Dear all, I have uploaded some more photos from Puffing Billy to Flickr. Take a look at the album if you're interested at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/55958391@N07/albums/72157659618175551

One of my friends at the Tweed Heads museum told me today she visited the two bridges over to Dodd’s Island last week. The bridge closest to Chinderah has RSJ longitudinal beams with concrete

Thanks Michael, they have a wonderful NG Collection! cheers Geoff Potter

Dear all, Prior to running the special train with the Climax locomotive on Puffing Billy on the 10th October, the new museum at Menzies Creek was open. Several of us were allowed inside and

Hi all, On Saturday 24th October I travelled behind R761 from Southern Cross to Echuca. It was awesome! I've uploaded a collection of images to Flickr at:

The QSA Item ID 537025 scale 1.63360 (one mile to the inch) topographical map Biboohra 1944 (4MB) is the one immediately west of the Cairns map QSA Item ID 537025 scale 1.63360 military map Biboohra

Yes, I worked at Parramatta at the time of the blaze. The way it affected the group was absolutely devastating. Unfortunately, preservation groups struggle to protect their collections, with fire

Bad stuff indeed. History repeating itself, after a fashion, considering the fiery demise of the Parramatta Park Tramway Museum many years ago, from what may or may not have been arson.

The storage shed on the eastern side of the Princes Highway (the old SPER shed) has gone up in flames, along with 7 or 8 tramcars and some old buses Sydney transport history lost in fire

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