NGG16 Number 113. The firebox tube plate is now complete
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Lukas Nel and the Bloemfontein team have completed the fitting of all the copper ferrules in the fir…
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NGG16 Number 113 boiler update
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The hard work continues at Bloemfontein with the copper ferrules being placed in the tube plate prio…
James Hall Museum of Transport Open Day
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James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg, Open Day Saturday 17th February.
The James Hall Museu…
NGG13 number 113.
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The repairs to and preparation of the front tube plate are now complete and the retubing will begin…
NG10 Boiler completed
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The completely rebuilt boiler for NG10 number 61 has now been completed by Keith Stevens and his tea…
More progress on NGG16 number 113.
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Work on cleaning up the tube plates is nearly complete although the grinding and welding is a slow b…
Our Lawley and her sister in times gone by
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We could not resist these photographs of our Lawley BR7 (SAR NG 106) and sister NG105 that we receiv…
Railway Safety Regulator Permit
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Sandstone receives its Railway Safety Regulator operating permit for 2018.
The Railway Safety Regul…
Boiler repairs on NGG16 number 113
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Lukas Nel and his team have now begun the descaling process on the boiler and outer firebox of 113.…
NGG16 number 113, a first update for 2018.
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Work has begun on grinding the tube plate at the firebox end of the boiler on 113. This needs to be…
David Shepherd.
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Steam Railway magazine has published an obituary from Sandstone Heritage Trust on this great man wh…
Our final Steam Report for 2017
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Our final Steam Report for 2017. Click on the link to see the latest Sandstone Railway news.
From a…
Update on NGG16 number 113
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This is our last report for 2017 before the workshop in Bloemfontein closes for the holiday break on…
The boiler repairs begin on NGG16 number 113.
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Lukas Nel and the Bloemfontein team have begun removing the tubes from NGG16 113. Our pictures show…
Sandstone acquires the last two known G type cattle wagons from Port Elizabeth-Avontuur line.
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The transport of live cattle by rail has long faded into history on the South African rail system an…
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