Clearly a typo, Chris. PNG is Papua New Guinea. New Guinea Copper Mines Ltd. 3' 6"gauge line from Bootless Bay to Dubuna. Construction commenced 1918, completed 1921. Closed

PNQ should be PNG (Papua and New Guinea) which is where Bootless Bay is. There is an article on the line in Light Railways 47. Bootless Bay is just east of Port Moresby, the line was six and a half

Where is PNQ? Regards, CS

I've just received the book 'Copper at the 'Curry'. This book shows a two truck 3'6" Shay loco at Kuridala. It mentions that this locomotive was subsequently sold to the Bootless Bay Tramway, PNQ in

Mark Fry asked me to pass this message on to the group. Mark Fry wishes to advise that due to unforeseen circumstances some of the plans and related information is incorrect or missing as are

Hi all, I have been building a small sawmill to go on my HOn30 railroad/diorama "Regnans Tramway". The sawmill is based on Drain's sawmill located in Victoria, Australia. It is made from parts of the

wrote: > My high school physics says 1 HP == 33,ooo ft. lb. per You are of course quite correct. Put it down to a seniors moment at the end of a hard day at the mine ... Cheers, PeterE. >

shed looked a bit neglected (more so than usual); does anyone know if it has any official heritage status? Happy New Year to All! I was in Whitfield four weeks ago and noticed "they" had very

Dear Jeff and Peter Thank you very much for that, our chimney is about 50 feet high, and 6 ft square at the top. If somebody can tell me how to do it, I can post the

Gentlemen, The safety valve is a separate fitting from the steam stop valve on the dome, and is usually located further along the boiler on a separate mounting. Note that there should always be two

Dear Rod, It's hard to see on the website, but the mill on Broughton Vale Tramway was <based> out of a Keystone Danby kit, and the engine was the first item that was "replaced" with something more

Dear Rod, Boiler > Steam dome > safety valve > piping > throttle valve > piping > engine/cylinders > vent to atmosphere. This is based on analysis of proto-pics, Video of various mills "of

John & Peter, Thanks for the comments. Looking at all images it looks like my engine need to be rather large. Would it be fair to convert 16 HP single piston vertical engine into something that is

Hi Rod, I have added 2 new photos that show the boiler on display at the Aleaxandra Timber Tramway Museum. This is of a domeless type boiler but the steam offtakes can be clearly seen. To answer your

Hi Rod, This would need to be a large vertical engine to be appropriate. From the early 1930s the Forests Commission of Victoria stipulated in its sawmilling licences a minimum of 16 nominal

G'day All, Some information that may be of use. Volume 2 of the interesting "The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries" T.Campbell Futers, 1908 lists 2 formulae for calculating chimney

Hello Glenn, It's difficult to answer your question briefly and with such short notice. As far as I know, no one has found any tramway relics to the west of the "main" line running more or less

You are definitely wrong about the funding. Heritage listing, either on the Shire Heritage Overlay or on the Victorian Heritage Register, makes a property eligible for heritage grants for conservation

This is an interesting question which I have been thinking about in connection with brickworks. The purpose of a chimney is to create ventilation so while one would expect it's height to relate to

Hi All, Heading to Bendigo tomorrow & hoping to explore the Redcastle/Moormbool end of the McIvor line, I've been given a copy of tour notes from 1974 (?) has anything significant been unearthed