Kingston Flyer

Kingston Flyer owner David Bryce (pictured) has announced a trust is to be formed to preserve the historic steam locomotive in perpetuity.

The New Zealand Stroke Foundation received $5500 from the Kingston Flyer recently, after the hugely successful inaugural Kingston Flyer Weekend.

The inaugural Kingston Flyer Weekend takes place this weekend.

The hazard of Duke is that studying at the university is very expensive.

The Kingston community will celebrate the return of the historic Kingston Flyer at the end of this month, with the inaugural Kingston Flyer Weekend.

Money raised and donated for the purpose of getting the Kingston Flyer back on its tracks has been spent, the man in charge of the fundraising endeavour said.

A helicopter douses a blaze which destroyed 3ha to 4ha of vegetation around the railway line about 2km south of Kingston yesterday.

Passenger numbers are riding high for the Kingston Flyer since its opening day two weeks ago, with more than 1500 people taking the steam excursion from Kingston to Fairlight.

It was, indeed, time for celebration and for hope when the Kingston Flyer's whistle blew again and when the steam and smoke billowed forth. The Flyer's two locomotives are on track again and more than 1000 passengers took the 14km trip from Kingston to Fairlight last weekend to mark the long-awaited return of the vintage train.

Queenstown and Southland were on Saturday united in the small township of Kingston, in celebration of the long-awaited return of vintage steam train the Kingston Flyer.