LRRSA October 2008 meetings

Due to the late running of Light Railways No.203 members might not receive it before the scheduled October meetings.

The meeting information is therefore given below.

The normal meeting locations apply, which can be found in any issue of Light Railways published in the past few years.

Adelaide

Meeting was brought forward and has already been held on 25 September

Brisbane

Greg Stephenson will be showing slides of cane trains in action in the Bundaberg district during August 2008.

Date: Friday 10 October at 7.30pm. Entry from 7pm.

Melbourne

Completion of Annual General Meeting, then Trolls, Timber
and Trains


The adjourned AGM will be completed with the presentation of the annual financial statements. Frank Stamford will then give a presentation based on his recent trip to Norway, which will include - amongst other things - steamboats, mining towns, and ferries, as well as railways.

Date: Thursday, 9 October 2008 at 8.00 pm

Sydney

Preserved Tasmanian Narrow Gauge, plus Climax 1694 in action.

A medley of edited DVDs will be presented showing highlights of present-day Tasmanian narrow-gauge railways, featuring Wee Georgie Wood at Tullah, and Krauss operations at the Redwater Creek Steam Society at Sheffield. Followed by a trip in the cab of the Climax loco on a Commissioner's Special on the Puffing Billy Railway.

Date: Wednesday 22 October at 7.30pm

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