For those interested in the light railway aspects of construction projects and operational tramways managed over the years by Sydney Water. The archive has been most helpful to Light Railways on occas

Not strictly on topic, but such an unusual offering for those in NSW. https://www.jobs.davidsonwp.com/transport-shipping-logistics-jobs/photographic-and-database-officer/1597781

Dear all, Apologies for filling your inbox with emails that aren't relevant to the Australian Light Railways scene. Of late I've been getting really interested in the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Rail

Recent trip to QLD State Archives produced the usual load of goodies including an almost full load on my USB memory stick from the large touch screen “Map Vending Machine” in the main research room. I

The below e-mail has meandered its way through cyberspace from England and is worth reading. My apologies to those whom have received it via other channels. I might add that John Raby's videos are exc

Seen in a recent advert. "Our client is a key player in the rail industry and they are looking for experienced Shunters/Locomotive Drivers to work in Rail Projects arounds Sydney Metro including the N

Hi LRRSA, I’m a mining engineer and was taught about rail systems at uni… used them underground in a few old mines (and one new one)… was fascinated by the ABT railway on the west coast of Tasmania… a

Hi Folks, thanks for all the replies as they have assisted my progress! Cheers Peter Cokley

I would think that this is for the Sydney Metro depot shunter and recovery loco. There was one of these units, a centre-cab Bo-Bo, purchased recently from China that is capable of running in battery m

G'day Steve, Sounds like you need something like the RFIRT had in Argentina until recently - well, 20 years ago. 750mm gauge, over 250km each way, up to 2000 ton coal trains and steam hauled. Fairly b

Two from Bundaberg 1967 plus a Tweed question please. My father visited Bundaberg on a work trip in 1967 and spotted a chopper harvester plus a mechanical long stalk loading onto a wagon. Rails under

My first thought was where would you obtain this type of equipment without the considerable financial outlay of building new gear from scratch? I guess a lot would hinge on the life of project, value

Maybe of interest for Richmond River researchers. Do a text search for tram. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112943847 Cheers Peter Cokley

Hello all, I came across the article at: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mapping-ghostly-traces-abandoned-railroads-interactive-crowdsourced-atlas via one of the professional email lists I'm on.

Sending attempt No.2 and my earlier email with this from yesterday may eventually appear. Some may have seen the ‘Wake of the May Queen’ on ABC Television on Friday night. Those who did and also remem

We had nine willing volunteers last night, setting a new world record for the number of pullers, plonkers and stuffers available at an LRRSA mailout on a Tuesday night. With so many hands the job was

The link below is to a very interesting item about a timber tramway proposed in 1855 and partly built near Launceston, Tasmania. (Not to be confused with Grubb's Tramway near Zeehan, which operated ab

Dear all, A belated Happy New Year! Apologies for filing your inbox with another off-topic email, but I've been uploading photographs to Flickr again. Just before Christmas I went to Brussels in Belgi

Tintenbar is the head of navigation up Emigrant Creek from the Richmond River near Ballina. One of my Tweed Tramway articles discusses the sugar cane transported on the Tweed railway from beyond Banga

Hi David This siding was costed in 1892 at the same time as a proposal to replace the level crossing with an overbridge. Details are on file 92/14771 in VPRS 421/P0, Unit 463. This file has a plan of