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- Temporary closure of Puffing Billy Railway
- Spoil Mum this Mother’s day at Puffing Billy Railway
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- Puffing Billy Railway Welcomes Appointment of Two New Board Members
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- Puffing Billy Railway Launch Virtual Tours during closure
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- A Giant Takes Shape
- Carriage Project Part II – From Detail to Delivery
- Would You Rather….?
- Garratt Update To August ’18
- A New Chimney For ‘Real Puffing Billy’!
- THOMAS RETURNING IN SPRING 2018!
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- Rising From The Mud
- It’s All backwards, What’s With That?
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- Garratt Happenings: The NG/G16 129 August Update
- A Neat Space Saving Feature
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- White Metal Or White Nylon
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- The Fox Bogie Revisited
- A New Smokebox Door Seal For 6A
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- Meanwhile….
- One Down, One To Go!
- 216 NQR – Part 1
- An NG/G16 Milestone!
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- G42 Flies Back Together
- Half Way There….
- A ‘D’ Exam For G42
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- NG/G16 Tank & Bunker Build
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- First Pictures Of The New NG/G16 Boiler Construction!
- Na Cylinder Update
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- NG/G16 129 Engine Unit Frames Near Completion
- Another New Boiler For Puffing Billy!
- NG/G16 Workshop Progress
- 14A Edges Closer To Completion
- NG/G16 129 Is Coming Together….Virtually!
- Looking Inside 6A
- Cowcatchers Arrive
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- Welcome Back!
- First Welded Steel Boiler For An NG/G16 Class Garratt!
- Climax Returns
- Coming Soon….
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- From Near & Far – NG/G16 129 Parts
- First New Na Locomotive Cylinder Cast!
- Testing Testing!