The NSW group are running another great looking tour, this time to Woolwich Dock (Morts Dock & Engineering Co) at Woolwich, Saturday 23 November. Meet at Circular Quay Wharf No. 5 at 10:30am for the 1

A field outing to visit the Cabarlah and Hampton tramways has been planned for November 16 2019. The Munro Tramway Historical Group has been doing a lot of field work locating Munro’s tramway formatio

Pre-publication orders for the second edition of the book "Rails to Rubicon" by Peter Evans, are now being taken. The pre-publication price is $39.60 ($29.70 to LRRSA members). This special price will

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Hello all, This message is from LRRSA@groups.io the group which was set up about 18 months ago to replace LRRSA@... Some members of the old yahoogroup are claiming this group does not exist! Well it d

Please see attached flier for what will no doubt be another interesting day tour for anyone in the Sydney area, conducted by this year's John Monash Medal winner, Dave Jeehan. Phil Rickard

Warning; following is around 254MB file size so huge, so download when you have cheaper internet rates. John Kerr’s database of QLD rail transport, including industrial tramways, up to his 2003 death,

This message is in response to queries about the differences between the first (1994) and second (2019) edition of this book. If you have a first edition then the decision to invest in the second edit

The mailout team did their usual sterling job on Thursday, but the public holiday on Friday meant the magazine couldn't be posted. It was handed over to Australia Post today, and should be hitting you

G'day all ABC Country Hour recently interviewed an ex-driver of HOMEBUSH (Hudswell Clarke) at Ingham. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/qld-country-hour/homebush-steam-engine/11387910 -- Lynn Zelm

Please see attached flier for what will no doubt be an interesting day tour for anyone in the Sydney area. Phil Rickard

Over the weekend the Guardian website ran 2 articles relating to the tram network in Sydney, the first describing the decision to close the network, the second with a series of images of the trams in

The peelers, plonkers and stuffers did a fabulous job last night, and Light Railways 268 (August 2019) has now been handed over to Australia Post. This is another very interesting issue, featuring par

Dear all, Between the 21st and 23rd June the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway and the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in Porthmadog held a gala event called Past, Present and Future. Star of the sh

The LRRSA has a new book out - "Choppers and Chippers" by Norm Houghton. Can anyone tell me how much information in this book covers logging tramways? There's no real information on this point in the

Just checking on behalf on Tweed Shire’s Tweed Regional Museum at Murwillumbah NSW https://ehive.com/collections/5051/tweed-regional-museum Would it be correct to say the following portable steam engi

Dear all, Apologies once again for filling your inboxes, but I've been uploading more images to Flickr. On the 6th May 2019 I visited the two foot gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway in mid-Wales. https://w

https://mapwarper.prov.vic.gov.au/ The PROV Map Warper is a tool for digitally aligning ('rectifying') historical maps and plans from Public Record Office Victoria's collections to match today's preci

Dear all, Back in March I was fortunate enough to ride the metre gauge Niligiri Mountain Railway in India - it was a brilliant experience; scenery, steam, and stations with all the paraphernalia from

After several disappointing possibilities, there may be 'light at the end of the tunnel'. Summing up the recent projects: The large diameter TBM-bored road traffic tunnels in Brisbane all used the Mul