Dear all, If you were interested in my photos from Pichi Richi, I have also uploaded a collection showing the Afghan Express service from Port Augusta to Quorn and some lineside photography too. Take

Hello all, A little OT but this may be of interest to some of you; from the Urban Developer email list during the week: https://theurbandeveloper.com/articles/secret-tunnels-provide-sydney-development

Dear all, At this point I would normally apologise for filling your inboxes with emails plugging photo albums on Flickr about a visit to a narrow gauge railway somewhere in the UK... Today is no excep

All, Light Railways 263 (October 2018) was packed last night, and is now in the hands of Oz Post. With luck and a trailing wind members should begin to receive the magazine, and the four inserts so ca

As I assume, like me, you may also occasionally make use of maps printed off the following NSW government website, the following may be of interest. Anyone know of a work around for this, please? http

Some here research long closed government lines so I offer 1955 Tweed, Canungra (last year), Beaudesert, Cleveland (closed 1960 steam era line) and Ipswich lines (still open as rebuilt electric) plus

Dear all, I called in at Waunfawr on the Ffestiniog Railway's Welsh Highland Railway today. The new-build 'Lyn' from the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway was visiting. It looks similar to a Puffing Billy N

I¹m not aware if any fort sites ever had light railways within them for the transport of munitions, but if readers are aware of anything published in this area, it may be of interest to the researcher

Dear all, Greetings from the United Kingdom. On Sunday I visited the 15" gauge Kirklees Light Railway. Visit: https://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/ They were holding there annual gala and this culmina

Its good to see somebody reads the RAHS News… The study is firmly in the pre-nineteenth century period so many light railways are excluded. However I was thinking of Cockatoo Island as being such a si

For those interested in current light railway operations, there has been a possible sighting of narrow gauge tunnelling locomotives at the Marrickville site for the Sydney Metro. If anyone can go to t

I am wondering if there is any more tramway data on the Tugun Gold Coast desalination project. Back in LRRSA group message 3197 on Oct. 23, 2009 John Browning wrote the following message, shown below,

Project overview Sydney Metro, City & Southwest line, Chatswood~Marrickville - JHCPBG jv (C) - TBM DoubleShield 7.0 m od x 4 x X XXX m (_/19~_/2x); TBM Hybrid MixedShield/Slurry 7.0 m od x 1 x 700 m {

Does anyone have access to photographs of the engines and other equipment used on the salt railway from Muston to Salt Lake. I’m anxious to obtain quality photos for display to recognise these engines

Light Railways 262, the August issue, and the first of the 2018-2019 membership year, was packed by a willing team of volunteers last night, and handed over to Australia Post today. The main articles

Still researching my CSR Condong topic and found a puzzle for the cylinder size of Cudgen's Decauville steamer. I have found four different published cylinder dimensions for Cudgen's Decauville Loco.

Dear all, Me again... Apologies once again in advance for filling your inboxes with off-topic emails. This weekend saw the popular 'Tracks to the Trenches' event held by the Moseley Railway Trust http

'It’s incredible': The old engineering wonder buried beneath Melbourne 9 July 2018. The crane groans and shudders as it hauls up the cage from the depths of a deep black hole not far from the banks of

An appeal - please can you help? During the life of the construction phase 10/05~9/06 of the Perth MetroRail City Project, Public Transport Authority, Perth WA AU, Package F, Esplanade~Perth Yard - LC

Dear all, Apologies in advance for filling your inboxes with off-topic emails again... I have recently returned from the state of Maine in America; whilst there I visited four two-foot gauge railways