On 4 February IanJ asked: I'm heading over to Vanuatu in a few months for a break, staying near Port Vila. Does anyone know if there were ever NG trains in Vanuatu, and if so where ? If I have the tim

Perhaps a useful rounding off of this thread - Chris Harding at ARHS, on whose bahalf I posted the original message, has sent me the following: Thanks Bob, and to everyone who contributed to this disc

On 16 January Mike McCarthy wrote: There are several references to the supply of "Barlow rail and points" at Cape Paterson but there is also mention of the supply of a small quantity of "T" rails. Per

On 16 January Bill Russell wrote: My earliest memory of an aerial ropeway (or cordway) was in McEwans (Melbourne) where the serving counters had a terminal with a carriage propelled by a shanghai arra

Many thanks to all those who have responded to my posting on Barlow rails and points. I have passed these responses onto Chris Harding at the ARHS. It seems that the consensus of opinion, neatly summe

On 13 January Jim Longworth wrote: I would like to know what members of this chat group think about a very occasional article in 'LR' on an aerial ropeway where it was/is closely associated with a lig

Note: I sent the following message last Sunday and for reasons that completely escape my technical knowledge it appeared on the LRRSA Yahoo Group without and text. I have been away since then, so am t

Many thanks to Prof Klyzlr for his posting documenting his experience with various local museums that might be expected to have records and interpretation of the logging industry in their districts. I

I don't recall any responses to this query. The answers can be found on pages 27 and 29 of Light Railways No. 187 (February 2006). It is one of the 457mm gauge railways operated by Coleman & Sons and

Thanks to those who responded to Frank Stamford's request for reviewers for two the DVDs 'Sweet Spot' and 'Logging Off'. Particularl appreciation is extended to Rob Denning in Lithuania who volunteere

Its 20-21 October - see 'Coming Events' calendar in August issue of Light Railways (p.37). Bob McKillop

Frank Stamford wrote: There are still plenty of vacancies on the trip described below, which runs next Sunday 26 August. Look forward to catching up with your and the gang for the run on 26th. What is

Bernie reported on his restoration of FISHERY on 29 July and asked about how he should 'do a report for the mag?' Presumably he has Light Railways in mind. The August issue is currently being [or shou

I have now managed to check out this site. Re copyright etc, Michael and I do not have objections to the material being made available in this form - and even if we did, PNG does not uphold internatio

I checked this address, but only got a message 'URL Not Found' - perhaps the site administrator has been on the 'bui' again = betel but! Bob McKillop

If any members of this group attended the annual steam fest at Timbertown, Wauchope on 7-8 July I would be most interested in seeing a posting to report on this event (or receive comments off group).

If any members of this group do get to these events, I would be most gratelful for reports in due course for inclusion in the 'Heritage & Trourist' section of 'Light Railways'. The cut off date for th

John, Yes Denis sent this to me too. I had not heard from him for a while, so unfortunately the big Cobdogla event is not in the current LR 'Coming Events' calendar. I will forward to Brad, so it can