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G class Garratt 2-6-0 -- 0-6-2
2' 6" gauge
Two: G41 and G42. Saw revenue service on Walhalla and Beech Forest/Crowes lines.
Beyer Peacock England 1926

G CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.42 SIDE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DRAWING OF G CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-6-0-0-6-2 GARRETT. NARROW GAUGE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

G42 c. 1945
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/795739

G42 at Walhalla station in 1926
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hist…

G41 Shunting NQR wagons at Colac 1959
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:G41_…

Mile 117.5 Wimba Down Beech Forest Goods G 42
Weston Langford 9 August 1961
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

G41 about to depart from Crowes with the last revenue service from Crowes.
PG Dow 9th Dec 1954

G41 at Crowes
PG Dow c. 1953

G41 at Weeaproinah
1953

G42 Beech Forest c. 1940s

G in the shed at Walhalla.
Probably G42 c. 1940s.

Lady hanging off G42 is my Nanna. Walhalla is where my Grandpa and Nanna spent their honeymoon. It is an interesting place with lots of bushwalks (they were both bush walkers) and some timber tramways. 1940s.

Me doing the same thing at Colac 1960 PG Dow

Both G41 and G42 at Colac. PG Dow 1960.

G42 was restored to service on the Gembrook line (Puffing Billy) March 2004. G41 was scrapped in 1962 G42 was purchased by the Puffing Billy Preservation Society in 1963 and was on display at Menzies Creek. Restoration commenced late 1980s.
australiansteam.com/G42.htm

G42 hiding behind ex QR DH.
Belgrave. RB Dow 2012.

On Saturday 30 June 2012, the Puffing Billy Railway commemorated the 50th anniversary of the last train on the Colac to Beech Forest line by operating Beyer-Garratt locomotive G42 on the Gembrook service.
youtube.com/watch?v=7wKMjg…

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