Book, John Buckland, "The Sage of "Sandfly" and the Lost Tribe", Jul. 1979

Physical description

Book or magazine - 24 pages + card cover, Light Railways No. 65, July 1979, with an full article titled "The Sage of "Sandfly" and the Lost Tribe", and sub-titled "Baldwin built 0-4-0 Saddle Tanks on 3'6" gauge", written by John Buckland.



Looks at the story of 8 locos purchased from Baldwin by Newell & Co and their use throughout Australia.



Gives details of their construction, use and disposition, including the use of builder's number 9086, built 2/1888 and sold to Sorrento Tramway Co. Ltd. Refers to the Norm Wadeson article, with three photos of the tramway operation.

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