Light Railways No.243 June 2015 PDF

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Light Railways No. 243 June 2015:

• Thin lines of transport -┬ the short life of the monorailway in early twentieth-century South Australia
• Resuscitating the Count – Coal Creek (Vic)
• Looking back -┬ Tramming Piles to Norfolk Bay (Tas) for Admiralty Harbour Works, Dover, England
• Bruce Macdonald OAM
• Industrial Railway News (10 items from around Australia)
• Letters:┬ Ilarwill Quarry (NSW: LRN35; LR236 & 242);┬ Financing Local Authority tramways in Queensland (LR 241)
• Field Reports: ?Derril? sawmill, Mt Disappointment State Forest (Vic);┬ Harwood Sugar Mill (NSW);┬ Torrumbarry Gallivant 2014, including Waranga Basin and Mangalore Gravel Pits (Gravelside) (Vic)
• Tour Report: South Australian Group visit to Milang and Clayton, Saturday 14 March 2015
• Book Reviews:┬ Anatomy of a NARROW-GAUGE BALDWIN The many lives of the ?Tramway da Cantareira? #2 steam locomotive (Peter Manning and Nicholas Burman);┬ WDLR ALBUM (compiled by Roy C Link)
• Research:┬ First diesel locomotives built in Australia;┬ A guide to downloading maps (QLD);┬ Copyright -┬ What is Copyright in Australia?;┬ Fairfax Media archive nightmare;┬ Australian Forest History Society Inc.;┬ Google Earth Pro;┬ The Bush Mill, Cuba Park Railway, Penny┬ Royal World (Tas)
• Heritage & Tourist Railway News (11 news items from Australia and New Zealand)