Some recall my short article on Pleasure Island amusementpark in Light Railways 234 December 2013. This was a small scale version ofDisneyland, operated at Carrara on Queensland’s Gold Coast from

Hello Michael If you have a look in my Photobucket gallery, you will find somecomparative pix of Bombala, Cooma (and other station sites on the Bombala line)and Gundagai (and other station sites on

Greetings all, I have uploaded another collection of images to Flickr. These show my recent travels to Bombala, Cooma, Gundagai, Albury, Wangaratta and Seymour... so may be outside the remit of

G'day all, I have uploaded another collection of images to Flickr. Take a look if you're interested. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55958391@N07/albums/72157659729114680 Cheers, Michael

here is a short piece of film showing a wooden railed tramway (trackwork cost $80!!) in the 1980s in NZ http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/video/12231/wooden-rails cheers Geoff Potter

Hello Hunslet, No, it wasn't. The last of the photographs were taken at Lakeside, before the sun had completely set. The train still had to do its return journey. By the time the

A puzzle … at the start of your photos, the cab and bunker of the Climax are full, really full, of firewood timber. However, at the end of your photos, this fuel supply does not appear to have

Hello again, After the PBPS AGM on Sunday, Decauville 861 took a single carriage from Emerald to Belgrave on the Puffing Billy Railway. The weather was not kind to photographers with fading light

Hi Brian, If built, the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway would have been electrified with overhead wires and the associated catenary.

Michael, wonderful images. We are so lucky this loco has been preserved and beautifully restored, thanks again Geoff Potter

Greetings, On Saturday 10th October I was privileged to travel on the Puffing Billy Railway and be hauled by the Climax locomotive numbered 1694. I also got to meet lots of names from the LRRSA

Sorry but I don't see what these photos have to do with the PB&SS line! Or did you give us the wrong web address? -- Brian RumaryEnglandbrian(at)rumary.co.uk

It is J.Hill’s Glen Boughton Estate. Agricultural tramway, 2ft gauge, horse worked. Plenty of references in Trove Newspapers. John

Hello Michael, Very good photographs, as always. I will be on the Climax trip this afternoon/evening, so may see you there. Regards, Frank

Interesting marking near mouth of Trinity Inlet and oppositeside of inlet to the Cairns Wharves is marked formation only. I know there are erroneousformations marked on topographical maps so I wonder

Welcome to Australia Michael! Some very nice photos of Puffing Billy, thanks for sharing cheers Geoff Potter

Greetings from... Now at this point I would usually say the United Kingdom and plug some UK photos on Flickr... However, at the moment I am in Melbourne. Today and yesterday I've been taking

Thanks David - very helpful To: LRRSA@... From: LRRSA@... Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 06:06:50 +0000 Subject: RE: [LRRSA] Wyndham (WA) port tramway Hello Sam (and others) – there are loco /

Hi Phil - thanks, a friendly member kindly sent me a copy of this article :) I will be keen to purchase many more of the old issues once PDF copies are available for purchase (I think the committee

Sam, "Light Railways" No.59 (if you haven't already got it) has a very useful introduction to the port tramways around Wyndham. On sale at the LRRSA Online Shop for $2 (plus postage!). LRRSA Online