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Unknown rail gadget
Ahhh thank you didn’t think of bullhead rail ta
Ahhh thank you didn’t think of bullhead rail ta
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Gairloch Mill
LRRSA@groups.io Digest #89 Yes thanks John, I originally got the lead from Trove, and ran into a blank wall of no information. I assume that the Gairloch mill no longer exists? Regards Phil
LRRSA@groups.io Digest #89 Yes thanks John, I originally got the lead from Trove, and ran into a blank wall of no information. I assume that the Gairloch mill no longer exists? Regards Phil
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Sugar mill modelling
Hello, Have any of you chaps heard of Gairloch sugar mill? Apparently there was an aerial ropeway supplied by Bleichert used to cross the river with cane before the bridge was built. It was erected ac
Hello, Have any of you chaps heard of Gairloch sugar mill? Apparently there was an aerial ropeway supplied by Bleichert used to cross the river with cane before the bridge was built. It was erected ac
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Gairloch Sugar Mill
Hello, I am researching a gentleman by the name of Oscar Schulze, who supplied the Bleichert Aerial Ropeway which was erected across the Herbert River in 1883 to the Gairloch Sugar Mill. My Trove arti
Hello, I am researching a gentleman by the name of Oscar Schulze, who supplied the Bleichert Aerial Ropeway which was erected across the Herbert River in 1883 to the Gairloch Sugar Mill. My Trove arti
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Bolla Bollana smelter rails
No Richard, that rail was subsequently used as a fence post, hence the holes for the wires, that’s the only reason that it was preserved, not buried or laying in the mud to rust away! Yes the rail wer
No Richard, that rail was subsequently used as a fence post, hence the holes for the wires, that’s the only reason that it was preserved, not buried or laying in the mud to rust away! Yes the rail wer
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Bolla Bollana smelter rails
Hi Richard, If you look carefully, there is a slight taper on the inside of the rail to retain that edge, and the larger “hook” on the outside is to hold the rail down and take the lateral thrust from
Hi Richard, If you look carefully, there is a slight taper on the inside of the rail to retain that edge, and the larger “hook” on the outside is to hold the rail down and take the lateral thrust from
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Bolla Bollana smelter rails
Hi Guys, Yes the coal miners used a smaller bridge rail and used these “slippers” to connect the rail ends together, as fishplates were out of the question. Philip Hammon
Hi Guys, Yes the coal miners used a smaller bridge rail and used these “slippers” to connect the rail ends together, as fishplates were out of the question. Philip Hammon
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Roels boiler
Thanks Bill, Looks like Heer Roel pinched the idea from Babcock and Wilcox, then went broke so fast his name never reached the 21st Century! Is there a diagram of one anywhere? I would like to know wh
Thanks Bill, Looks like Heer Roel pinched the idea from Babcock and Wilcox, then went broke so fast his name never reached the 21st Century! Is there a diagram of one anywhere? I would like to know wh
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Roels boiler
Have any of you gentlemen, ( and I assume ladies ) ever heard of a Roel’s boiler? Described as “being composed of tubes entirely, which contain the water, while the fire is outside the pipes” I have s
Have any of you gentlemen, ( and I assume ladies ) ever heard of a Roel’s boiler? Described as “being composed of tubes entirely, which contain the water, while the fire is outside the pipes” I have s
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: Lazy points
Thanks everybody. Here is the photo that started it all. Regards Philip Hammon
Thanks everybody. Here is the photo that started it all. Regards Philip Hammon
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Lazy points [1 Attachment]
That’s a spring point Stephen, it returns after the wheel set has passed through. A lazy point stays where it is pushed to.
That’s a spring point Stephen, it returns after the wheel set has passed through. A lazy point stays where it is pushed to.
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Lazy points
Yes, the points in front of the horse, as the outer rim of the wheel rubs on the piece of angle beside track, the flange of the opposite wheel pushes the blade of the point across dragging the “inside
Yes, the points in front of the horse, as the outer rim of the wheel rubs on the piece of angle beside track, the flange of the opposite wheel pushes the blade of the point across dragging the “inside
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Lazy points
Hello, I am giving a talk to the Mt Victoria Historical Society on Saturday about forgotten technologies, and I am including lazy points, i.e. self-operating points used on 2’ gauge tramways and gravi
Hello, I am giving a talk to the Mt Victoria Historical Society on Saturday about forgotten technologies, and I am including lazy points, i.e. self-operating points used on 2’ gauge tramways and gravi
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Yarloops Worksop,
What a terrible shame, a beautifully presented place by the look of it. Can anyone tell me about the spring points with the moveable frog that is toward the beginning of the video? I am researching th
What a terrible shame, a beautifully presented place by the look of it. Can anyone tell me about the spring points with the moveable frog that is toward the beginning of the video? I am researching th
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Katoomba Scenic Railway Train
Does anybody have photos of the 2ft gauge train that ran around the Swamp at Katoomba Scenic Railway in the 1950’s? I remember it was blue and yellow, looked like the Victorian Flyer, with a pointed n
Does anybody have photos of the 2ft gauge train that ran around the Swamp at Katoomba Scenic Railway in the 1950’s? I remember it was blue and yellow, looked like the Victorian Flyer, with a pointed n
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Another monorail Mt. Airlie NSW
Re Airly, In Michael Keats and Brian Fox’s book “The Gardens of Stone National Park and Beyond” Book 1, page 50, there is a sketch of the complete bucket and support of the monorail. Philip Hammon
Re Airly, In Michael Keats and Brian Fox’s book “The Gardens of Stone National Park and Beyond” Book 1, page 50, there is a sketch of the complete bucket and support of the monorail. Philip Hammon
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Another monorail-Mt Airlie NSW
Hi Stephen, Have you ever looked at the footings for the tramway winder beside the railway line at Torbane? I would like to prove or disprove that the winder from Katoomba was moved there. I suspect n
Hi Stephen, Have you ever looked at the footings for the tramway winder beside the railway line at Torbane? I would like to prove or disprove that the winder from Katoomba was moved there. I suspect n
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Q Station - Locomotive
Thank you Mike, I have forwarded the material onto the owners of the Q station Hotel. Philip Hammon
Thank you Mike, I have forwarded the material onto the owners of the Q station Hotel. Philip Hammon
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Port Douglas, Ballyhooley
Absolutely, the best part is watching the loco getting turned on the turntable! Phil Hammon
Absolutely, the best part is watching the loco getting turned on the turntable! Phil Hammon
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Q Station - Locomotive
Herewith photo of the Q Station locomotive. Looks like internal combustion to me. Any further info from anyone? Philip Hammon Begin forwarded message: To: "Philip Hammon" <philip.hammon@...
Herewith photo of the Q Station locomotive. Looks like internal combustion to me. Any further info from anyone? Philip Hammon Begin forwarded message: To: "Philip Hammon" <philip.hammon@...
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