I was fascinated to read the items about the Kiama blue metal tramway and thank the several contributors for some very interesting information As a very young enthusiast in the 1940s I walked the

It appears that the new operators of Timbertown have been active in ensuring that 2ft gauge operations resume soon. The resumption date is fixed for 15 December. Apparently they are looking for

From information that I have, all three steam tram motors were scrapped in 1938, but I have no idea in which month(s). Tram motor 11A was sent to Railways Bombo Quarry, ex-Newcastle, in

Further to the comments on Bombo Railway Quarry I can confirm that the three steam trams were in service at Bombo by a document containing fusible plug change records being boiler numbers 11A,

G'day I have a US modelling colleague who is thinking of building a Baldwin DH such as Coolum in 7/8" scale and is looking for the equivalent of erection drawings... particularly drawings of the

Hi Mike Looking on the NLA website one of the articles was about the shays for the Wolgan Valley been erected at Everley workshops for Gibson Battle. Neville

Hi Neville, Gibson Battle were the agents for the Shay locomotive in Australia. There was series of articles about the Kiama Tramway by Ken McCarthy in Trolley Wire, issues 166,167 & 168 in 1976. It

Hi all Thanks for the information on the Kiama tramway. At the museum it gave a timeline of all the locomotives that worked on the tramway to Pikes Hill down Terralong Street to the harbour and to the

Hi Richard, all, The standard gauge higher up in the quarry wouldn't have been for a rail mounted steam navvy, would it? In the Terralong Tracks book there is a photo of a tracked steam navvy simply

Further to my previous comments on the Kiama quarry's internal combustion locos, I've now spoken to Bruce Macdonald.  He confirms that on a visit to the quarry c1947, there were traces of standard

Hi, Just further to the original query, in case this detail was missed, there was more than one tramway in the Kiama area. Aside from the well known ~2' gauge tram, one was standard gauge between

Neville, Gibson Battle were a well known general machinery merchant and I remember their catalogue was a very well used document in the Babcock & Wilcox drawing office where I worked many years

Thanks Richard for your reply on my query. I have been searching the web about Gibson Battle to see if they were manufacturers or just suppliers/agents. There is a photo of there factory in Sydney in

I spent most of the day down there, in rather hot and humid conditions. It was a most popular attraction with the general public, all internal parking having been taken by 1030 hours. A single

I have a note that this loco was in use at Kiama ex Avon Dam in1938 and derelict there in 1956.  I also have a note that there was a standard gauge Gibson Battle loco of 1927, used on the quarry

I had to miss it, as I was playing with CityRail trains.... :-(

Afternoon all Been visiting the local museum in Kiama today and have a query. It had a list of locomotives that worked on the tramway and the time they were there. A interesting one was as follows:

Hi all, A reminder that the Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society will be holding its "Tongarra Trainfest" tommorrow, Sunday 14th November. The day will feature all 4 of our operational steam locos

Hi Prof Klyzir, Thank you for the feedback. I have had a look at the article and it has some interesting info. In answer to your question about scale, I suppose that I am working in 1:1 scale, as I