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NGG13 number 49 arrives at Germiston.

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Last Updated: 15 May 2018
NGG13 number 49 arrives at Germiston.

The boiler section of number 49 has now arrived in Johannesburg at Reefsteamers where it was offload…

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Latest Steam Report 15 May 2018

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Last Updated: 15 May 2018
Latest Steam Report 15 May 2018

The latest steam report from the Steam Team at Sandstone - Click here to view

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International Museum Day 2018

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Last Updated: 14 May 2018
International Museum Day 2018

Sandstone Heritage Trust via its museum status is a member of the South African Museum Association…

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Photographic exhibition on May 24th

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Last Updated: 14 May 2018

Sandstone has a long association with the James Hall Museum of Transport and they have extended an i…

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NGG13 Number 49 Boiler Retube

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Last Updated: 14 May 2018
NGG13 Number 49 Boiler Retube

The second of our Garratt locomotives to require retubing, NGG13 number 49, had had its boiler secti…

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The worlds largest traction engine.

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Last Updated: 12 May 2018
The worlds largest traction engine.

A replica of the world’s largest traction engine ever built, the Case 150HP of 1904, is nearing com…

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NG10. Whereto the windows?

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Last Updated: 12 May 2018
NG10. Whereto the windows?

We have many photographs of NG10 number 61 in service in Port Elizabeth thanks to Leith Paxton who e…

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NG10 - Fitting the running boards.

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Last Updated: 12 May 2018
NG10 - Fitting the running boards.

The NG10, being USA built, has a few quirks compared with the primarily European built locos used on…

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The Maize Queue.

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Last Updated: 09 May 2018
The Maize Queue.

The loading area at Sandstone was very busy the other day with the loading of 1000 tons of yellow ma…

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Some new machinery at Sandstone

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Last Updated: 09 May 2018
Some new machinery at Sandstone

Sandstone is always on the lookout for items under threat and it was with great delight that we rece…

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NG10 number 61 taking shape.

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Last Updated: 26 April 2018
NG10 number 61 taking shape.

The boiler cladding has now been completed and fabrication of the cab floor and running plates is un…

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A fascinating history of fire engines.

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Last Updated: 19 April 2018
A fascinating history of fire engines.

The Lake Goldsmith Preservation Association in Victoria, Australia has sent us their latest Goldsmit…

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Update on the Restoration at Bloemfontein.

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Last Updated: 19 April 2018
Update on the Restoration at Bloemfontein.

Good progress has been made on the cosmetic restoration of the ZASM “B” 0-6-04T number 230, “Jan Win…

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NG10 number 61. On to the finish!

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Last Updated: 17 April 2018
NG10 number 61. On to the finish!

With the boiler now mounted and positioned correctly in the frames work has begun on fitting the lag…

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Photographers opportunity

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Last Updated: 11 April 2018

As you know Sandstone Heritage Trust is a member of the South African Museums Association and we hav…

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The Beauty of Sandstone!

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Last Updated: 10 April 2018
The Beauty of Sandstone!

We could not resist this picture from Rico Viljoen of Sekonyela Mountain at dusk after a stormy afte…

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  1. Restoration at Bloemfontein
  2. NGG16 number 113 29 March 2018
  3. NGG16 number 113, the hydraulic test with a little help from the 19th century
  4. Number 113’s boiler ready for its hydraulic test

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Cherry Steam Festival 2022

Although Covid is no longer an issue, we were obviously unable to host the number of events that we…

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The story of one plate.

We recently featured, on the 19th May, the presentation of a large Skoda works plate by Svatopluk (…

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Oxen and the Soya harvest, an historical approach. A real step back in time!

Recent weather events at Sandstone Estates led to a unique harvesting approach for the Soya crop fro…

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A present from Skoda.

One of Sandstone’s long time European supporters is Svatopluk Slechta, an engineer from the Czech Re…

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The Star Drilling Machine.

 

Sandstone has two of these fascinating steam powered drilling machines. Both are with a rest…

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Intrepid Travellers visit Sandstone

Torsten and Ilona Eggert from Germany arrived at Sandstone on Freedom Day, 27th April, with their Ha…

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Stirling Engines.

 

Keith Simmons has been a regular visitor to Sandstone for many years and assisted us with so…

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