The LRRSA mailout team had another enjoyable evening (*) last night, with the result that Light Railways 266, the April 2019 issue, has now been delivered to Australia Post. This is a most interesting

Dear All, Last month I travelled on the 'Indian Magic' tour with Darjeeling Tours. Unfortunately the weather wasn't too kind in and around Darjeeling with lots of cloud and fog. However; I have starte

The April issue of Light Railways, No. 266, was scheduled to be packed tonight. Unfortunately due to a problem at the printers the magazine is not available. We are hopeful the mailout will be made on

Hello LRRSA, I went for a walk along the Carnarvon Tramway Trail last week and spotted some remains of what looks like an earlier timber bridge(?) on Whitlock Island, just to the west of the main brid

LRRSA@groups.io Digest #69 I believe this was a “flying fox” type aerial tramway (not CSR Victoria Mill wire tramway 1890 but Fanning Nankivill and Co.) “The tramlines consist of stout wires suspended

Wondering if the wire tramway that was used at Gairloch around 1890 for taking the cane across the Herbert River near the Victoria Mill near Ingham QLD, was of the ‘Self-Acting Tramway’ style of wagon

Rail historian Robert Loren DESKINS, Aged 74 Years. Family and friends are invited to his Funeral Service at Hemmant Crematorium, 500 Hemmant Tingalpa Rd, Hemmant, Wednesday 13th, February 2019, comme

John Kerr's full database up to 1990s etc is now on the internet through Fryer Library at The University of Queensland. This is a far more extensive and up to date database compared to the c1970 versi

I have lost John Paff’s email, so John, can you please email me at petanoz@... Usual topic of interest to both of us. Cheers Peter Cokley

Light Railways 265 was handed over to Australia Post this morning. It's another a great looking issue The main articles are: Robb & Co’s Cudgen Sugar Operations (Northern Rivers of NSW), the provocati

Need a bit of background advice please regarding 2 foot gauge 1890s cane trucks and how common was the fitting of brakes and the difference between bogie trucks and what were termed in 1890s as single

Light Railways 265 is getting close to be sent out to our members. There are some great topics in the meetings this month, ranging from lime sands tramways on the Eyre Peninsula, to Dams of Sydney and

Members may well be interested in the latest video from John Phillips, now on YouTube. Definitely worth a look (as are all John's videos) - includes the rather ancient AEC railmotor. cheers Phil Ricka

Dear all, Happy New Year from the United Kingdom. Apologies for being off-topic, but just before Christmas I travelled via train from Leeds in Yorkshire to Hannover in Germany via LNER, Eurostar, Thal

Sydney Tramway Museum’s Facebook is reporting our LRRSA yahoogroup member Noel Reed has passed on. "DEPOT ONLY” - vale Noel Reed (b1931 - 19 Dec 2018) https://www.facebook.com/pg/SydneyTramwayMuseum/p

LRRSA@groups.io Digest #57 The Herbert River district was settled from about 1870 and a handful of prospective sugar planters began to develop properties such as Gairloch, Bemerside, and Macknade. Gai

Hello, I am researching a gentleman by the name of Oscar Schulze, who supplied the Bleichert Aerial Ropeway which was erected across the Herbert River in 1883 to the Gairloch Sugar Mill. My Trove arti

Dear David A few belated comments on your original request that may be of value to you: The Perry maker’s list (as published by LRRSA) shows the following contractor’s locomotives: · 265 of 1925, 266

Subject: Molasses Wagons G’day all I’ve been looking at photos and drawings of CSR molasses wagons used on 2foot gauge in Queensland and Fiji as a potential modelling project. I was wondering how thes

Apologies to all those who see this email twice, but I accidentally sent it via yahoo groups rather than to groups.io - thanks to Philip Graham for letting me know. Light Railways 264 - December 2018