Full Record

Main Title: The Light Railway Research Society: Light railways 1989-1997
Publisher: Vic. : Victorian Light Railway Research Society
Collation: Varying pagination, ill., pbk, 21 cm, later 30 cm
Subject: Victorian Light Railway Research Society
Railways
Trams and tramways
Australia
Notes:
Vol.26 no.103 JANUARY 1989: Underground coal, materials and man transportation in the coalmines of the northern coalfields of New South Wales / Brian R. Andrews p2.

Vol.26 no.104 APRIL 1989: The Mungar timber tramways / John Kerr p3. From the archives: MacKenzie's Fraser Island (Qld) tramway / Ian McNeil p11. Timber and gold revisited / Norm Houghton p14. Book review: The ABT railway on Tasmania's West Coast by L. Rae p17. Cane train: the sugar-cane tramways of Fiji by p. Dyer and P. Hodge p17. Letters p19: Kooweerup sand lines, LR 102 / John Peterson. Thomas Green locomotive, 1272/1883, LR 102 / Jim Stokes. Identification required, LR 95, 99, 102 / David Mewes. Cootharaba tramway, LR 52, 55 / John and Ruth Kerr. South Australian jetty tramways, LR 64, 69, 95 / Richard Horne.

Vol.27 no.105 JULY 1989: The North Mount Lyell railway, Tasmania. Part 1: construction / Ray Ellis p3. Early Australian electric locomotives. Part 4: Cornwall coal mine, Tasmania. p21. Letters p21: West Head haulage, Broken Bay, NSW / J. L. Buckland. Railways of Papua New Guinea: LR 97, 101 / Bob McKillop. Wolgan Valley railway society, Newnes, NSW / Alan Watson.

Vol.27 no.106 OCTOBER 1989: Northern sojourn: Mossman Central sugar mill / John Kramer p3. The North Mount Lyell railway, Tasmania. Part 2: operation and decline / Ray Ellis p7. Letters p30: Nattrass rail tractors: LR 70, 75, 80 / Bruce Douglas. East Greta coal mining company No.9 / Craig Wilson.

Vol.27 no.107 JANUARY 1990: Mill railways at Claymore and Dellerton, Western Australia / Jeff Austin p3. History of Bagnall locomotive number 1801 / David Mack p12. From the archives: Hartley Vale shale tramways, NSW. p20. Letters p21: Logging railways of the Dorrigo Plateau, NSW, LR 100 / W. J. Lane. Orenstein and Koppel locomotive 22665 / David Mack. Berger Paints, Rhodes, NSW / Peter Evans. Adelaide Timber Company tramways: LR 95 / Jeff Austin.

Vol.27 no.108 APRIL 1990: The trolleywire locomotive haulage system at Stockrington No. 2 colliery / Brian R. Andrews p3. Koumala / David Mewes p27. Early Australian electric locomotives. Part 5: Mt Bischoff underground locomotives / Lou Rae p29. Letters p30: Pit ponies in Australian collieries / Len King. Early Australian electric locomotives, LR 92, 95, 99, 105 / Richard Horne. Northern Coalfields, NSW: LR 103 / Richard Horne.

Vol.27 no.109 JULY 1990: The North Mount Lyell railway, Tasmania. Part 3: Locomotives and rolling stock / Ray Ellis p3. The Buderim mountain tramway / Ella M. Hennell p21. Research column p27. Book review: A century of sugar: Racecourse sugar mill, Mackay by John Kerr p28. Letters p29: North Mt Lyell railway, LR 105, 106 / [Collection of letters regarding North Mt Lyell railway from the following: Frank Strahan, Richard Horne, Wally Mounster, Lindsay Witham]. South Australian jetty tramways: LR 69, 95, 104 / Richard Horne. Gherang gravel tramway, Geelong / Norm Houghton.

Vol.28 no.110 OCTOBER 1990: Queensland guano tramways / John Browning p3. Mosquito Coast II: Marienberg sawmill and tramway, Papua New Guinea / Bob McKillop p7. Rope worked, elevated inclines: an environmental future / Jim Longworth p16. Research column p18. Krauss locomotive "The Nancy" / Arnold Lockyer p19. Letters p21: Identification wanted: LR 95, 99, 102, 104 / Paul Simpson. Orenstein & Koppel locomotive, LR 107 / Ron Grant. Bendigo steam tram motors in Tasmania, LR 57 / Ken Milbourne. Lake Margaret tramway, Tasmania / Paul Simpson.

Vol.28 no.111 NOVEMBER 1990: Reminiscences of the Cave Hill tramway / Ralph Alger p3. Tonalli River incline / Jim Longworth p15. From the archives: Goldfield woodlines, Western Australia / Grace Muller p17. Letters p20: Kauri Timber Company, Vanikoro, Solomon Islands: LR 20 / Bob McKillop. North Mount Lyell railway, LR 105, 106, 109 / [Collection of letters regarding Norht Mount Lyell railway from the following: Lindsay Witham, Ken Milbourne, Ray Ellis]. Ben Bullen at Lithgow, LR 107 / Richard Horne. Buderim tramway, LR 109 / Bruce Macdonald.

Vol.28 no.112 APRIL 1991: The Cheetham Chronicles Part 1: Victorian lake salt tramways / Norm Houghton p3. The Loxton Farming Company monorail and light railway, Taldra South Australia / Arnold Lockyer p13. Monorail transporters of the Sydney Water Board / Jim Longworth p22. From the archives: Longworth's tramway, Kendall p27. Letters p29: Bendigo steam tram motors, LR 110 / Mike McCarthy. North Mt Lyell railway LR 109 / Craig Wilson. North West coastal tramways, Roebourne, WA, LR 52, 97 / Richard Horne. Balwyn Wildlife Sanctuary, LR 110 / Roger Secombe. References, another opinion, LR 57 / Paul Simpson. Bootless Bay railway, Papua New Guinea, LR 101 / Arnold Lockyer. Chichester River gravitation scheme / Jim Longworth.

Vol.29 no.113 JULY 1991: Simsville and the Jarrah Mill: A history of the Timber Industry at Simsville, New South Wales / Ian J. McNeil p2.

Vol.29 no.114 OCTOBER 1991: The limestone quarries and tramways of Ben Bullen, NSW / Jeff Moonie p3. Ben Bullen limestone tramways, NSW, 2 / F. John Reid p13. Cheney spark nullifier at Powelltown / Paul Simpson p16. Research column p19. Letters p20: Early Fowler locomotives, LR 81, 92 / J. C. Conde. Reminiscences of the Cave Hill tramway, LR 111 / [Collection of letters regarding Reminiscences of the Cave Hill tramway, LR 111 from the following: Richard Horne, Phil Rickard, David Burke]. Munro's tramway, Qld, LR 61 / D. Behan. Lahey's climax locomotive, LR 54, 113 / John B. Scott. Identification requested / Colin Harvey. The Portland tramway, LR 22 / Colin Harvey.

Vol.29 no.115 JANUARY 1992: Cheetham Chronicles Part 2: Early South Australian operations / Norm Houghton p3. Towards Aireys Inlet / Colin Harvey p16. Book review: Kanaka: a history of Melanesia Mackay by Clive Moore p19. Coal in Queensland: The first fifty years, Coal inQueensland: The late nineteenth century, 1875 to 1900, Coal in Queensland: From Federation to the twenties, 1900 to 1925 all by R. L. Whitmore p21. Bent Backs: An illustrated social and technological history of the Western Coal Field by Jim W. Brown p21. The Georgetown Loop Railroad; The Cripple Creek and Victor Book; Teller County, Colorado; Cog Wheel Route: The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway all by Claude and Margaret Wiatrowski p21. Letters p22: Hartley Vale shale railways, LR 64, 71, 78, 107 / John Browning. North Mt Lyell railway, LR 105, 106, 109, 111 / Tony Chen. Cornwall Coal Company, Tasmania, LR 105 / John Browning. Timmsvale tramway, LR 100 / Jim Longworth. Adelaide Timber Company tramways, WA, LR 95, 107 / John Browning.

Vol.29 no.116 APRIL 1992: Recording Australia's forest heritage: Kirchubel's West Tanjil sawmill and tramway, Victoria / Peter Evans p3. The Kitson tram engine / Ron Grant p23. Letters p26: Lake Margaret tramway, Tasmania, LR 110 / John Browning. Early industrial rolling stock / Richard Horne. Promoting light railway research / Jim Longworth. Simsville tramways, NSW, LR 113 / Len King. JC Brown & Co, Engineers / Norman Houghton. Early Fowler locomotives, LR 114 / John Browning.

Vol.30 no.117 JULY 1992: Cheetham Chronicles Part III: Kangaroo Island operations / Norm Houghton p3. Kangaroo Island salt tramway / Arnold Lockyer p14.

Vol.30 no.118 OCTOBER 1992: Coal to feed the fires: a brief history of the unusual siding arrangements at the West Ryde water pumping station / Jim Longworth p3. The Cheetham Chronicles Part IV: Lochiel Saltworks / Norm Houghton p13. Letters p20: Tulloch diesel loco / Bruce Macdonald. Kitson tram Engine, LR 116 / Richard Horne. Hartley Vale shale railways, LR 64, 71, 78, 107, 115 / Richard Horne. Unidentified photograph / Jim Smith. Typos? / John Browning. New Broom / Greg Morris. Identification required / Jim Longworth. J. L. Buckland manuscripts / Frank Mitchell.

Vol.30 no.119 JANUARY 1993: Locomotive "Stanley" / Ken Milbourne p3. Maud's Landing; a history / David Whiteford p5. "Success amidst failure": a description of the light railway used in constructing Sydney's pressure tunnel / Jim Longworth p14. Book review: The Dalmayne colliery and its transport systems - a tale of corporate inefficiency and rugged individuality by Lindsay Witham p21. Catle Creek memories by John Elliott p21. Top mill in the valley: Cattle Creek sugar mill, Finch Hatton by John Kerr p21. Letters p22: Identification wanted, LR 95, 99, 102, 104, 110 / [Collection of letters regarding Identification wanted, LR 95, 99, 102, 104, 110 from the following: John Browning, Bruce McDonald].

Vol.30 no.120 APRIL 1993: The Neulyne mill at Tanjil Bren / Horrie Mackie p3. The Fyansford cement line / John McNeill p7. The Cheetham Chronicles Part V: Price / Norm Houghton p15. The city tunnel construction railway / Jim Longworth p27. Book review: Directory of Australian tourist railways and museums 1993 by Bob McKillop p36. Letters p36: Identification / M. J. McCarthy. Denton Park Loco / R. Driver. Kookaburra tramway / C. Lancashire. Typos and factos, LR 117, 118 / R. T. Horne. Beechy follow up / John Robin.

Vol.30 no.121 JULY 1993: Glen Davis oil shale works: Part 1 / Ross Mainwaring p3.
Vol.30 no.122 OCTOBER 1993 Glen Davis oil shale works: Part 2 / Ross Mainwaring p3. The Powelltown tramway / P. J. Barry p19. Decauville locomotive 399 / Steve Malone p21. "Denton Park Loco" / John Browning p23.

Vol.30 no.123 JANUARY 1994: Fairymead No.1 / Bruce Belbin p3. By the Fitter - Somerset Dam reminiscences / Joe Burrell p16. Leyland Brothers world tourist railway / Harry Wright p19. Letters p22: Tulloch diesel locos, LR 116, 118 / John Browning. Syme Island tram / Peter Norman. Denton Park loco, LR 120 / Richard Horne. The Cheetham Chronicles Part V Price, LR 120 / John Browning. Boring Machine / Dr P. M. Varley.

Vol.31 no.124 APRIL 1994 [on USB stick]: Goodwood Timber and Tramway Company / M. J. McCarthy p3.

Vol.31 no.125 JULY 1994: Narrow gauge tramways at Prospect Reservoir (NSW) / Jim Longworth p3. Sanderson's locos, Forrest (Vic.) / Norm Houghton p8. Obscure mining tram lines / Arnold Lockyer p19. Letters p24: West Melbourne Gas Works / Claude M. Henderson. Denton Park loco / John Shoebridge. Bannister Head loco? / Richard Horne. What is a light railway? / Jim Longworth, Bruce MacDonald. Denton Park loco, LR 120, 122 / John Browning. Tasma Hardwood Coy loco, LR 95 / Jim Longworth. Baldwin locos, LR 123 / Joe Burrell. New Guinea mystery, LR 93, 97 / Bob McKillop. Thomson Valley tramway, LR 17 / J. A. Ovendon.

no.126 OCTOBER 1994: Western Australian woodlines / Don Reid, Donna Reid, Les Hunter p3. Gwalia loco notes / John Browning, David Whiteford p10. East Otway memories / Reg Wilson p12. Letters p19: Anthropomorphism, LR 123 / Chas Bevan. Tasmanian queries Mt Bischoff / John Browning. Wee Georgie Wood / John Browning. Goodwood locomotives, LR 124 / John Browning. Loco "Peggy" / Richard Horne. Wool tramway / Ted Stokes. Kandos limestone quarry, LR 91, 93 / Jim Longworth. Fyansford locos, LR 120 / John McNeil. Fairymead Number 1, LR 123 / Bruce Belbin. Gwalia Tramway / Jim Longworth.

no.127 JANUARY 1995: Tullah tram ride / E. L. Monks p3. Tullah loco notes / John Browning p5. Henry's locos, Forrest, Victoria / Norm Houghton p6. The Munro loco on Dumbrell's tramway / Denis Steinhauser p12. Tommy's Gully timber tramway (NSW) / Jim Longworth, Grant Fleming p13. Harriet Creek logging branchline - Simsville, NSW / Ian McNeil p16. Malabar ammunition tramway / Jim Longworth p19. Book review: The Goondah-Burrinjuck railway by John R. Newland p21. Fowler locomotives in the kingdom of Hawaii by Jesse C. Conde p21. Letters p22: Maud's Landing, LR 119 / David Whiteford. Denton Park loco / R. Driver. Sandersons locos, LR 125 / Colin Harvey.

no.128 APRIL 1995: The North East Dundas tram - an engineering account / Greg Stephenson p3. An introduction to the timber tramways of the New Far South Coast - Part 1 / Jim Longworth p10. From Alexandra to the Rubicon / A Kersten p18. Leonora to Gwalia tramway / David Whiteford, Don Reid p20. Letters p22: W.A. locomotive conversions from traction engines, LR 78, 95, 99 / Jim Longworth. Identification wanted, LR 102 / Jim Longworth. Rail gauge 3 ft 4 1\2 inches / Norman Houghton. Coffs Harbour discoveries, LR 74, 76 / Phil Rickard.

no.129 JULY 1995: Onslow observations / David Whiteford p3. Timber from Purgatory / Ian McNeil p6. Hume weir album / p25. Letters p28: What is a light railway?, LR 125 / Jim Longworth. East Otway reminiscences, LR 126 / Phil Rickard. What is a light railway?, LR 125 / Phil Rickard. Kandos limestone quarry and Fyansford's Purcell loco, LR 126 / Phil Rickard. Anthropomorphism, and Fairymead No. 1, LR 126 / Phil Rickard. Goodwood, LR 125 / Phil Rickard. Baldwin loco 8130, LR 65 / Jeff Austin.

no.130 OCTOBER 1995: "Hung out for coal" - tramways of the Ringwood and Erith collieries near Bundanoon (NSW) / Jim Longworth p3. Mount Bold Dam tramway, SA / Vic Harbour p14. Not on record - some tramway puzzles at Barwon Downs, Victoria / Norm Houghton p18. Book review: Ghosts & gold in the Victorian high country by R. W. Christie p22. Letters p22: Mt Bischoff, LR 126 / Colin Harvey. Leonora to Gwalia tramway, LR 126, 128 / Richard Horne.

no.131 JANUARY 1996: Where the rails are free, Fiji / Richard Harrington p3. Rottnest Island notes / Colin Harvey p6. Glen Davis - a second opinion / S. F. Johnson p8. Longworth's logging line - an operational history / Ray Cooper p11. Exploration of Victorian private lines and locomotives 1934-1935 / Charles Gavan Duffy p21. Letters p29: Grampians tramway / Claude Lancashire.

no.132 APRIL 1996: The Markwell timber tramway / Ian McNeil p3. Walking of the Powelltown tramway / Ralph Alger p20. The Williamsford haulage - Tasmania / Greg Grant p23. Video review: Rails in the wilderness p26. Letters p26: NSW pastoral tramways, LR 80 / Jim Longworth. What is a light railway?, LR 125, 126, 129, 131 / Frank Stamford. What is an industrial railway? / Frank Stamford. What is a light railway, LR 125, 129 / Jim Longworth. Essendon City Council trams / John Carter. Yan Yean tram road, LR 20 / Colin Harvey. W.A. woodlines / Trevor Sutherland.

no.133 JULY 1996: Tramways of the Sydney Harbour Bridge granite quarry - Moruya / Jim Longworth p3. W.A. picture parade / p10. An Australian military might-have-been / John Browning p12. Lake Mulgundawa salt tram / Bob Mockridge, Arnold Lockyer p14. Letters p20: Anthropomorphism, LR 126, 129, 131 / Jim Longworth. Locomotive 'Lila', LR 124, 126 / John Browning. New South Wales pastoral tramways, LR 78 / Phil Rickard. Malabar ammunition tramway, LR 127 / Phil Rickard. Longworth's logging line / David Mottram [back page sealed under protective cover, see pdf on USB storage device in archive box #41].

no.134 OCTOBER 1996: The Cangai railway: Grafton Copper Company firewood tramway / J. W. Shoebridge p3. Salt, seaand sand - tramways of Port Gregory, W.A. / David Whiteford p19. Book review: Rails to wealth: the story of the Silverton Tramway Company 1886-1972 - Broken Hill's railway service by Lew Roberts p26. Letters p27: Anthropomorphism, LR 123, 126 / Frank Stamford. Powelltown tramway - two train operation, LR 122 / Frank Stamford. Knauss locomotive 'Moreton' / Bob McKillop. Ballast wagons, LR 105 / Jeff Austin. What is a light railway? / Bob Gough. What is a light railway?, LR 126, 129, 131, 132 / John Browning. Langley Vale loco, LR 133 / Leonard King. Caillet monorails / Arnold Lockyer. Baldwin tram motor photo / David Burke.

no.135 JANUARY 1997: The narrow-gauge question / W. L. Hanks p3. Bowral ballast quarry chronology / Jim Longworth p8. Tasmanian Picture Parade / p12. Malcolm Moore locomotives in war service / p15. The O'Shannassy water scheme / E. G. Ritchie. Letters p21: Otways tramways / Denys Steinhauser. Dear Sir re Charles Small / Bill Pearce. Rail versus road / Jim Longworth.

no.136 APRIL 1997: The Steam Shovel Mine, Araluen, NSW / J. W. Shoebridge p3. West Melbourne Gas Works / Ken Pearce p18. Letters p 22: Krauss locomotives, LR 134 / John Browning. Purgatory motor / Bruce Macdonald. Grafton Copper Co. / Bruce Macdonald. Krauss 4687 / Bruce Macdonald.

no.137 JULY 1997: The Tarago aqueduct tunnel, Victoria / Peter Evans p3. Trial Bay fiasco, NSW / p15. From Warburton to Powelltown, Victoria: a tramp along timber tramways / W. R. B Johnson, John Buckland p18. Book review: Bush Tramways and Private Railways of Tasmania 1850-1960 by J. Branagan p20. Letters p21: Narrow gauge question, LR 135 / Ian Barkla. O'Shannassy water scheme, LR 135 / John Robin. What is a light railway? / Enzo Smith. Dreamworld loco / Bruce Macdonald.

no.138 OCTOBER 1997: Origins of the Australian Central sugar milling system: the CSR legacy / Robert F. McKillop p3. The early history of Penang sugar mill, Fiji: a case study in the social implications of rail transport / John Peterson p18. Book review: Rack railways of Australia by David Jehan p27. Only room for one: a history of sugar in the Isis district by John Kerr p27. A crystal century: the history of Proserpine's sugar mill, its farms and people by John Kerr p28. Research column p29. Letters p30: Locomotive conversions from traction engines, LR 72, 78, 95, 99, 107, 128 / David Mottram. The Cangai railway, LR 134 / Norm Houghton. The narrow-gauge question, LR 135 / Norm Houghton. Tasmanian picture parade, LR 135 / Norm Houghton. West Melbourne Gas Works, LR 136 / Norm Houghton. Cocos Island tramway, LR 78 / Norm Houghton. An Australian military might-have-been, LR 133 / Peter Medlin.

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