More progress on NGG16 number 113.

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Last Updated: 24 January 2018

Work on cleaning up the tube plates is nearly complete although the grinding and welding is a slow b…

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Our first Steam Report for 2018

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Last Updated: 24 January 2018

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Our Lawley and her sister in times gone by

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Last Updated: 19 January 2018

We could not resist these photographs of our Lawley BR7 (SAR NG 106) and sister NG105 that we receiv…

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Railway Safety Regulator Permit

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Last Updated: 18 January 2018

Sandstone receives its Railway Safety Regulator operating permit for 2018.

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Boiler repairs on NGG16 number 113

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Last Updated: 17 January 2018

Lukas Nel and his team have now begun the descaling process on the boiler and outer firebox of 113.…

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NGG16 number 113, a first update for 2018.

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Last Updated: 15 January 2018

Work has begun on grinding the tube plate at the firebox end of the boiler on 113. This needs to be…

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David Shepherd.

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Last Updated: 08 January 2018

Steam Railway magazine has published an obituary from Sandstone Heritage Trust on this great man wh…

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Our final Steam Report for 2017

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Last Updated: 20 December 2017

Our final Steam Report for 2017. Click on the link to see the latest Sandstone Railway news.

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Update on NGG16 number 113

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Last Updated: 14 December 2017

This is our last report for 2017 before the workshop in Bloemfontein closes for the holiday break on…

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The boiler repairs begin on NGG16 number 113.

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Last Updated: 08 December 2017

Lukas Nel and the Bloemfontein team have begun removing the tubes from NGG16 113. Our pictures show…

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Sandstone acquires the last two known G type cattle wagons from Port Elizabeth-Avontuur line.

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Last Updated: 08 December 2017

The transport of live cattle by rail has long faded into history on the South African rail system an…

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NGG16 Number 113 to be retubed.

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Last Updated: 05 December 2017

NGG16 number 113, built by Beyer Peacock in 1939, has been moved to Sandstone’s Bloemfontein Worksho…

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The Model A Club of South Africa.

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Last Updated: 04 December 2017

One of Sandstone’s most enthusiastic supporters is the Model A Club who have attended a number of o…

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Steam Report 28 Nov 2017

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Last Updated: 29 November 2017

The latest steam report from Gert Jubileus and his team at Sandstone is now available. Click here v…

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Sandstone wins the prestigious ROCCI/FNB Tourism Award

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Last Updated: 22 November 2017

Sandstone wins the prestigious ROCCI/FNB Tourism Award for the second year running.

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