Hi all, If I remember my UK railway history correctly after closure one or more of the Leek & Manifold transporter wagons went to the Ashover Light Railway and was converted to 2' gauge. But it very q

Hi all, Just a comment on the age groups of members. When I was secretary of the S.E. Qld branch we used to get about 18-20 members & guests to our bi-monthly meetings. Of the fairly regular attendee'

I'll be happy to do Tasmania, Frank. Cheers, Frank Savery, Ulverstone, Tasmania

Hi Pete, One of the bogies is the last remaining NED Passenger bogie the other is a wagon bogie. I have numerous photos of the coach but none show the bogies real cl;ear as they are usually in the sha

Hi all, There is a sawmill set up to operate at the Timberworks(I think it is) Museum at Gympie in Queensland. This would repay a lot of study and it operates nabout 3 times a year from memory. Cheers

Hi Mark, If you e-mail them checking If it is still available, they will generally hold it for you for a few days until you get back to them. Cheers, Frank Savery, in beautiful Tasmania "Love This Pla

BTW - Might be of interest to any On30 modellers looking for a similar loco to Little Yarra ~ The UK Firm of Backwoods Miniatures are offering a conversion kit to rebuild the Bachmann 2-4-4T Forney as

Here in Tassie it says"insufficient data to show image" Cheers, Frank Savery, in beautiful Tasmania "Love This Place"

Hi all, I think the problem might be in the version of Acrobat Reader you've got. I downloaded the latest version (.9) and then had no problem. Not sure what I had before, probably version 5 or 6. Che

Hi Bill & Phil, It's over 20 years since I was in the Torpedo testing station on Pittwater, but I seem to remember reading that there were tram tracks set in the concrete for moving the torpedoes arou

Possibly the " A+" coach designation is to distinguish it from the A class wagons. ? Cheers, Frank Savery, District Manager, CIE Cildargan Section also Owner, Operator, Chief Cook & Bottle Washer, Lak

Just as an aside. It always seemed to me that the Germans made a seriouis error of judgement in not invading Iceland when they attacked Denmark and Norway. Not up to their usual Teutonic efficiency. F

Hi Roderick, Any chance I could pinch a copy of this photo to post on the UK NGRM Forum (with acknowledgment, of course).? Roger Chivers has been humming and haaring about producing a 4mm kit of the I

Hi Jim, The Queensland guys will tell you for sure, but, I'm pretty sure he died, maybe 8 or so years ago. Cheers, Frank Savery, District Manager, CIE Cildargan Section also Owner, Operator, Chief Coo

hi Greg, Yes, thanks, you're right. Glad to hear there's another of us oldies alive and kicking :-) Cheers, Frank Savery, District Manager, CIE Cildargan Section also Owner, Operator, Chief Cook & Bot

Hello all, The the current LRs Field Reports section, Mark Swaby has presented some fascinating information on the Tramways of King Island, Tasmania. He mentioned that " I have the logistics on hand f

Thanks Michael, What a lovely looking loco Russell was/is. So much nicer than the photos I've seen of him after the Festiniog desecrated him. Cheers, Frank Savery, Owner, Operator, Chief Cook & Bottle

Hello Michael, You wrote : I have some photos of the 15" gauge K1 Garratt, formerly of the BMR, when it ran up and down at Dinas alongside the real K1 on the Welsh Highland Railway if people are inter

Hi Guyys, Something I've often wondered aboout the sugar cane wagons that came down the Clarence river on lighters/barges. Q. Were the cane trucks run onto the barges/lighters on rails fitted to the b

Thanx Hunslet, much obliged. Haven't seen that photo before. I've got one of a barge with a load of about 5 cane trucks but it's too far away to see If they were on rails or not. Has anything been pub