In the early fifties I had my railwayman’s annual vacation in Queensland. I visited many sugar mill sites from Hambledon Mill near Cairns [which had Clyde 0-6-0 diesel locos] south to Moreton Central

Hello all, I have travelled on the Gembrook and Crowes lines [as far as Beech Forest] in VR days. I have also walked from Wangaratta to Targoora on the Whitfield line and travelled back on the open ‘P

Hello Peter and all, One of my 1943-1947 high school friends worked with CSR Pyrmont and I believe that he was also at CSR establishments in northern NSW and Queensland at various times. He still live

How do cane loco drivers determine when to throttle the end-of-train radio controlled loco up or down on undulating and curving track without risking a breakaway in the train ? Similarly how are radio

On Wednesday, 29 November 2017 2:22 PM Matthew Geier <matthew@... wrote--- In recent times in Sydney, the AK inspection train has been hauled by a pair of S set motors on each end. Th

My query is regarding the safety situation if one or more carriages of a ”non air” heritage train becomes uncoupled from the locomotive or an adjacent carriage with the possibility that the uncoupled

What are the requirements for continuous (Westinghouse) brakes on narrow gauge light railways which convey passengers ? The Puffing Billy railway from Belgrave to Gembrook in Victoria and its now clos

In hilly areas, a pump house with a resident or visiting ‘pump-man’ may not be necessary. There were railway dams built across creeks in surrounding hills so that locomotive water would fill the tank

Hi Eddie, What do you consider the correct usage of capitals for railway terms such as Main line, Branch line, Refuge loop, Goods siding, Crossing loop, or with company names such as AI&S siding, BHP

I have noted the recent problems with Light Railways No 251 despatched via the postal system. Several years ago I was sent a group of rare colour slides via express post but they never arrived despite

Was the Tasmanian Sentinel locomotive like one of these ? Noel Reed.

Has this (enthusiast ?) term ‘lazy points’ been derived because operators of heritage railways and tramways are ‘too lazy’ to check that points are correctly set before driving through in a ‘trailing’

A problem with so called ‘lazy points’ at Sydney EMU train car depots was that simple spring levers which are supposed to snap over when trailed do not completely close fully against the opposite stoc

Lazy points sounds like the spring toggle style points as used at facing junctions on tramways (NSW excepted). These points could be biased to spring back to the straight track (main line) after the w

Would the State Brickworks tramway have possibly connected with the inclined (cable worked ?) tramway as used by most brickworks to bring clay from the pit ? Would the tramway have been used for clay

John wrote -- However the Wharf Station (and wharf) at Towyn on the Talyllyn Railway was located not alongside a waterway but alongside a railway. -----------------------------------------------------

In Sydney Harbour there are ferry BOATS to inner harbour destinations. Manly commuters travel on ferry STEAMERS. These were originally operated by the Port Jackson and Manly Steam SHIP Company. On man

Why is Sydney’s ferry terminal “Circular Quay” It is not even a true semi- circle ?. Is Circular Quay different to Sydney Cove ? How is Quay Street (Railway Square) related to a quay ? What type of qu

Manly Wharf extends at 90 degrees from the shore and is shown on the destinations of all bus routes in the area. Regarding ‘Wharfies’, where does ‘Stevedore’ fit in to the discussion ? Noel Reed.

Hi Eddie, How do we describe a difference between Manly (ferry) Wharf and the earlier Amusement Pier alongside where people could look into coin operated machines and wind a handle to find out “What t