puffing billy

Locomotive Fleet

Each locomotive operating on the Puffing Billy Railway has its own history and identity. The NA locomotive is the only class to have operated on the Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook railway prior to closure in 1954, in fact prior to 1978, so it can legitimately be referred to as the only "true" Puffing Billy locomotive. Other locomotives now on the line are "foreign" to the Puffing Billy Railway, although G42, the Climax and the T.A.C.L. can claim association through the Moe to Walhalla railway where G42 operated alongside the NA's and the Climax and T.A.C.L. on a timber tramway that branched off at Collins Siding.

NA Class

No. originally constructed:17. No. in service: 5 (Nosa. 6, 7, 8, 12, 14). No. stored:1 (No. 3) Boiler pressure: (lb/sq. in) 180 Boiler heating surface: 524 sq ft Tractive effort (85%) : 12,170 lbs. (80%)

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G Glass

No. originally constructed:2 No. in service: 1 (No. 42) Boiler pressure: (lb/sq. in) 180 Boiler heating surface: 1268 sq ft Tractive effort: (85%) 26,860 lbs Driving wheel diameter: 36" Max axle load: 9t 5cwt

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Other Puffing Billy Locomotives

Includes locomotive 861, currently used for the 861 Footplate Experience.

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Locomotive History & Heritage Notes

Each locomotive operating on the Puffing Billy Railway has its own history and identity. The NA locomotive is the only class to have operated on the Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook railway prior to closure in 1954.

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