Thomas the Tank Engine Blog

Puffing Billy recently took delivery of a brand new boiler for the Decauville supplied pannier-tank  number 986, ‘Carbon’. Designed in-house by the Puffing Billy engineering team, the boiler will replace…

At engineering contractors Jack Thompson Engineering, the frames of the 2 engine units are being assembled with fitted bolts. Above, the front engine unit sits on the horizontal axis machine…

  14A, the youngest of Puffing Billy’s fleet of Na class locomotives, nears the end of an overhaul, ready to celebrate it’s 100th birthday later this year. Work includes the…

  Purchased in 1996 from the Alfred County Railway in South Africa, NG/G16 129 was built by Beyer Peacock in England, in 1951. After shipping to Puffing Billy Railway’s headquarters…

With 6A in for attention to the Chimney, Blast pipe and Regulator, we get the oportunity to see some parts of the engine most often hidden from view. Above, the…

  The latest parts of NG/G16 129 to arrive at Belgrave are these Cowcatchers, expertly restored by Brad Treadwell. Making use of the few remaining usable parts, Brad has worked…

In the workshops of one of Puffing Billys engineering contractors, Jack Thompson Engineering, the first of the new Na Locomotive cylinder castings has been set up on one of their…

Puffing Billys locomotive 12A returned to traffic on the 1st October, after a protracted overhaul. Seen above waiting to go off shed, 12A has finally rejoined her stablemates, and is…

  After months of  design work, Puffing Billy has placed an order for the construction of an all welded steel Boiler for NG/G16 129. This will be the first new,…

Sunday 8th September 2013: Climax 1694 returns to revenue earning traffic, exactly 85 years after entering service with the Forests Commission of Victoria. After a 10 year overhaul, including a…