Cherry Festival 2017
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Sandstone will be open to visitors at the forthcoming Cherry Festival in Ficksburg on the 17th &…
The NG10 frames begin to take shape.
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The recently refurbished front bogie has been placed under the frames of NG10 number 61 in Bloemfont…
Ferrets’ Restoration
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Visitors to Stars of Sandstone 2017 will recall the immaculately restored Marmon-Herrington Mk IV A…
Threlkeld Quarry Railway Gala
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Preservation is a world wide activity and we are honoured at Sandstone to be part of that global mov…
Steam report 17 Oct
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The latest steam report from Gert Jubileus and the Sandstone Steam Team. Click here to view.
Further progress on NG10 No 61
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Lukas Nel and his team have now completed the rebuild of both tender bogies and will now concentrate…
NG10 Progress Report Oct 2017
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We have had so many enquiries about progress with the NG10 restoration that we have combined all ou…
NG10 Perfection
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The hard work put in by Lukas Nel and his team over the last few months is now coming to fruition wi…
Sandstone acquires another 91 Class diesel.
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Class 91 number 91-016 has been acquired by Sandstone from RRL-Grindrod after the closure of their r…
Sandstone Railway Stock List 29 Sept 2017
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The stock list has been updated. Click here to view
Sandstone Steam Report 29 Sept 2017
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Click here to view the latest update on the railway scene at Sandstone.
NG10 Update 26 Sept 2017
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The Bloemfontein team have received some spares from the machine shop but exciting news is the acqui…
David Shepherd CBE
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Les Pivnic has sent us an article he wrote on David Shepherd for the SASSAR magazine in December 19…
A Tribute to David Shepherd CBE 1931-2017
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Very few organisations have had the opportunity to interact with David Shepherd over so many…
Getaway Magazine September 2017
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The September 2017 edition of Getaway magazine has an interesting article by Tyson Jopson on a road…
A heavy day for 19D 2734!
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We could not resist another shot by Dennis Moore from Loraine Gold Mine near Welkom. This is locomot…