Light Railways
Nos 26 to 50
Summer 1968 to Summer 1974-75
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No. 50 Summer 1974-75:
- North-west Coastal Tramways - Introduction (Western Australia)
- Carnarvon coastal tramway (Western Australia)
- Midland - 20 inch gauge 0-6-2T loco with scale drawing (Western Australia)
- The Mount Keira Tramway, 1954-55 (New South Wales)
- News, Notes & Comments
- Australian Antimony Corp. NL, Uranga, New South Wales
- NSW School Railway Clubs' Association to preserve locomotive
- Wauchope Logging Museum, New South Wales
- Millaquin Sugar Co. takeover, Queensland
- Lune River Railway, Tasmania
- Ada Valley Report, Victoria
- Reid's Tramway, Powelltown, Victoria
- Letters
- Climax locomotive 1694 (Victoria)
- Papua New Guinea's Bootless Bay Railway
- The Shale Railways of New South Wales
No. 49 Spring 1974:
- How to research a tramway
- Climax locomotive 1694
- Letters
- Wandong Baldwin locomotive (Victoria)
- The Rottnest Island Defence Tramway, (Western Australia)
- News, Notes & Comments
- Silverton Tramway, New South Wales
- Alexandra & District Historical Society, Victoria
- Poverty Point bridge, Walhalla, Victoria
- Puffing Billy Preservation Society, Victoria
- Waranga Basin tramway, Victoria
- Book Reviews
- Tasmania Remembered: Early photographs of H.J. King
- Tramways of Echuca
No. 48 Winter 1974:
- The South Gippsland Tramway, Yarragon, Victoria
- Letters
- Tasma Hardwood Company (Hobbs) Tasmania
- The Rottnest Island Defence Tramway, Western Australia
- Papua New Guinea's Bootless Bay railway
- News, Notes & Comments
- Clarence Harbour Works Railway, Yamba, New South Wales
- Megalong Valley Scenic Railway, Blackheath, New South Wales
- Harwood Mill, Grafton, New South Wales
- Canefield meet on Millaquin irons, Queensland
- Mourilyan Sugar Museum, Queensland
- Marian Mill, Mackay, Queensland
- Van Diemen Light Railway Society, Tasmania
- "Whistle Stop" Amusement Park, Frankston, Victoria
- Book Reviews
- The Morwell and Mirboo Railway
- The Shale Railways of New South Wales
- LRRSA exhibition layout
No. 47 Autumn 1974:
- Papua New Guinea's Bootles Bay railway
- Ballarat tramways, 1855-60, Victoria
- Letters
- Queensferry timber tramway, Victoria
- "Tall Timber and Tramlines"
- Trawalla and Waterloo tramway
No. 46 Summer 1973-74:
- Upper Acheron Tramways (Victoria)
- The Harman Geared Locomotive (Tyers Valley Tramway, Victoria)
- Letters
- The Rottnest Island Defence Tramway, WA
- The Tasmanian 'G' class 2ft gauge locomotive
- News, Notes & Comments
- Clarence Harbour Works Railway, Yamba, New South Wales
- Condong Mill and Crabbes Creek sugar tramways, New South Wales
- Harwood Mill, near Grafton, New South Wales
- Nebo colliery, Wollongong, New South Wales
- Stockrington colliery, New South Wales
- South Maitland Railways, New South Wales
- Wauchope Logging Museum, New South Wales
- Wongawilli colliery, New South Wales
- Gin Gin mill, Wallaville, Queensland
- Kalamia mill, Queensland
- Chesterman's tramway, Snug, Tasmania
- Alexandra & District Historical Society, Victoria
- Cardinia Creek tunnel construction, Emerald, Victoria
- Cheetham saltworks, Geelong, Victoria
- Gippsland Folk Museum, Moe, Victoria
- Feiglins tramway, near Narbethong, Victoria
- Tramway Museum Society of Victoria, Bylands, Victoria
- Walhalla & Thomson River Tramway, Victoria
- Sixty years ago - tramway disaster
No. 45 Spring 1973:
- This is a single subject issue of the magazine, titled "West Otways Narrow Gauge" by Norm Houghton
No. 44 Winter 1973:
- Timber Tramways of the Rubicon Forest 1935-1950 (Vic)
- The Mason's Landing Tramway (WA)
- Letters
- Early Locomotives at Jarrahdale
- News, Notes and Comments
- J & A Brown (Coal * Allied Industries) Hexham
- Anderson's Tramway, Marysville
No. 43 Autumn 1943:
- Railways and Ropeways at Warragamba Dam (NSW)
- Hagan's Patent Locomotive (Tasmania)
- The Metropolitan Brickworks Tramway (Vic)
- Letters
- Early Locomotives at Jarrahdale
- Locomotives of the Marrawah Tramway
- News, Notes and Comments
- Beachport Shipping Railway
- State Electricity Commission, Yallourn
- Geelong Steam Preservation Society
- Cheetham Salt Limited, Laverton
- The Trawalla-Waterloo Tramway
- Thomson Valley Tramway
No. 42 Summer 1972-73:
- Upper Acheron Tramways (Victoria)
- The Harman Geared Locomotive (Tyers Valley Tramway, Victoria)
- Letters
- Catherine Hill Bay Railway, NSW
- Reminiscences of a Fireman, Queensland
- To Rocky Bluff, Queensland
- Locomotives of the Marrawah Tramway, Tasmania
- Early locomotives of Jarrahdale, Western Australia
- Locomotive valve gears
- News, Notes & Comments
- New 610mm gauge railway in the ACT
- Goondah - Burrinjuck Tramway, New South Wales
- Metropolitan Water, Sewerage & Drainage Board, New South Wales
- Van Diemen Light Railway Society, Tasmania
- Welcome Swamp Revisited, Tasmania
- Tramway remains at Platina, Victoria
- Yarra Junction station opened as a museum, Victoria
- Rubicon Forest timber tramways, Victoria
- M&MBW Thomson River - Yarra Tunnel, Victoria
- Lake View & Star Tramway, Western Australia
- Sixty years ago - tramway disaster
No. 41 Spring 1972:
- Locomotives of the Marrawah Tramway (Tas)
- Early Locomotives at Jarrahdale (WA)
- Reminiscences of a fireman - Isis Central Mill (Part 3) (Queensland)
- Letters
- Preservation
- Lune River Railway (Tas)
- Cornwall Copal Mine (Tas)
- North Mount Lyell Railway (Tas)
- Mallet Compound Locomotive in Perth
- Catherine Hill Bay Railway (NSW)
- News, Notes and Comments
- South Bulli Coal Company (NSW)
- Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society (Qld)
- Mount Isa Mines
- Victoria and Macknade Mills, Ingham (Qld)
- Cressbrook Tramway (near Esk, Qld)
- Lune River Railway (Tas)
- Van Diemen Light Railway Society (Tas)
- Zeehan School of Mines Museum (Tas)
- Kirchubel's Tramway, Tanjil Bren (Vic)
- Puffing Billy Preservation Society (Vic)
- Powelltown Tramway(Vic)
No. 40 Winter 1972:
- Reminiscences of a fireman - Isis Central Mill (Part 2) (Queensland)
- More from Lune River (Ida Bay) (Tasmania)
- Nauru Mystery
- News, Notes and Comments
No. 39 Autumn 1972:
- The Catherine Hill Bay Railway (New South Wales)
- To Kelly Basin ... (Tasmania)
- News, Notes and Comments
No. 38 January 1979:
- The Thomson Valley Tramway (Victoria)
- Letters
- News, Notes and Comments
No. 37 Spring 1971:
- Reminiscences of a fireman: Isis Central Mill (Queensland)
- News, Notes & Comments
- Australian Narrow Gauge Museum Society (Queensland)
- Qunaba Sugar Mill, Bundaberg (Queensland)
- Bingera Sugar Mill, near Bundaberg (Queensland)
- Timber tramways in the Maydena/Kallista (Tasmania)
- Traction engine locomotives in north-west Tasmania
- Tullah tramway (Tasmania)
- Waratah: Emu Bay Railway Company; Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company (Tasmania)
- Geelong Steam Preservation Society (Victoria)
- Moondara tramway (Victoria)
- State Electricity Commission, Royston tramway (Victoria)
- Letters
- North Mount Lyell Railway
- Railways in the far south - the Leprena sawmill tramway
- Trewhella Bros timber tramway, Trentham
- Rottnest Island tramway
No. 36 Winter 1971:
- Timber Tramways of the Rubicon Forest 1916-1935 (Victoria)
- Cornwall Coal Mine (Tasmania)
- News, Notes & Comments
- Macknade and Victoria Mills (Queensland)
- Ida Bay Railway (Tasmania)
- Geelong Steam Preservation Society (Victoria)
- Long Tunnel Gold Mining Company, Walhalla, Victoria
- Letters
- Baguley Steam Locomotives in South Australia
No. 35 Autumn 1971:
- The Lune River Railway (Ida Bay Railway) (Tasmania)
- Gems from the Archives - Marshall traction engine locomotive (Tasmania)
- Letters
- Locomotive preservation in Queensland
- Railways and tramways at Wensleydale, Victoria
- Tramways of the SR&WSC, Victoria
- Baguley Steam Locomotives in South Australia
- News, Notes & Comments
- Zeehan railway station, Tasmania
- Zeehan School of Mines Museum, Tasmania
- Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company, Tasmania
- North Mount Lyell Railway, Tasmania
- The Williamsford Haulage, Tasmania
- Cardinia Creek Tunnel Construction, Victoria
- Moondarra tramway, Victoria
- McIvor Mini-tour, December 1970, Victoria
- Walhalla & Thomson River Steam Tramway Company, Victoria
No. 34 Summer 1970:
- The Lal Lal Iron Tramway (Victoria)
- Letters: Locomotive preservation in Queensland; References in Light Railways
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News, Notes & Comments
- Commonwealth Steel Co., Waratah, NSW
- Victoria Mill, Queensland
- ICIANZ Ltd, South Australia
- Kauri Timber Co. Leesville, Tasmania
- Catastrophe at Welcome Swamp, Tasmania
- Nabowla tramway remains, Tasmania
- Cornwall Coal Co., Tasmania
- Geelong Steam Preservation Society, Victoria
No. 33 Spring 1970:
- Millar's Denmark Railway (Western Australia)
- News, Notes and Comments
- Tarrawingee tramway, NSW
- Tullah tramway, Tasmania
- LRRSA Lal Lal Ironworks Tour, Victoria
- A1 Mine Settlement, Victoria
- Walhalla & Thomson River Steam Tramway, Victoria
- Powelltown tramway, Victoria
- Thomson Valley tramway, Victoria
- Poverty Point Bridge, Victoria
- Letters: Capn Ancocks Pig, South Australia
No. 32 Winter 1970:
- To Rocky Bluff ... (Queensland)
- The Oceana Tramway (Tasmania)
- Letters
- Baguley steam locomotives in South Australia
- Railways of the Pacific Phosphate Islands
- Ada Valley Report
- News Notes & Comments
- South Maitland Railways
- Tarrawingee Tramway
- Marsden Museum
- Fairymead Sugar
- Qunaba Sugar
- Millaquin Sugar
- Bingera Mill
- A & D Munros Perseverance Logging Tramway
- Mount Lyell
- Australian Newsprint Mills, Maydena
- Geelong Steam Preservation Society
- State Rivers & Water Supply Commission - Redcliffs
- Bunning Bros - Donnelly River Mill line
No. 31 Autumn 1970:
- Aerial Photography as an Aid to Tramway Research
- The Glenelg Breakwater Construction Tramway (South Australia)
- Letters
- Railways of Christmas Island
- Baguley steam locomotives in Australia
- The Forester Tramway
- Stannary Hills & Irvinebank Tin Mining Tramways
- News, Notes & Comments
- South Maitland Railway
- State Public Offices, Melbourne
- AETA/LRRSA Yallourn-Morwell Tour
- Ada Valley Report (Victoria)
No. 30 Summer 1969:
- Stannary Hills and Irvinebank Tin Mining Tramways (Queensland)
- News, Notes and Comments
- Racecourse Mill, Mackay
- Farleigh Mill
- Mount Isa Mines
- Chesterman & Company - locomotive found in Derwent Valley
- Geelong Steam Preservation Society
- Decauville locomotive at Echuca
- LRRSA visit to Waranga reservoir tramway
- Gems from the archives
- Recent Research Discoveries
- Letters
- Steel-framed tramway bogies at Neerim South
- Silverton Tramway
- Gin Gin mill
- The Forester Tramway
No. 29 Spring 1969:
- Railways of the Territory of Christmas Island
- Poverty Point Bridge (Victoria)
- MMBW South-eastern Sewer Project (Victoria)
- Recent Research Discoveries
- The Forester Tramway (Tasmania)
- Interesting Proposals
- Letters
- Hume Reservoir Construction
- The Silverton Tramway
- Yarra Junction Station
- Victoria Dock Construction
- News, Notes and Comments
- Moreton mill
- Fairymead mill
- Plane Creek mill
- North Eton mill
- Racecourse mill
- Pleystowe mill
- Marian mill
- Proserpine mill
- Inkerman mill
- Pioneer mill
- Farleigh mill
- Haughton mill
- Victoria mill
- MacKnade mill
- Burrinjuck tramway locomotive restored
- Ex-BHP Porter locomotive restored
- Commonwealth Portland Cement Ltd
- Hosakin's Steelworks engine returns home
- Coal & Allied Industries
- Zeehan School of Mines Museum
- Lake Margaret tramway
- Poweeltown tramway
- Steel-framed tramway bogies at Neerim South
No. 28 Winter 1969:
- Tramways of the Rubicon Forest, 1906-1915 (Victoria)
- Tramways of the State Rivers & Water Supply Commission (Victoria)
- News, Notes & Comments
- In Memoriam
No. 27 Autumn 1969:
- Elphinstone Timber Tramway (Victoria)
- Victoria Dock Construction (Victoria)
- Tasma Hardwood Company (Hobbs) (Tasmania)
- The Dean-Koweingoboora Timber Tramway (Victoria)
- A Visit to Welcome Swamp (Tasmania)
- The Williamsford Haulage (Tasmania)
- News, Notes & Comments
- Letters
No. 26 Summer 1968:
- The Silverton Tramway (New South Wales)
- News, Notes & Comments
- Letters
- Preserved Locomotives in Australia