Puffing Billy’s Workshop Blog details some of the many fascinating projects and technical challenges involved in keeping a Heritage Steam Railway on-track in the 21st Century.

The blog is authored by the Railways Engineering Team who are happy to assist with technical inquiries relating to our blog, or engineering at Puffing Billy in general.

To contact us, please send an email to engineering@pbr.org.au

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Garratt Goings-on

May 20, 2016
The boiler was recently removed from the boiler cradle, in order for...

14A, The Guinea Pig

February 18, 2016
When 14A came into the workshops for its last exam late in...

Fox Bogie Progress

February 18, 2016
There's been some good progress since this project was first introduced. All...

NG/G16 Into 2016

February 18, 2016
    It might look to the untrained eye as if work on...

White Metal Or White Nylon

February 18, 2016
If there are any recurring themes running through this Blog, one of...

Whistle Stop Wales

January 30, 2016
With "coincidentally" overlapping trips to the UK planned for June 2015, myself...
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Norm’s Engine

November 9, 2015
The workshops at Puffing Billy have carried out all kinds of jobs...

Garratt 129 Progress

November 9, 2015
All the suspension components are now complete, and most have now been...

Trial Fitting A Garratt Boiler

November 7, 2015
Another milestone for the restoration of Puffing Billy's NG/G16 Garratt was reached...

The Fox Bogie Revisited

August 20, 2015
First patented by Englishman Samson Fox in 1893, the Fox style bogie...

A New Smokebox Door Seal For 6A

August 18, 2015
 One of the many constant challenges for the workshop staff at Belgrave...

Re-Wheeling An NG/G16

August 18, 2015
August 2015....Belgrave workshops. The occasion? Re-uniting the first of the NG/G16 engine...

Sustaining The Operation

July 13, 2015
One of the biggest issues facing a tourist railway such as Puffing...

Meanwhile….

May 13, 2015
Aside from the distraction of all the recent exciting deliveries, a multitude...

One Down, One To Go!

April 29, 2015
 Following hot on the heels of the boiler being delivered, the workshops...

216 NQR – Part 1

April 29, 2015
216 NQR, in it's current form, was recently deemed to have reached...

An NG/G16 Milestone!

April 24, 2015
The postman's been and it's finally arrived! After several years of hard...

Fresh From The Paintshop

February 2, 2015
Two firsts in one for the blog; not only does it feature...

3A On The Wheel Drop

February 2, 2015
Well OK, it wasn't really 3A!December 2014 saw the 60th anniversary of...

Rebuilding Carbon

January 21, 2015
 The avid reader of this blog may recall mention of another new...
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