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

G'day again, I have been sorting through my Indian photos again. Images from on-shed at Coonoor on the Niligiri Mountain Railway are now online. Take a look if you're interested. I shared an album wit

Dear all, On Monday the 27th May it was a ank-holiday in the UK so I was off work - hurray! I visited the dual-gauge 12.25" and 15" gauge Fairbourne Railway on the West Coast of Wales. Visit: http://w

Our dedicated (and very experienced) team braved the conditions to drive to Emerald last night, and as a result Light Railways 267 (June 2019) was handed over to Australia Post today. This feature art

The mailout for Light Railways 267 will be on May 30, a week later than hoped due to availability of people. To assist those planning for meetings, here is the listing of the June meetings. Note that

Dear all, Apologies once again for filling your inboxes with off-topic emails. I have been sorting through my Indian photographs and uploading more collections to the photo-sharing site Flickr. Please

Dear all, Over Easter I was at the two foot gauge Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in Porthmadog (https://www.facebook.com/WHHRly/). Diesel and steam locomotives were being worked on as well as steam t

LRRSA@groups.io Digest #89 That’s correct. Appropriate searches in Trove will get you more material on this. John From: LRRSA@groups.io [mailto:LRRSA@groups.io] On Behalf Of LRRSA@groups.io Sent: Wedn

Hi I recently joined the LRRSA group but have been a LRRSA member for a number of years. As a British rail fan I find the current and historical scene of equal interest. My interests are largely in in

Hello all, For those of you who have the Memory Map software and Vicmap maps, Memory Map now has updated (early 2019) the Vicmap maps, at 1:25,000, 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 scales covering the entire st

Dear all, Apologies in advance for filling your inboxes with off-topic emails. I have been going through my Indian photos again and have uploaded another collection to Flickr. This album takes the vie

Dear all, I have been going through my Indian railway photographs and have uploaded a couple more collections to Flickr. This is my last trip on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway: https://www.flickr.co

Folks, Following the distribution of LR266 early renewals have started coming in. While most online renewals are being processed normally, I am seeing a surprising number which seem to have failed, mo

Does anyone have any information or photographs concerning the Emu Bay Railway railmotor WG1, the articulated Walker Gardner railmotor? I have a general outline and some photos from Lou Rae’s books bu

Dear all, On the 23rd February I travelled from Delhi Cantt to Rewari in India behind a broad (5'6") gauge WP class 4-6-2. At Rewari there is a steam locomotive depot where broad and metre gauge locom