As the restoration of NGG16A proceeds, the time has come to order the various number plates and bu…

Read more: A number plate for NG16a number 155

A recent post on this web site on November 4^th 2020 reflected on a 1997 document, “Where to pr…

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As well as our Summer Steam Festival in February 2021 we shall be holding an Easter Steam Festival…

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Work continues on number 155 with the fitment of the ex 3’6’ gauge GMA/M mechanical lubricator. Our…

Read more: NGG16A number 155 under restoration. Update number 11. November 2020.

Work has continued on NGG16A since our last report with the cab fittings installed and the water tan…

Read more: NGG16A number 155 under restoration. Update number 10. October 2020.

A new book on the Port Elizabeth to Avontuur 2ft narrow gauge line will be published in October. Th…

Read more: A new book on the Port Elizabeth to Avontuur 2ft Narrow Gauge

After the return of the boiler from Wonder Steam in Pretoria the locomotive has been re assembled wi…

Read more: NGG16A number 155 under restoration. Update number 9. July 2020

Garratt Bucher and his father, Robert, are good friends of Sandstone sharing a South African 2ft nar…

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155’s boiler returns to Sandstone.

The rebuilt boiler of NGG16A 155 has now arrived at Sandstone fol…

Read more: NGG16A number 155 under restoration. Update number 8. June 2020