Light Railways
Nos 101 to 125
July 1988 to July 1994
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No.
125 July 1994:
- Prospect Reservoir Tramways (New South Wales)
- Locomotives of Sanderson's Tramway, Forrest (Victoria)
- Mining Tramways at Oodlawirra and Koolka (South Australia)
- Mining Tramway at Mount Ellison (Northern Territory)
- Explorations of Victorian Private Lines and Locomotives 1934-1935
- Letters
No.
124 April 1994:
- The Goodwood Timber and Tramway Company, Port Albert (Victoria)
A detailed history based on archival research, site surveys,
and interviews. Includes 20 historic photographs, five maps and diagrams,
and list of 142 references. This operation included a 23 mile 2 ft gauge
steam operated tramway.
No.
123 January 1994:
- Fairymead No.1 - Baldwin No.10533 of 1889 (Queensland)
- Fairymead Gallery (Queensland)
- Somerset Dam Construction (Queensland)
- 'Leyland Brothers World' Tourist Railway (New South Wales)
- Letters
No.
122 October 1993:
- Glen Davis Oil Shale Works, Part 2 (New South Wales)
- Powelltown Tramway Timetable (Victoria)
- Decauville Locomotive 399 (Queensland)
- Denton Park Loco (Andrew Barclay 310/311) (New South Wales/Victoria)
- Explorations of Victorian Private Lines and Locomotives 1934-1935
- Letters
No.
121 July 1993:
- Glen Davis Oil Shale Works (New South Wales)
A special issue recording the political, social, and tramway
history of the Glen Davis oil shale works, which refined petroleum products
from oil shale from 1940 to 1952.
No.
120 April 1993:
- Neuline Timber Mill at Tanjil Bren (Victoria)
- The Fyansford Cement Railway (Victoria)
- Cheetham Salt Tramways at Price (South Australia)
- City Tunnel Construction Railway (New South Wales)
- Book Review
- Letters
- The Bush Tramline (Victoria)
No.
119 January 1993:
- Locomotive "Stanley" (Victoria, Tasmania)
- Maud's Landing Tramway (Western Australia)
- Constructing Sydney's Pressure Tunnel (New South Wales)
- Book Reviews
- Letters
No.
118 October 1992:
- Coal to Feed the Fires, West Ryde Pumping Station (New South Wales)
- Cheetham Salt Tramways at Lochiel (South Australia)
- Letters
No.
117 July 1993:
- Kangaroo Island Salt Tramways (South Australia)
No.
116 April 1992:
- Kirchubel's West Tanjil Sawmill and Tramway (Victoria)
- The Kitson Tram Engine (South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia)
- Letters
No. 115
January 1992:
- Cheetham Salt Tramways, Part 2 (South Australia)
- Wensleydale - Aireys Inlet Tramway Proposal (Victoria)
- Book Reviews
- Letters
No.
114 October 1991:
- Ben Bullen Limestone Tramways (New South Wales)
- The Cheney Spark Nullifier (Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia)
- Research Column
- Letters
No. 113
July 1991:
- Simsville and the Jarrah Mill: (New South Wales)
A special issue by Ian J. Mc.Neil dealing exclusively with timber
tramways in the Simmsville area, including "The Millars Era", "Pines and
Hardwoods", "Stroud Timber Company Ltd", "Smith & Ellis Ltd", and "Allen
Taylor & Co.".
No.
112 April 1991:
- Cheetham Salt Tramways, (Victoria)
- The Loxton Farming Company Monorail and Light Railway, Taldra (South Australia)
- Monorail Transporters of the Sydney Water Board (New South Wales)
- Longworths Tramway, Kendall (New South Wales)
- Letters
No. 111
January 1991:
- Cave Hill Tramway - Lilydale - Mount Evelyn (Victoria)
- Tonalli River Incline (New South Wales)
- Goldfields Woodlines (Western Australia)
- Letters
No. 110
October 1990:
- Queensland Guano Tramways
- Marienberg Sawmill and Tramway (Papua New Guinea)
- Ropeworked Elevated Inclines (New South Wales)
- Krauss Locomotive The Nancy
- Letters
No. 109
July 1990:
- North Mount Lyell Railway, Part 3 - Locomotives and Rolling Stock (Tasmania)
- Buderim Mountain Railway (Queensland)
- Research Column
- Book Review
- Letters
No.
108 April 1990:
- Stockrington No.2 Colliery Trolley Wire Haulage System (New South Wales)
- The Locomotive Koumala (Queensland)
- Early Australian Electric Locomotives - Mount Bischoff underground locomotives (Tasmania)
- Letters
No.
107 January 1990:
- Mill Railways at Claymore and Dellerton (Western Australia)
- Bagnall Locomotive No. 1801 (Victoria, South Australia)
- From the Archives - Hartley Vale Shale Tramways (New South Wales)
- Letters
No.
106 October 1989:
- Mossman Central Sugar Mill (Queensland)
- North Mount Lyell Railway - Part 2: Operation and Decline (Tasmania)
- Letters
No.
105 July 1989:
- North Mount Lyell Railway, Part 1: Construction (Tasmania)
- Early Australian Electric Locomotives, Part 4: Cornwall Coal Mine (Tasmania)
- Letters
No.
104 April 1989:
- The Mungar Timber Tramways (Queensland)
- From the Archives: Mackenzie's Fraser Island Tramway (Queensland)
- Timber and Gold Revisited (Victoria)
- Book Reviews
- Letters
No.
103 January 1989:
- Underground Coal, Materials and Man Transportation in the Coalmines of the Northern Coalfields of New South Wales
No.
102 October 1988:
- "Kate" and Thomas Green Locomotives in Australia
- Wongawilli Balanced Incline (New South Wales)
- Gould - Moondarra Mills and Tramways (Victoria)
- Book Review
- Letters
No.
101 July 1988:
- Tramways and Railways in Papua New Guinea - Part 3: 1942 - Present
- Some Proposed Industrial Locomotives for Australia
- G.H. Bell & Sons Tramline, Hollands Creek, Tatong (Victoria)
- Letters