Hi all, This might be old news, however for those who haven't heard Google Earth Pro is now free: https://geoauth.google.com/gev0/free_trial.html Don't fill in the form, use the download link in the o

Hi Roderick, Peckett 1069 Mt Morgan Mines number 4, then Mt Isa Mines number 1. http://www.australiansteam.com/peckett1069.htm Cheers, Mark

Hi Bill, The photo is credited to Spurling, a Tasmanian photographer, these were taken circa 1934 according to the bloke who owns the originals. The cab side says it was a Russell Allports of Hobart c

Hi all, Some more from the 'net. The first two are definitely from the Lake Margaret, the third may not be but does look like it.. http://s418.photobucket.com/user/Burra2a/media/trains/Tas/936887_1020

Hi all, Another two of the Mt Farrell Tram: Puppy(?) outside the butcher, barber and post office at Tullah: http://s418.photobucket.com/user/Burra2a/media/trains/Tas/tullahtrampostmarkedJu909SHowsButc

Some more, focusing on the Mt Farrell line. An EBR 4-8-0 at Farrell Siding: http://s418.photobucket.com/user/Burra2a/media/trains/Tas/535514_495383983827112_415718335_n_zpsafaf7f7b.jpg.html Two carria

Hi John, Indeed, you are correct, I wrote Mt Lyell even though the file name said Zeehan as it should be. A later forum post where the photo came from mentions it as being at the Montana Mine. I have

Hi all, I have uploaded a couple of photos harvested from various websites to my photobucket site. All are Tasmanian in flavour. NMLR wagons at Burnie, around 1920. Note the different couplers and the

Hi all, I have been amassing a fantastic collection of photos copied from various places on the internet, and haven't a method of recording where they were found, who posted them and so forth. From so

Hi Roderick, The image is attached. Cheers, Mark K

Hi Sam, The Arthur River has variously been known as the Whyte River or Magnet Creek from what I gather, but these days is known as the Arthur River all the way to Magnet. There were a number of bridg

Hi all, �As Tony said, the narrator was referring to the mine tunnel or adit. Part of the switchback is now washed away, and it was very steep! �The mine is south west of the town site. Unfortunat

Hi Sam, all, �I have uploaded a small selection to this photobucket folder: http://s418.photobucket.com/user/Burra2a/library/Magnet The photos have brief captions. The videos are too big to upload a

Hi all, Mark Fry was kind enough to pass on a copy of this film to me at the Aus Narrow Gauge Convention over Easter, and I have since found it has already been uploaded to Youtube: http://youtu.be/AD

Thanks Mike, �As they say, assumptions are the mother of all... I should have checked the facts. That puts that theory to rest pretty quickly! Brian, drawing looks good. Rather than etched brass i'd

Hi all, �Just for a wayward point of view, the Burrinjuck wagons were basically the same design as the NEDT A and AA wagons. John Newland's book shows a very clean 10 ton dropside open (ala NEDT A)

Hi all, Anyone know where the following van was used: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24785917@N03/2820257537 Built by Clyde, with link and pin couplers, short wheelbase bogies, and a frame to hold the r

Hi all, The diamond miner is indeed Col Ribaux as Stephen said. The four wheel drive track used to be a bloody good challenge (until a few months ago) but is being graded out to Genowlan Point to be s

Hi Alec, It was definately a diamond mine. The bloke who dug it was there telling stories of his mining adventures. This is in the vicinity of the shale mines, but at the top of the mountain not the b

Hi all, On Sunday I took some photos of a monorail system as used in a diamond mine. The photos can be found here: http://s418.photobucket.com/albums/pp269/Burra2a/trains/Monorail/ The mine is on the