I'm looking for any information on timber tramways in the Heywood/Portland area of south west Victoria. So far I have found only two references for approved applications for tramways near Heywood,

In 1963 the General Manager of the Miller Machinery Co in South Melbourne showed me a narrow gauge cane loco that had been stored there for some years. In the gloom I missed that it was a jack shaft

Hi Group I have been off line for a day or so and maybe someone has answered the question re the history of loco "Coffee Pot" but here goes again... Built in 1887 by Hudson Bros at Redfern as

Michael, One "lesser known" bit of information about the Fowler jackshaft loco at Mourilyan is that it operated on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, being utilised during the construction of the Tod

You can be assured several people have tried ... Frank

“Also of interest to industrial archaeologist is the lovely panorama of "Waterloo Brickyards, Thornton" Unfortunately all this had been removed when I surveyed the area in the mid 1990’s. Most

Mark K wrote:

Hi Michael, The preserved sugar cane railway example is in fact an 0-4-2T, so we had both 2-4-0T (Cobar et al) and 0-4-2T versions. There's a book on Hawaiian sugar cane railways that has some great

Hi Chris, A pet interest of mine, having family holiday connections to Terrigal until the 1970's and working in the area in the early 1990's I have a book here called 'The Brisbane Water Story, part

As they say in the classics, someone "should" get it into a museum. Cheers, Michael

I'm sure that everyone is aware of 2' gauge Fowler indirect jackshaft drive locomotive in the sugar museum near Innisfail, formally in a Melbourne scrap yard. I was under the impression that that was

Sydney Soap and Candle Company Limited, Waratah, NSW. Found these pics confirming above company's works had an internal tramway.

While I was on the NSW Central Coast on the weekend I read that there was a timber mill at Terrigal which had a tramway which ran towards North Avoca, there is a Tramway Ave at North Avoca which is on

Brad et al, Things don't look good according to the Toronto Coffee Pot Tramway & Museum Society Inc. web site. http://home.kooee.com.au/ajl/cp/index.htm Latest update states: "At the July 2006

Today I was talking with a gentleman today who said he has seen the old Ford truck from the KK Tramway on a property near Elmore. Regards, Bill Hanks ________________________________ From:

Last Friday I met with a Kerang-Koondrook tramway expert and we were discussing the possibility of doing a book on the line. Anyway he mentioned the crane incident with the railcar. Although the

Thanks Chris, I hadn't considered that - may well be true. The company's Fettling Ganger (mid 1980s) told me they were ex BBWs, and I just accepted that. After they were removed from behind Medway

I was there on the Saturday working on the Mulbring Road Service all day. Fairymead #1 was very popular with RVRM members and the general public alike, with many taking the opportunity of having their

Hi all, Seems Fairymead #1 visited the Richmond Vale Railway for the 'Friends Of Thomas' day (Sept 16-17). Obviously it didn't haul trains :-) Wish I had of known, I would have made an