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

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, 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

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

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 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

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

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

Thanks everybody. Here is the photo that started it all. Regards Philip Hammon

That’s a spring point Stephen, it returns after the wheel set has passed through. A lazy point stays where it is pushed to.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you Mike, I have forwarded the material onto the owners of the Q station Hotel. Philip Hammon

Absolutely, the best part is watching the loco getting turned on the turntable! Phil 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@...

Thank you Mike, I am working on getting a scan of the loco photo. Phil