The Patons Country Narrow Gauge Railway (PCNGR) is a two foot narrow gauge heritage railway in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[1]
In the year 2000 [2] the PCNGR was reconstructed from Ixopo to Umzinkulu, a former branch of the Umzintu - Donnybrook railway, closed around 1985.
As the line was partially lifted after closure in the eighties, the line was in need for a complete rebuild.
Gradually, a fleet of locomotives and rolling stock was acquired from various closed railways in Natal.
Patons Narrow gauge was also involved in operating the Banana Express, which ceased operations in 2006
Locomotives used: NG G11, two Avonside sugar cane loco's and Two 4 Cylinder Diesel Hunslet shunter,.[3][4]