I am wondering if anyone knows what became of the Fairmont Gang Car , which is a recent discovery for me, that operated on the Mt Lyell Rack Railway. I have included two Ted Lister Collections photo’s

Hello everybody, Can anybody help with identifying this gadget, it was beside the light rail from the brickworks to the coal mine at Newnes NSW. It is 50mm long 13m high. Regards Philip Hammon 190 Cli

Phil, I went there in 1975. The location is the French Antarctic Base. We only had a few hours. My interest was in Mereorology so my time was spent looking at the MET equipment and collecting postage

This contact may be a useful one. 200329Su-Melbourne'HeraldSun'-Ezard-timber.jpg Roderick

The mailout team gathered yesterday, spread out so as to obey the social distancing rules, and with a changeover part way through to keep the number of visitors to 5. Light Railways 273, the June 2020

We are now taking orders for Beneath the Peak of Lyell. The recommended retail price will be $66.00 ($49.50 for LRRSA members) but for orders placed before May 15, the special pre-publication price wi

I am researching Fairmont Railway Motor Trolley history of Australia and although most were utilized by main railway systems around the country some found their way on tramways including Beaudesert an

From a kindred group, condensed slightly. I haven't extracted the G33 items yet. Roderick Garratt Situation February 2020 Peter Bagshawe, posting to <garratt@...> Sun, 8 Mar February 2020 update to th

G’day again Just because tractor is used to shunt wagons doesn’t constitute it being a horse line. For decades Millaquin Mill at Bundaberg has used wheeled tractors to shunt the full and empty roads w

G’day In 2013, members of ANGRMS spent about a week and a half at Victoria Mill, Ingham recovering concrete sleepers. These images are of the tractor line immediately to the north of the mill. Greg St

Folks, horse lines seem to get an occasional mention over the years in various publications, including marked as such on parish maps and similar, as well in railway / tramway publications, suggesting

Hello All, Good News... Light Railways 272 (April 2020) has now been entrusted to Australia Post. As mentioned recently this has been a long, drawn out process, but it is finally completed. The conten

Firstly, all meetings scheduled for April have been cancelled. It is likely that our meetings will be unable to be held for some time. Further updates will be announced here, on our facebook page and

A couple of years ago the Society's Council made a decision to make all of the PDF back issues (except for the most recent 12 - 2 years worth) available as free downloads. We are now finally pleased t

Hello all, Following on from my postings about online interactive 3D maps, there is now one of NSW, for those planning to to travel or research in NSW. The map can be found at: https://nsw.digitaltwin

Hello all, A couple of online interactive 3D maps that I've come across in the past month or two, via professional email lists. They are intended for bushfire analysis but have other uses as well. A g

RE: Research Register - Editorial (LR269) and Letters (LR271) Databases are very powerful tools used in management and research, look at what Genealogists have done with them! I'm surprised that the L

Chasing the eventual fate of the two Melbourne suburban carriages ex Melaleuca Station, Chinderah, Tweed River NSW. My interest is more on the 610mm gauge Melaleuca Station tourist tramway but I want

A larger than normal team of workers completed the packing of Light Railways 271 into envelopes last night in double quick time, so as a reward supper, complete with four excellent cheeses, was on the

Happy New Year to all group members, Please find attached a brochure with details for the re-scheduled S-E Queensland Group tour to CABARLAH and HAMPTON tramways. Originally programmed for last Novemb