I believe "Rails Through The Bush" is available from Karen's Books at www.karensbooks.com<http://www.karensbooks.com> The UA$ to US$ exchange rate is very favourable at the moment. Bill Hanks Sent:

Thanks for your input. Builders numbers 2158 and 3120 were for order numbers 6490 and 6191 respectively, ordered for "McLean Bros. & Rigg (Guy Smith)" and "McLean Bros. & Rigg, Australia". There are

Hello John, That's a very interesting resource. The "(Australia)" in the annotation is a mistake. Order No.6245 was, as you say, for B/Nos 2249 and 2250. Both of these were for the NSB (Norwegian

Hello John, I would suggest that the 'Australia' is an annotation, signifying that these locos which had been produced since 1868 for Norway, were the basis for the Australian 2-6-0s. On page 60 of

All, People might know about this, but I have just recently been made aware that the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) now has Beyer Peacock drawings and photos online. The search

Howdee,             A few photos from a brief and mostly unsuccessful attempt to do the Elrington line by

Hi Mark, Some absolutely beautiful shots there Mark – thanks for sharing! (Better go and get out my Newray Mack B61, and see what mods need to be done to make it look the

G'day all, On the Land Rover forum I frequent, a member has posted a heap of photos of Tasmanian logging post steam era. I thought some of you may be interested to see the pictures. The thread can

I've added three more views of the tour; any others will be fresh scans, and will wait their turn as I work through in sequence. Roderick B Smith Rail News Victoria Editor

No knowledge at the moment but hopfully by the end of the week. I'm going to Port Macquarie tomorrow for holidays and I'll go and have a look. Regards, Chris

True indeed, but I am guessing the vast majority of members (could count on one hand those who are) here are not linked to my Facebook and so it is not widely available.   Thanks Brad South

yes it's on facebook!!!! <alcogoodwin@...>wrote:

Howdee all,                 Steven Miller just sent this photo of himself at the Wallis Creek

I missed the 1969 sewer tour (it was a clashing event). I presume that it was to East Malvern, as there weren't many trunk sewers under construction in that year. Perhaps there was another entry at

In the travel section of the SMH for 27-28/11/10 there is mention and a photo of Ricardoes Tomatoes (and strawberries and lettuce) on Blackmans Point Road. The photo on page 21 shows what MAY be a

I have added five photos of the inspection of the explosives storage depot and associated tramway at Altona, on Sat.1.3.69. This concludes my coverage of that four-part day. 60: possibly David

Seen on the "Trams Down Under" group today.... **** Peter Hyde wrote: I rang the manager at Archer Park [Bundaberg Steam Tram] a day or two ago. He said the Museum was considered safe. No so lucky

Hi Steve,              The Richmond Vale from Hexham to Stockrington is is the only one retaining rail. I am not sure if this is a heritage ruling or not.   A trike would likely be

Hi all,         Just got a little bit of info from Brian Andrews (author of the most recent Richmond Vale book) saying that the damage to Orangegrove platform was around 1998 during some sewer

I have added four photos of the Cheetham Laverton portion of the Sat.1.3.69 tour, to my Roderick Smith album in the group's photos section. 56: John Withers, ?, Geoff Maynard, Lionel Rickard. 57: