Light Railways No. 250 August 2016:
This edition of Light Railways marks a major milestone for the LRRSA – issue number 250. The Society was formed in 1961 and this magazine has been regularly produced since that time to the point where we now have 250 editions. The celebrate this milestone this issue is a bumper 48 pages
- No one was to blame – Death and injury in Victoria’s Plenty Ranges in the tramway era
- Milang – its jetty and tramways (SA)
- Light railways at Thirroul and Home Rule (NSW)
- The wood trains of 17 Mile Camp and Gindalbie (WA)
- Looking back – Richards’ Incline 1908, Warburton (Vic)
- Treasures from Trove – Broome’s Boat Train (WA)
- Book Review – Engaging the Giants by Scott Clennett
- Field Reports – Yarloop post-fire survey, WA; Hitt’s Tramway, Lardner Creek, Gellibrand,(Vic)
- Letters – East Bay Neck and its light railways (LR 249); Lake George Mines Ltd., Captains Flat (NSW); Letters to the Editor (LR 249); Mystery Electric Locomotive (Tas) (LR 246)
- Industrial Railway News – 15 items from around Australia, Fiji and Indonesia
- Then and Now – Little Yarra takes wood at Barrier
- Research – 1921 Census extract; Contractor’s diesel locomotives in New Guinea; More aerial viewing tools; John Kerr notes online (QLD); Engineering Heritage
- Heritage & Tourist News – 10 items from Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain
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