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In Memory of Steam and Uncle Ernie

by Nick Dawes Through the courtesy of Heritage Auctions, we would like to present this interesting slice of steam-related, personal history…   As Vice President of Special Collections for Heritage Auctions, the world’s third largest auctioneer, something new and challenging is always coming up. Some challenges you want to take on, most you do not, [...]

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News: Puffing Billy’s Youngest NA Locomotive Turns 100!

A historic milestone was reached on Wednesday 25th June 2014, when Puffing Billy Railway celebrated its youngest NA locomotive’s 100th birthday. Narrow Gauge locomotive 14A was built in the Victorian Railways Newport Workshop and was commissioned on 25 June 1914 for operation on the Colac-Beech Forest-Crowes line. 14A also saw service between Wangaratta and Whitfield [...]

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