Hello all, I have a bit of information about the Ballina branch line from my early years of working with the NSWGR S&T Branch. During the WW2 years, the main northern railway had been duplicated

Hi Peter, Thank-you for sharing your work. I was keen to see the information on the former Ballina branch, howeversomething is going wrong when I open the links. The file names suggest the

I managed to scan the Ballina rail route maps at Murwillumbah Library recently. The Ballina end is from a 1942 map and most of the other end from a 1976 map with map names and scales on each. Some

If it is a heritage issue have you seen John Pickards work on Australian Rural Fences An Illustrated Glossary of Australian Rural Fence terms which has a huge amount of information in it and is

Hi all, I have a number of VR "F" drawings but am chasing one that showsspecifications for picket fence construction as used at both Broad & Narrow Gauge stations. Has to be the genuine VR drawing

Nice finds Peter! Regards, Scott

This one inch to the mile Herberton 1943 topographical has more detail on the route of the Stannary Hills and Irvinebank mining tramway than the earlier 4 miles to an inch map. Other QR lines are also

The route of the Stannary Hills and Irvinebank mining tramways Nth QLD can be traced on the QSA Item ID 619133 topographical map scale 1.253 440 Atherton Tablelands1944. Other Nth QLD QR and tramway

No problems, Richard. I rest my case ☺ Tony.

My error, actually. Age/brain fade made me overlook that vital 6" difference in gauge. Richard

Brian, Yes, not a Ruston but a Days with Gardner engine. See my recent email. Richard Horne

Well it's certainly NOT a Ruston!! -- Brian RumaryEnglandbrian(at)rumary.co.uk

And before I get chastised again, Mt. Bischoff was 3’00” ga. (seebelow)!! Tony.

Thank you, James, for providing the photo. of Huon at Geeveston. That’scertainly cleared up one aspect. My apologies about the loco. being tested at Hobart Roundhouse. I didn’tget confused –

Rails have been located in Letitia Road, just past the Fingal Cemetery NSW. I knew where to find it as other members of the Tweed Heads Historical society photographed rail there in 2003. Rail site

The Cornwall Coal Co loco at Hobart loco depot was built by Days, apparently in 1943. The Hobart agent for Gardner had a Gardner diesel engine fitted in 1950 and, as the photo shows, it managed to

Thanks for the extra info. Seems to be bugger all info about on what was a pretty substantial railway. Tony mention no known photos of locos on the wharf at Geeveston. This one has appeared

We seem to be assuming that this loco was actually used somewhere. But if the photographed situation was purely for demonstration purposes, is it not possible that the loco was never actually adopted

As far as I'm aware, the only 3'6" gauge Tasmanian industrial line that used a trolleypole electric lcoo was the Mt Bischoff Tin Mining Co. Photos at Mt Bischoff show only the Baldwin-Westinghouse

To provide a bit more supposition I would suggest Hastings. Russell Allport supplied electrical equipment to John Hay's Hastings mill in July 1904. The pier appears to be too wide for Geeveston. I