Ferrymead is roughly half-way between Christchurch and Lyttleton. The epicentre of the quake was at Lyttleton, and although I haven't seen any photos or footage of that location, in one map it is simp

Excellent link Frank, I thoroughly enjoyed them all. The Krauss shunting was excellent - although it would have been nice to have actually seen the turnout thrown during the fly shunting. John

I can see them fine - with Firefox. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I love the un-fish-eyed fish-eye photos Frank. I have uploaded four of mine. One at the conference, a couple showing conference participants watching a departure from Belgrave, and the last showing a

I looked at the photos with my wife's account. Good work. Perhaps I should create an account for myself - then I could "like" things without possibly incriminating her... John [Non-text portions of th

Neville, I assume you mean "has" the loco been modified? The answer to that question is not yet. It's still sitting on a length of 3'6" track. John

Go to the LRRSA online shop - http://www.lrrsa.org.au/ and click on the "LRRSA Shop" link, the click on the "Enter the shop" link, then "Light Railways magazine". Once you select an item you will be a

Cowell is on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, a little less than half-way between Whyalla and Port Lincoln. The pub closest to the jetty, the Franklin Harbour, has some lovely photos, including this

Indeed. I travelled on the VGR one Wednesday in October (after visiting you, Bruce) and there was a team of ABC guys running around checking out camera angles both at Castlemaine and on the train for

If you click on the "Map Base" layer, then on "Transport" you can tick the "Railway" box. John

An excellent video. Some lovely footage - the snippet of the Climax working on the Tyers Valley was great. I listened to it through headphones, and am glad I am not deaf in my left ear, as all the spo

The drawings in "The Innisfail Tramway" show the van to have basic dimensions of 7' length, 6' width (both measured over the body) and 9' high above rail to to of roof (ignoring the gas light thing. T

The 5' wheelbase bogies were not FOX bogies though. There are sketches (not scale drawings) of them in the ausnarrowgauge group Files section - files named: EqualisedBogieDrawing001.jpg EqualisedBogie

Yes. DL14 through to DL19 were built by Comeng. John

Whilst the image came through (downloaded from yahoo) fine, are you allowed to send this sort of stuff around Frank? It's not a yellow diesel... :-) John

Brian, You need to download both the .map file and the .ozf2 file with the same number. If you also download the 430.ozf2 file, into the same directory as the .map file, you can then use the 'File - L

Fascinating photos Rod. Thanks for posting them John

The 1924 Working Timetable shows the Grampians line (with the note "Trains are not to run on the Grampians line without the authority from the General Superintendent of Transportation..."), and accord

Yet another yahoo account compromised. Don't open the link. John

Rod, Details of tonight's (June) meeting are on page 32 of the June LR. John Peterson is presenting on mono-rail systems of various types.... John