Hello all, My father has a copy of an Arthur Winzenried facsimile reprinting of the 1896 Parliamentary report, and the following areas are mentioned: * Wandin and Warburton (this became the broad-gaug

Hello all, I've been buying several of the newly published Vicmap 1:50,000 scale topographic maps for 4WD'ing, but at the same time keeping an eye on the coverage of former railway lines as well (whic

Hello all, I got back yesterday from a holiday in the Grampians. While seeing little in the way of mainline trains, I did visit two former tramway locations. One was at the former Lal Lal blast furnac

Yes, there was the former line from Lal Lal to the Racecourse. Part of the formation is in fact still visible close to the road to Lal lal Falls, and I would assume that the racecourse site was near t

Hello all, While on a bay cruise as a Christmas break-up function for work yesterday, there was some time in Sorrento. I took a couple of photos of a replica of the former steam tram front beach termi

Hello all, For those interested in the Loch Valley Tramway Walk, I have created a topographic map using the 'Forest Explorer' website (http://nremap-sc.nre.vic.gov.au/MapShare.v2/imf.jsp?site=forestex

Hello all, I've been regularly looking at the CFA/DSE fire coverage maps on the CFA and DSE websites, and note that the fire got to within 1 or 2 kilometres of the Thompson-Walhalla line. Thankfully i

Hello, To follow up on GPS's, I work at a land surveying - civil engineering - town planning company. We have a couple of the high-accuracy (Leica, IIRC) GPS units (and we have a couple of temporary b

Hello all, I've just received (from Peter Newett, via Locopage) a couple of photos of Walkers first diesel-hydraulic loco, a demo for the sugar industry. Apparently, "It have been preserved and restor

Hello all, Those of you interested in the SECV's former railways may be interested in the book "/Three Decades; The Story of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria from its Inception to December

Hello all, The following website may be of interest to those looking at railways (and with the 1943 aerial photography, industrial railways) in NSW: http://imagery.maps.nsw.gov.au/ As well, the follow

Hello all, As a follow-up to the article on the Wootton tramway in the current /Light Railways/, I've scanned-in part of a WW2-era inch-to-a-mile (1:63,360) military topographic map, and uploaded it t

Hello all, As a follow-up to this discussion, I've scanned-in part of a WW2-era inch-to-a-mile (1:63,360) military topographic map, and uploaded it to the LRRSA Yahoo website. It shows all of the tram

My brother and I were passing through the area while on holiday in August 2007 (we had been up the Newell to Brisbane and were coming back down the coast). From maps of the area I knew of the trestle

Hello all, I was wandering around Beachport in South Australia while over there during Easter with the 4WD group I'm in. Across the street from the long jetty, there are some rails in the ground (I di

Hello all, For those interested, there are some railway items just inside the entrance to the Beachport Bowling club (former site of the railway station). They are a signal, a weighted point lever, an

Hello all, I wasn't able to get a copy of the issue with the Dromana and Rye piers, and the Sorrento tramway (I'll check with the local historical society). However, a newsagent at Mornington had a co

Hello all, If you look at the 'Maps and Diagrams' directory (under 'Photo Albums' on the LRRSA Yahoo website) you will see a 1930's map of a tramway running along Truemans Road, put online by Phil Ric

Hello all, I was out with a 4WD group last weekend, camping overnight at Sheepyard Flat on the Howqua River (south of Merrijig/Mount Buller). While walking along the river to nearby Frys Flat, looking

Hello all, My parents, brother, and I will be down there on the Saturday (going for the 1pm train from memory), so if you see us, feel free to say 'hello'. Photos of me are at: http://users.cdi.com.au