The establishment of this group has clearly been welcomed with considerable enthusiasm by those who know about it and I for one look forward to its ongoing development with interest. I have been in to

Brad, your database proposal sounds a good idea. Starting them in the group would provide the opportunity for members to make contributions and when a specific database looks to be in good shape, then

An interesting meeting of the LRRSA NSW Division at Burwood last night. Ian McNeil made a presentation on the Logging Tramways of the Dorrigo Plateau - essentially a revisit of his major article in LR

New members to this group may not be aware that a major project of the LRRSA since 1999 has been researching the iron and steel industry of Lithgow, including associated mines, quarries and railways,

I wish to advise that Ian Holt passed away over the weekend and his funeral will be held in Lithgow today. Few members of this group will have known of Ian, but as President of the Lithgow District Hi

Promotion of the LRRSA has had a good run over the past few days. Its new book, 'Furnace, Fire & Forge: Lithgow's iron and steel industry 1874-1932', was formally launched by John Della Bosca, Ministe

Re narrow gaueg ash tramways on the NSWGR, Jim Longworth has published an article on these (in the ARHS Bulletin from memory) and trawled through official photos of these interesting 'little railways'

Greetings from the UK, where Kerry and I have made our pilgrimage to the Welsh Highland Railway. The train was hauled by the last Beyer Garratt locomotive NG/G16 No. 138, the first, K1, currently unde

I should have made explicit that I was quoting from the museum's brochure on this claim. Whatever the semantics of the wording, the museum is worth a visit. Bob McKillop ---- Brian Rumary <brian@rumar

On this theme, Denis Wasley has identified the 'Where is it?' item in the December issue of 'Light Railways' as a dried fruit operation with a tramway for moving the drying trays. Denis believes the o

Does this mean that there is a train at each end of the line,? Reports posted so far suggest the carriages were all moved to Walhalla. Bob McKillop

The photos of the burnt out bridge on the WGR website are noted. I have prepared a report on the bushfires and the WGR for the next (February) issue of Light Railways. It would be good to back this wi

On the evidence I have, several short lines from warehouses etc onto jetties. These 'light railways' were usually ahnd-pushed are are typical of European settlements throughout the South Pacific. Bob

Jeff, As outlined in the LRRSA publication, 'Australasian Locomotive Builders Lists: Part 3. 'Builders of Hunslet, Leeds, UK', Manning Wardle & Company was founded by former employees of EB Wilson & C

Oops! I see I have written 1868 instead of 1856 as the date of building of the AA Company 0-4-0WT locos. Bob McKillop

LRRSA members may care to note that the February issue of the magazine (LR 193) is in the mail. The editors invite all members of the LRRSA Yahoo Group to use this vehicle to provide feedback on this

As reported in Light Railways 190, the Coal Creek Heritage Village site, including the Bush Tramway, was closed in June 2006 for rehabilitation. The South Gippsland Council was to make a decision on t

Many thanks to Mike and Peter for their postings on this. It looks like there is scope for an update report in the next H&T section. If anyone has a photo of the Coal Creek Bush Railway operating afte

If the February issue of Light Railways was only posted on Friday, Australia Post has done well this time - mine was received here in Sydney on Monday 5th. Comments from readers on delivery, content a