More than a sensible idea, a necessary one, as it would form a useful record for future generations of railway historians. A brief one line note is all that is required. Richard Horne

Thank you, Tony. Good to know which mill it was photographed at. Richard Horne

James, No doubt at all that you are correct. It is the Huon Timber Co's 0-4-0ST 'STANLEY' [Manning Wardle 371 of 1871], used at Geeeveston. It came second-hand from R Hudson & Co., Victoria Colliery.

John, I find I have a note on Morison & Bearby Ltd., Carrington, Newcastle NSW which reads: Established 1874 Engineers, iron & brass founders, boiler makers, shipsmiths & coppersmiths. Design & supply

The photo is clearly not of one on the NSWGR crane tanks and is also very clearly taken in the UK, as witness the end of a 'standard' UK 4 wheel tank wagon at the left side of the photo. A British lor

Roderick, This is, I'm sure, 'No.1 Simplex' MR 10219 of 1950. Richard Horne

And here's the tram.

There is no doubt that it is a copy of 'Lady Barkly'. The second and third locos were much larger, had a large dome just behind the chimney, a different safety valve cover and curved wing plates to th

It's a 'replica' of the Oreti Railway, NZ, loco 'Lady Barkly'. built by Hunt & Opie, Victoria Ironworks, Ballarat in 1861. The 5' 3" gauge timber rail line ('Davies Patent') closed in 1867, but the th

John Kramer visited in October 1997 and sent me several photographs of his visit. These showed: Two derelict 0-4-0WT frames 'Old Thomas' Hunslet 1844/1937 0-4-2T in shed 1 MM running 2 MM with wooden

For a detailed map see page 173 of Lou Rae's 'A History Of Railways And Tramways On Tasmania's West Coast' 2nd Edition (self-published 1984). Richard Horne

And here she is in 1998. Richard Horne

Phil, Could this be at the State Brickworks, Homebush Bay? I understand that there was a 2' 0" gauge Purcell loco there along with a petrol electric by A Saunders and another ic loco supplied per Gibs

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What tosh! South Australian Railways freight rolling stock was grey with white lettering. Richard Horne From: Stephen Cox To: LRRSA@... Sent: Sunday, 27 January 2013, 21:58 Subject: RE:

Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty Ltd, lead smelters, located at the end of Ellen Street, Port Pirie. Currently owned by Nyrstar. Richard Horne

This is a most interesting photo and shows Avonside 1436 of 1902, new to the East Greta Coal Mining Co (South Maitland Railway from 1918) No.3 and sold in 1927 to the Sydney & Suburban Blue Metal Quar

The Harman was very similar to the Perrys, but its distinguishing feature was its dome. Unlike the hem-spherical top on the Perrys' domes, its top was somewhat flatter and less elegant. Richard Horne.

The SR&WSC of Victoria used a number of 3' 6" gauge Perry 0-4-0T locos on the Hume Dam construction. A number (if not all) were auctioned in September 1939 and I have photos of two of these, photograp

Roderick, There were two Perry locos, nos.10 and 11, the latter now being on the Bellarine Railway. The Hudswell Clarke locos were nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9, no.6 now being on the Bellarine Railway. See LR 2