Railway hosted a Steam Festival with tank locomotives L 507 and Y 542 visiting from the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. L 507 was built in 1877 and is seen on a photographer's special between Fernleigh and Pukeoware.
Railway Enthusiasts Society has operated rail excursions around NZ since 1958, some steam hauled using rolling stock from Glenbrook Vintage Railway which it established in 1970's near Auckland. See www.railfan.org.nz