Hi Denis, On the back of having to demolish the water tank, the museum is having a shocking run. Surely the heritage value, and income the museum brings to the area must be recognised by government,

OK, probably not what you might have been expecting, but contains the three elements required for the above to be true - passengers, train, and Coolangatta! These are the two slides I have (my Dad

Dear all, More recent history from the Ffestiniog Railway; this time from April 2013when the cosmetically restored George England loco 'Princess' was displayed atPaddington Station in London.

Thanks - that certainly looks like the "thing" in Michael's photos. -- Brian RumaryEnglandbrian(at)rumary.co.uk

Peter Would u mind e-mailing me privately? If so, jimlongw1952@... Cheers Jim

Greetings, As I understand it, the powered bogie-thingie is based on equipment fromthe former Royal Mail Post Office Railway under London. The Launceston Railway (http://www.launcestonsr.co.uk/)

Very interesting. But what is that strange machine that appears in photos 105, 1378, 1482 & 1525? It appears to be some sort of power bogie with cables attached and is hauling an open bogie

Uncertain Future For the Museum Following the gas leak incident in May 2012, SA Water issued aDO NOT RUN order for the Humphrey Pump pending investigations into the cause ofthe leak and the design

Uncertain Future For the Museum Following the gas leak incident in May 2012, SA Water issued aDO NOT RUN order for the Humphrey Pump pending investigations into the cause ofthe leak and the design

Uncertain Future For the Museum Following the gas leak incident in May 2012, SA Water issued aDO NOT RUN order for the Humphrey Pump pending investigations into the cause ofthe leak and the design

Hi Jim and group, I am analysing archaeological remnants of railways /tramways/ amusement park train rides around the QLD South Coast. Brian Webber’s “Exploring Queensland’s Railways - South

Dear all, Back in March 2010 I was very fortunate to visit India and the DarjeelingHimalayan Railway. Sometime ago I started to upload a collection of images from th DHR toFlickr. This remains an

Dear all, I have uploaded another collection of photographs to Flickr showing therecent history of the FR. The images are from May 2010 and show the Quirks & Curiosities gala,Lyd's first fire, the

Hi Peter What are u analysing? Is there a particular question u are trying to answer? Cheers Jim Longworth

Dear all, Greetings from the UK once again. I have uploaded another set of images to Flickr; this time from May 2008when the Hunslet 'Jerry M' visited the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales. Take

Dear all, Greetings from the UK once again; I have uploaded another collection ofimages to Flickr. The images are from the former 2' gauge Abbey Light Railway in February2013. Unfortunately the

The ABC Rep[orts that “After a 10-year push, Broken Hill in New South Wales is poised to become the first whole Australian city to be added to the country's National Heritage List”. Well done

Thanks Kev for all the extra background material!!! Now time to analyse. Cheers Peter Cokley

I've been thinking about this during today. While I am sure they were concurrent operations, I doubt it was by very much. Currumbin started in 1964 and I can pin down to about early 1965 the last time

Thanks Kevin for the confirmation the train at Coolangatta beach and that at the Currumbin Sanctuary were there at the same time as that was the factual data I was missing. I assumed the track gauges