Light Railways No.230 April 2013 PDF

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Light Railways No.230 April 2013

• Two Number Fives: The story of ex-Mersey Railway locomotives CECIL RAIKES and THE MAJOR
• Portable railway track for light railways
• Industrial Railway News (19 items from around Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea)
• Book Review: Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 4: 1977-1985
• Letters: Gemco battery locomotives of the Sydney MWSD&B (LR184)
• Research: Bundaberg Foundry (QLD), BHP Newcastle (NSW), Cooloola tramway – Possible heritage listing (QLD), More on tramways of the Mornington Peninsula (Vic), Loxton Monorail (SA), Fairlie locomotives in Australia, Nerang Central Sugar Mill (QLD)
• Field Reports: Vivonne Bay Jetty, Kangaroo Island, (SA, LR 142, 155, 200), Coal, Karmai and Cableways Tour – 24 & 25 November 2012 (Vic), Starvation Creek Tramway, East Warburton (Vic, LR 85), Murrundindi Tramway (Vic)
• Heritage & Tourist Railway News (22 news items and Coming Events)