John Just having those PDF's available online was an incredible benefit for those of us who just can't get to some central point to do research and to make them available free of charge is a very gene

Sorry John - by "they" I meant the NT Library. Stuart

If this horrible link works http://www.lrrsa.org.au/Light%20railway%20locations%20in%20South%20Australia%20NT%20and%20Broken%20Hill%2031Dec2015.pdf you will find some reference to the tramway on page

Sorry to revisit a subject that's a few days old but I think that some of you guys need to understand the reality of the world today. I've been working in online marketing for the last 20 years and I

Frank ... thank you very much for the information about the Jaeger locomotive. That's what I like about research ... especially where light railways are concerned ... just when you think you've got ev

In the Burnie Advocate of 7 April, 1945 F Jaeger and Sons of Smithton offered a number of items for sale including a "10-ton Sentinel Steam Locomotive" I've only been able to find records of 2 Sentine

Can anyone tell me who is the custodian of Cooley's Tasmanian Railways photographic collection ... or where it might be located? Regards Stuart Livesey

Sentinel steam engines had a very similar boiler and this video will explain how it works. The Somerdale Sentinel Story - Part 4 The Somerdale Sentinel Story - Part 4 How a Sentinel Loco Works George

Thanks for taking the time to clear that up for me John Stuart

G’day Back on June 26.2008 Bob McKillop, in a replyto a question about a Burrinjuck Dam hopper wagon said: “ThreeArmstrong-Holland rail tractors and hopper wagons were transferred from the Wyangala Da

The loco and the wagon in the photo look quite similar to the ones on display at the Howard mining museum Stuart

There's some info about a couple of doubles that ran in Queensland if you follow this link http://www.modeltrainsnthings.com/queensland-locomotives/8d11/ Stuart

I'm currently looking at the Burrum Coalfields in Queensland and I've come across the maps on Bonzle.com.au but unfortunately they don't seem to be entirely accurate. However, the Bonzle site cites: "

Stephen Back in 1976 when I was stationed at Lithgow ... Mal Fisher the Police Constable at Capertee told that sapphires were once mined in the area too. From memory the sapphire field was said to be

Denis There's a store up here in Qld at Gayndah that still has one of those systems. They don't use it but they keep it operational for all the tourists who come to have a look at it. Stuart

Chris there's a Moreton Sugar Mill group on Facebook that includes a number of people who have plenty of photos - both early and late. You might find what you're looking for there Stuart

The 2010 V8 Supercar race in Townsville had Sucrogen in it's title IIRC - can't remember the date of the race but the branding would have started months before Stuart

I'm with David - Bob the information you posted was fascinating Stuart

Bill and Bob I spent some time in the State Archives and the State Library when we were living down in Tasmania ... they were the sort of places where my wife had to come and get me otherwise I'd prob

Bill I would expect that the railway would show up on the topo maps seeing that it was the only way to access the town till the road was put in. I should also tell you that there were one or two other