Hi John, Just letting you know that my friend Dick Lile of the USA received his Mount Lyell book the other day. Also, the West Coast Wilderness Railway at Queenstown begins running again at the end of

Light Railways 275, the October 2020 issue, has been entrusted to Australia Post for delivery. It should drop into your letterboxes some time soon - or for non-members, it should be available at your

John, feel free to continue. I'd be interested to see the model the next time it makes it to public display. Stuart

Hi all again, Either I've explained things very well or else I've bored you all to tears and silence already? One of the weak points of this group.io forum format is that you can't create a direct

Hi all, So just how did this layout get started? Watch out for embedded links, there will be a few along shortly in this and subsequent posts. Way back in October 2005, after the AMRA Liverpool

Hi all, This topic is about a model of the Corrimal Colliery and its Incline in 1/43rd scale using 16.5mm gauge track for the 2' tramway and 3' gauge stone disposal track at the screens and 32mm gauge

Thanks Frank, I've kicked off the Photo Album with 2 initial images: the layout as displayed in May 2018 a diagram of the 12 modules comprising the layout showing a representation of the tracks on

The following photos have been uploaded to the Corrimal Colliery and its Incline Model album of the LRRSA@groups.io group. Corrimal Colliery Incline Module Floorplan

The following photos have been updated in the Corrimal Colliery and its Incline Model album of the LRRSA@groups.io group. P1280422a.jpg By: John Garaty

John, There is absolutely no problems with the Moderators of this Group if you do what you propose. “Light Railways” is not a model railway magazine, because we have to draw boundaries - there is

Hi Pete, all I thought I'd better ask first. The building of an industrial model railway, even an "interesting" one like Corrimal with its 2' gauge tramway and incline might not fully align with some

Thanks for including me in your email to Rod. Interesting discussion. Why not put up your photos? Cheers, Pete.

Hi Roderick, all, Mining started at the Brookers Nose Colliery sometime in the late 1860's as indicated in the Illawarra Coal Minebase link. The sign was actually at the later Daylight Mine, about a

Dear Ross, John Hyett has provided the answer: an error by the painter! Cheers, Richard

Hi Richard, I contacted the local coal historian about the date 1802 but it has him baffled. This date is way too early for any coal mining beginnings down that way. He is going to make enquires for

It probably should read 1902. On the 1st September 1902 the Corrimal Balgownie Collieries took over the mine from The Southern Coal Company

Ross, That's pretty obvious, but what is the relevance of Sept 1st, 1802? And what is the occasion? Cheers, Richard

Hi Roderick, This is the entrance (very ornate) to the coal mine at Corrimal. It was a most unique entrance to the transport tunnel Regards, Ross Mainwaring

I'm not sure what this was illustrating. 200608M-'CanberraTimes'-Illawarra-mine.jpg Roderick

Last few days! A reminder that the LRRSA’s new book “In the Shadow of the Prom”, by Mike McCarthy, is available to LRRSA members at a 40% discount price of $39.60 until 30 August. For