Burleigh Heads Gold Coast had a Coney Fair with a miniature train and a juvenile train ride, with those interesting terms in the 1961 newspaper advertisement. I wonder if we have any former passengers

No, it doesn’t work but this does: http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/ David 1/2d

Thanks. I saw the hyphen but I assumed that if you are going to publish a website address you would not put any loose characters into it. -- cheers and best wishes, David in Avenel.au {Before you

Just in addition to Frank's comments, upon arrival at Emerald on the Up or return journey, the train stopped and more firewood was loaded from an NQR on No. 3 road, with the help of several

Take the dash out of the url and it works. Steve

Noticed the url for this new website of Victorian Places on p35 of Light Railways. Shown as http://www.victorian-places.com.au/ has anyone else got it to work yet? I can't. -- cheers and best

The following topographical map from 1944 has the Edmonton area. QSA Item ID 537087 scale 1.63360 map Gordonvale 1944 6MB

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