Double Headed Beyer-Garratts! Relaunch of NG/G16 129 featuring G42

Like MattOatenVR On Facebook! ►http://on.fb.me/1Jx4eHj Enjoy the video? Subscribe! ► http://bit.ly/1I3nfz0 On the 18th of December 2019, the Puffing Billy Railway officially relaunched former South Africans Railways Beyer-Garratt locomotive NG/G16 129. To celebrate the locomotives return and the railways 119th birthday, it joined fellow Garratt locomotive G42 on the 12.30 Luncheon Train. This was the first time since the 1970s that two Garratts had double headed in Australia together and the first time ever in Victoria. No. 129 was a 2'-gauge South African Railways 'NGG16' class Beyer-Garratt locomotive. It was built by Beyer Peacock & Co of Manchester to their "Beyer-Garratt" patented design of articulated steam locomotive. No. 129 was acquired from the South African Railways by the Puffing Billy Railway and imported to Australia in 1996. It was dismantled to facilitate assessment, design and planning for regauging and rebuilding to 2' 6". For more information about the restoration of this locomotive, visit the workshop blog here; https://puffingbilly.com.au/news/work...