Brian, I live in the Herbert district in North Queensland where the trackage is flood damaged on a fairly regular basis, including now. Each time, It all gets repaired and come the crushing season,

The following was just posted on the Industrial Railway Society Yahoo list. Does anyone know what the situation in Queensland is regarding narrow gauge railway matters? Brian Rumary,

Hello John, Thanks for the feedback. With regard to the Oslo-Trondheim page, I am afraid the map is not a mistake. It is the Oslo-Bergen map recycled with the names of Trondheim and Dombås added.

Excellent work Frank, Thanks for taking the time to do this. One minor correction. The Oslo-Trondheim page, with the views from the moving train, has the Oslo-Bergen

Hi Claus, The one I have is part of a series called Country Branch Lines Victoria, published by Train Hobby Publications. This one is subtitled "The Wodonga to Cudgewa Branch Line" - A Photographic

Cudgewa, not Corryong. Standard reference is The branch line : a history of the Wodonga-Tallangatta-Cudgewa railway / by Lloyd Holmes sometimes appears on ebay, probably available from other

Happy New Year All. Travelled the Murray Valley Highway yesterday ( magnificent countryside ) & noticed many old timber trestles still standing ( & some quite tall ones, shades of Colorado ! )

Hello all, Over the past week I have escaped from LRRSA matters and have been processing the photographs I took in Norway in July-August. As a result I have just updated my

The Builders Plate from Diesel Locomotive DH5 has gone missing (believed stolen). If anyone sees the plate inscribed with the words "Diesel, Hydraulic, Walkers Ltd Locomotive 587" we would appreciate

This message from the Campbelltown Steam and Machinery Museum tonight. Ray will be greatly missed by all in the Light Railway circles. It is my sad duty to inform you that Ray Graf was found deceased

Bob, That was me posting on the TICCIH in Oz website. TICCIH is roughly the industrial heritage equivalent of ICOMOS (we act as ICOMOS's advisor on industrial heritage matters) so we are focused

The Federation of Australian Museum Societies Inc. is the peak body representing the interests of historical societies throughout Australia. In its e-Bulletin to members of 18 December it reports as

I found advertised on Ebay copies of "Steam on the Lens - Walhalla Railway Construction" (Vol 2). It is a magnificent 111 page book of wonderful photos by Wilf Henty, published in 2002 with Jihn Kiely

Three snaps been added to my Cooper's Creek file. A couple I took in 1967 after plunging eastward into the Thomson Valley from Amors Mill Site with a few Rover Scout mates, and one scanned from Lou de

I jumped sequence to put up four photos of the 1975 LRRSA tour which included Lune River & Ida Bay, as this may tempt more to join the coming February tour. GT13: me GT16: I can't pick any. GT18:

I have added the last four of the Cheetham Geelong component of the Sat.1.3.69 tour. * Photo 20: Lionel Rickard, Phil Rickard, ?, Barry Stewart? (the check jacket sleeve will be Frank Stamford) * 21:

Yes I was a guest driver on the occasion, working under expert guidance. It is an amazingly well set up model railway worked to timetable with multiple operators and with a highly credible story and

Excellent photograph of John Prideaux. he was the Hon. Treasurer in 1967-68, 1968-69, and 1969-70. He was also on the Constitution Committee. John was a rock of common sense who played a key role in

Frank's proper coverage of the Les incident was appreciated: a half recollection is now converted to true history. Les was surprisingly agile on that crutch. He hopped out at lineside photostops on

Rod Smiths mention of Jack Mclean brought to my mind several occasions where representatives of the Victorian Railways or V/line were sent off to delve into Jacks wonderful collection of railway plans