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Puffing Billy Railway Timeline

Answer each question with the year that the event in the question occured!
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Year
Construction approved by Parliament
1898
Line opens
1900
Worst accident on the line occurred
1906
New island platform built at Upper F.T. Gully
1910
New fleet of open air NBH carriages built
1919
New ATC single line automatic signal system between Upper F.T. Gully & Belgrave
1921
Gembrook line loses £13,000 in one year
1924
ATC single line automatic signal system abolished
1930
Line was scheduled to be closed
1936
Parliament passed an act to extend the BG line beyond Upper F.T. Gully
1949
Giant landslide covers the track between Selby & Menzies Creek
1953
Line closed
1954
Citizens Committee established to run the railway on weekends
1955
All rolling stock painted into cleaner colours
1956
Line between Upper F.T. Gully - Belgrave closed
1958
Landslide bypassed
1959
Puffing Billy re-opens Belgrave - Menzies Creek
1962
6A becomes oldest locomotive on VR register
1963
Puffing Billy re-opens Menzies Creek - Emerald
1965
Garratt G42 arrives at the railway
1968
PBR carries its one millionth passenger
1971
Work begins to re-open Emerald - Lakeside
1972
Puffing Billy re-opens Emerald - Lakeside
1975
Gembrook line handed over from VR to ETRB
1977
PBR carries its two millionth passenger
1978
First Great Train Race is held
1982
First diesel locomotive arrives at the railway
1983
Work begins to re-open Lakeside - Gembrook
1990
PBR carries its five millionth passenger
1997
Puffing Billy re-opens Lakeside - Gembrook
1998
Centenary of Gembrook railway line
2000
Garratt G42 restored to service
2004
PBR celebrates 50 years since re-opening Belgrave to Menzies Creek
2012
PBR carries its ten millionth passenger
2014
35th Great Train Race is held
2016
Garratt NGG16 129 restored to service
2020
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