Hi Brad I've worked through the t & c s in the past when preparing material for the magazine. Google doesn't seem to make things too onerous and what you are proposing sounds right from my

Hi everyone, Just want to put a question to the collective knowledge here. The last couple of days I have been reading through the Google rules governing the use of Google Earth

1917 Southside Brisbane track profiles including many closed or greatly rebuilt lines so broadly part of LRRSA interest areas. They also show track gang areas. These are courtesy QLD State Archives

Chris., they would be former bogie wheels from a couple of steam logginglocos. that worked in the Lunawanna area. You can find the full details in ScottClennett’s very good book, “Engaging the

I did a tour on Bruny Island today and saw some log bogies sitting on log rails at Lunawanna on Cloudy Bay Rd, just east of Bruny Island Main Rd. Unfortunately the tour bus didn't stop and I wasn't

Thanks everyone for the background to this as it concerned a topic I never realised existed. Interesting how rolling sand hills were levelled to form housing estates. Cheers Peter Cokley

The NSW Ministry of Housing obtained a Motor Rail “Simplex” petrol locomotive for Daceyville by March 1920. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120524291 Assuming it was not second hand, it must

I think I've seen a photo with the construction of the houses in the background with a small Simplex locomotive leading tipper wagons. I will have to have a look for the photo. Neville Conder.

Peter, Have a look at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daceyville_houses,_1915_(3773361717).jpg Also look at https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/image/5225_a018_a018000018 Plus

The Rosebery tramway sand siding was off Gardeners Road in Daceyville

A road construction tramway is shown in ABC TV’s Building Australia Series 1 Ep 5 The Federation House. It appears in the Daceyville segment about half way through. Although I have visited the

I saw quite a few of steam locos in Indonesia (Java) with ordinary oil drums fitted across the top of the boiler, to carry oil for the firebox. Some others had rectangular tanks

Frank, Sragi SM in Central Java is what you're after. There are many pictures at http://www.flickriver.com/places/Indonesia/Central+Java/Sragi/ Flickr also has one or two but flickriver has many -

They were mounted on the boiler in front of the cab. See https://youtu.be/MIH-Sy2T70M This was Sragi mill - 600mm gauge. John

That would have the added benefit of preheating the oil wouldn’t it? Regards, Chris

Hello Frank Several of the Philippine mills converted their locos to oil-firing as well. The photos I have show that they mostly did so using the existing tenders (even their

Hi Frank Top of the firebox in front of the cab was the usual spot. Here is an example http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/sweetdreams/display.htm?small=wringinanom&large=Wringinanom&number=06

Hi Guys, About 15 years ago, when I lived up in Sunny Queensland,I was Hon. Sec. of the S. E. Queensland branch of the LRRSA and we had a nice guy who came every so often to give

Hello Chris, There are a number of people who do maps for Light Railways. If you could reply to me direct with some more details of the type of map work you need I can make some enquiries and we

I have now located the approximate locations of the two permanent tramways that operated out of the Harwood sugar mill in northern NSW, i'd like to do an article for the magazine but would like to