Puffing Billy Railway
Other steam

Puffing Billy Railway

Section Title: Other steam
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Image	Number	Type	Builder	Serial number	Year built	Status	Notes

861 Decauville	2-4-2ST	Couillet for Decauville	1886	Operational	Previously owned by Melbourne Metropolitan Gas Company for use at the West Melbourne Gasworks. Extensively rebuilt in the 1970s as part of an attempt to restore a section of the Walhalla railway line.

Decauville.JPG	986 Carbon	0-4-0T	Couillet for Decauville	1890	Operational	Previously owned by Melbourne Metropolitan Gas Company for use at the West Melbourne Gasworks. Used at a park in Frankston in the 1970s.

Peckett	0-4-0ST	Peckett and Sons	1711	1926	Operational	Previously owned by Melbourne Metropolitan Gas Company for use at the West Melbourne Gasworks. Often used at PBR decorated for Thomas the Tank Engine events.

-	1694	Climax, Two-truck	Climax Locomotive Works	1694	1928	Operational	Climax geared steam locomotive, the last ever built and the only one ever built to 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge.

-	NG127	NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2	Beyer Peacock	Stored	South African Railways 2 ft (610 mm) NG G16 Garratt locomotive previously used on the Banana Express, imported to Australia in 2012.

NG129	NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2	Beyer Peacock	7430	1951	Undergoing rebuild	South African Railways 2 ft (610 mm) gauge NG G16 Garratt locomotive, imported to Australia in 1996. Currently being rebuilt and regauged to 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge as a backup for G42.

14 Shay	Shay Two-truck	Lima Locomotive Works	1912	Stored	Shay geared locomotive formerly used on the Alishan Forest Railway in Taiwan. Imported to Australia for preservation in the 1970s.

3 Sub Nigel	0-6-0WT	Orenstein & Koppel	12331	1931	Stored	Formerly used by the Sub Nigel Gold Mining Company Ltd. in South Africa. On Display in the Menzies Creek Museum.

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The Puffing Billy Railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge.

final_sentence: The Puffing Billy Railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge.