G'day all, Just wondering if anyone knows anything about a supposed narrow gauge locomotive lying in the bush around Noojee(Vic). Has been a bit of renewed interest around the traps in

Peter/Stephen, I had a bit of a snoop, and there is some pipe work adjacent to the boiler. However it is a building site so I wasn't able to glean a lot of info. I found a picture of a similar

The steam driven water pumps are still in thier original location. The people that are rebuilding the dry dock for polly wood side would like to put the pumps back into operation and run them on

Hi Rod, I believe this was the boiler that provided steam to the pumps that pumped the Duke & Orr dock dry once a ship was inside. I believe the pumps have been preserved separately - perhaps at

Hi all, Not Light Rail but is Steam Down opposite the old berth that Polly Woodside (sailing vessel) was docked in, the additions to the Melbourne Convention centre have placed a purpose built

Even if the bridge is rebuilt I doubt it would be finished before my next visit in July. Regards, CS

A few photos of what remains of the bridge in Sigatoka. I wonder if we will ever see trains on the south side again? http://alcogoodwin.blogspot.com/ Cheers Brad ** Railways & Industrial

Marg Fainges has written with news of Jim since his heart op. two months ago. He's sitting up at his computer drawing, but it's not been completely plain sailing. Triple by-pass, 2 valves,

Dear LRRSA team, If anyone has contact details for Johnny Wicks, can you please drop me a email offlist, Happy Researching, Aim to Improve, Prof Klyzlr

Dear Frank, The photograph you show, taken c1930 is the one I have, but my copy is an old print which appears to be taken off the original negative, so is sharp and the name on the plate can be

Thanks Richard. I do not think the current nameplate is cast. It appears to be aluminium, possibly etched aluminium. It is certainly different to the plate you describe. In the photos section of

Dear Frank, I have a photo of 'SIR JOHN GRICE' in use at the gasworks, sent to me by John Buckland many years ago. While the plate is not all that clear, it can be clearly seen that it is nothing

"Light Railways" No.90 had a photograph of Peckett 0-4-0ST loco "Sir John Grice" (B/No.1711 of 1926) in service at the West Melbourne Gasworks. That photo is not very distinct in the area where

This is very interesting, my "reverse engineering" question re chimney height may yet be vindicated. Thanks to Peter Evans it looks like 50 HP is the figure for my chimney. If we could find the boiler

I actually used to know the answer to this question in relation to NSW boiler records. As I recall they do exist and there was some program to preserve them run through the Powerhouse Museum (unlikely

When I could not find the Victorian boiler records under any "mainsteam" industrial department archives, I was advised by an archivist at the Victorian Public Records office to write a history of the

Thanks for that. I should have realised, my only excuse is that it was late and I was tired after driving home from Sydney. Regards, CS

I'm pretty sure that all the NSW boiler records were destroyed by an archivist who considered that they were of no interest. Others will doubtless confirm this (or otherwise). Richard

Dear LRRSA NSW Team, I have just been given a minor friendly "kick in the backside" by one of our esteemed Victorian brothers, RE the fact that most other states have already published lists of their

Dear LRRSA Team, No pics, but some info http://www.shaylocomotives.com/data/lima3354/sn-2478.htm Happy Researching, Aim to Improve, Prof Klyzlr