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Puffing Billy

Australia, 1954
film

Newsreel item from 1954 about the steam train “Puffing Billy” making its journey from Ferntree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria. At Fernt..

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[Fred Daley Collection]

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A Steam train passes

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Railways of yesteryear

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Steam alive in Victoria: a tribute to steam

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News digest [No. 11]

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Pure steam: The Flying Scotsman in Australia (Captioned)

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