Don't forget that the South Australian Railways had a brief and unhappy flirtation c1856 with Barlow rail for a short section on the Port Adelaide line. I believe that LRRSA member Arnold Lockyer may

Dear Bill, While I doubt that few LRRSA members would be averse to articles containing information on aerial ropeways, where allied to a particular industry's rail operation, I believe that the primar

I have to say that I personally agree with Edie Oliver over the balance of content in LR, but I fully acknowledge that others may find the the heritage and tourist articles of more interest than I do

The rail in the picture at Fort Largs is bridge rail, as used by the GWR and also on the Port Adelaide line. When I lived in Adelaide quite a few lengths were around in use as fence posts etc. I have

Sorry, John, but I think if you look closely you will see that this is normal flat bottom, not bridge rail. The head of the rail is casting a shadow on the web, which bridge rail could not do...and al

The loco is KS 685/1900 0-4-0Toc 3' 0" gauge. It originally worked on the J W Wyett's Beaconsfield Tramway (owned by the Tasmanian Gold Mining Co Ltd from 1905). The remains were found at a sawmill in

A 1952 Hudswell Clarke drawing showing a CSR 0-6-0oc, compared to a proposed 2-6-2oc (Design No. 1771) is reproduced on page 198 of 'The Railway Foundry Leeds 1839-1969' by Ronald Redman (Goose & Son

David, The LRRSA publication on Day's tractors was written by Geoff Baxter and published many years ago at 45 cents. It's a pretty basic photo-copied publication: 4 pages of text, two of drawings and

Dear All, I've now copied and sent to David Halfpenny a copy of the Day's Tractor booklet. Richard Horne

Dear John, I'm afraid it's not possible as I live in the UK. However, emails on this LRRSA site indicate that several 'locals' have better copies that are far better than mine. The booklet is very min

Frank, As John S now acknowledges, the photo at Milang does NOT show bridge rail, but just ordinary rail...so I wouldn't bother to look for it if you are finding it difficult. However, I have to say I

Arthur Winzenried's 1982 booklet 'Shay Locomotives In Australia' (APW Research report No. 7) is an exceedingly basic, unillustrated publication of 10 single-sided pages, ISBN 0 949732 6. However, it i

The loco at National Portland Cement Ltd. Maria Island was Hudswell Clarke, NOT Andrew Barclay 1423 (built in 1922) of course. Richard Horne

I n 1967 The University of Oklahoma published a facsimile of Baldwin's 1877 illustrated book 'Dimensions, Weights, and Tractive Power of Narrow-Gauge Locomotives Manufactured By The Baldwin Locomotive

Absolutely!...and all this model railway stuff, too. Not quite what I thought the LRRSA site would be about.

My endorsement of Eddie's comment re 'Little Yarra' was slightly tongue in cheek (not quite so much re the minutiae of where bits and pieces can be purchased by modellers, though). Of course 'Little Y

Heaven help us, but no! Nothing wrong with models (I've enjoyed doing it myself), but let's keep it to model magazines. Cheers, Richard

I think that Peter Neve has summed it up well. I live in the UK but am interested in railways world-wide. However, I'm a member of LRRSA and read LR for its historical and current content on Australia

Because of common ownership (CSR) and interchange of (steam) locomotives. Richard Horne

I imagine that there are a lot of us. Call me number 4. Richard