Thats the NG (SAR NG15 123 - South African Rail Narrow Gauge Locomotive Model #15, Engine #123) at the workshops early in the morning getting ready to go out (Takes about 3 hours from warm to get going - 5 hours from cold).
A look inside the firebox of the NG, the actual dimentions escape me, but its about 2m wide, and 3m deep. The wet patch is from a leaking fuseable plug (very bad - we didn't take it out this day)
The other steam engine that is opperational: the Perry. Originally from the Inkerman Sugar Mill in QLD, its much smaller than the NG, so more difficult to fire.
The cab of the perry
Our largest Diesel, the Fowler, From the Isis sugar mill in QLD, arriving at Whiteman Village Junction.
Twice a year, we run a Friends of Thomas the Tank Engine day - where we put faces on the trains etc for the kids.
The day starts very early, usually around 0600, to give us enough time to get the engines in steam for 0900.
The Planet coming out of the workshops with the NG waiting at the platform of Mussel Pool.
At the moment, we are running the NG on weekends and throughout the school holidays (with the perry as a backup), and after school hols finish - diesels will be running the midweek service.
