Boiler rebuild for the NG10 number 61
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Keith Stevens and his team have been forging ahead with the boiler rebuild for NG10 number 61, here…
NG 10 Update 16 August 2017
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Attention has shifted to the tender bogie where some problems have been experienced. Many parts are…
Steam Report 10th August 2017
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This weeks steam report from Sandstone 10th August 2017
NG10 Update 8 Aug 2017
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Following on from our last update, the Bloemfontein team are waiting for some parts for the motion a…
Sandstone’s 24 oxen span!
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We have been training our oxen over the last year or so and have achieved impressively large spans b…
NG10 Update 3 Aug 2017
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Attention has now been given to the cylinder and valve covers as all the studs were rusted solid and…
Kommando Nek siding locos.
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We have done some cosmetics on our 3’6” gauge locos at Kommando Nek. Click here to read the PDF
15F 3052 “Avril”
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Here are further photos of the repairs currently being carried out on Class 15F No. 3052.
The locomo…
NG10 News 26 July 2017
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The repairs to the front bogie and bissel bogie are now complete and work has progressed to assembli…
Celebrity 15F number 3052
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Celebrity 15F number 3052, “Avril”, has been moved from Friends of the Rail in Pretoria…
NG10 Update 20 July 2017
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After receiving the necessary machined fixing bolts the brake shaft and bissel bogie have now been f…
The Villiersdorp Show.
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This annual event is one of the highlights of the vintage agricultural machinery community, particul…
Jagga Jasoos. Bollywood comes to Sandstone!
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The Bollywood movie Jagga Jasoos (in English, Detective Jagga), scenes of which were filmed at Sand…
Hoekfontein Station & Yard
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Gert Jubileus from our rail division has produced an excellent schematic map of Hoekfontein…
Two more Lawleys.
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The two Lawley locomotives (BR7 & NG97) at Sandstone are perhaps the most popular engines with v…