NGG13 49 stands at Umlaas Road in 1985
NGG13 number 49, built by Hanomag in 1928, has led a chequered career before arriving at its current home at the Sandstone Steam Railway. Originally allocated to the Port Shepstone to Harding line, it spent some time in South West Africa (Namibia today) on the Otavi Railway as part of an experiment to test Garratt locos there.
This massive tractor, designed in the early 20th century, is always a crowd puller at Sandstone. The tractor was originally designed for road use in the USA but saw most of its work on the prairie wheat fields of the USA and Canada.
Sandstone has just completed a restoration of the QF 3,7 (Quick Fire) Anti-Aircraft Gun in the military collection plus a repaint in the correct colour.
Sandstone has been the subject of many film and video productions over the years. Recently we were visited by Rogerio de Oliveira, a feature film producer from Cape Town. Rogerio is looking at Sandstone as one of the locations for a forthcoming production.
