As many of our readers know, NGG13 number 59 is at the Hempstead and Northern Rail Road in Texas where Robert Bucher set up the railway after visiting South Africa many times in the 1980s and documenting the narrow gauge, particularly Estcourt to Weenen.
Number 59 has been fitted with a most impressive USA style whistle, Garratt Bucher says it is a Chinese 6” 5 chime and is 99% sure it is a copy of an American whistle made by the Star Brass Company. It certainly makes a glorious sound as this short video of number 59 is steam shows.
