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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Limited, Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Limited - Museum Guide, 2000
... Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Limited - Museum...Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Limited... light railway museum near Kiama NSW ill, p.48. Illawarra Light ...History and rollingstock of the Illawarra light railway museum near Kiama NSWill, p.48.non-fictionHistory and rollingstock of the Illawarra light railway museum near Kiama NSWtourist railways and museums - australia, railway rollingstock - australia -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, West Otways Narrow Gauge; Norman Houghton, Spring 1973
... ; Light Railways v.XII, no.45, Spring 1973; soft cover; 52p...Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... and its connecting tramways; Norman Houghton; Light Railways v.XII ...West Otways Narrow Gauge; The story of the Beech Forest 2ft 6in gauge railway and its connecting tramways; Norman Houghton; Light Railways v.XII, no.45, Spring 1973; soft cover; 52p.; illus. mapsPrinting - Kemera Press, Caulfield, Vic.west otways; narrow gauge; beech forest; 2ft 6in narrow gauge; tramways; colac; gellibrand; the ridge; crowes; -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Peter Evans, Rails to Rubicon-A History of the Rubicon Forest, 1994
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc...Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... book Peter Evans Light Railway Research Society of Australia ...Hardcover. Green dust cover. Front cover photograph is Krauss 0-4-OWT, builder's No. 2459 of 1891, takes water at the western end of Rubicon Lane in 1934. Driver Bob Rees attends to his engine while brakeman Hayden looks on. End papers show a photograph of a man standing besides a timber railway trolley holding onto the brake lever. There is a group of men, some sitting and some standing, on piles of cut timber under a large, open shed in the background. There are also some small, timber, tent like structures standing next to the railway tracks. There is a forest in the far background. Written in white is the line "Mr Clarke & Kidd's Sawmill". non-fictionrubicon, timber, sawmill, railway, tramway, clarke and pearce, evans, peter, marysville, krause, forest, mountain -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Timber Mountain, 1986
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc...Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc Magenta Press ...Paperback. Front cover has an old photograph of a timber railway leading into a forest. There is also a man standing at the side of the railway. In the inside back cover is a fold out map titled "Sawmills & Tramways of the Murrindindi Forest 1885-1950.Stamp of Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779history, sawmilling, murrindindi forest, victoria, north east victoria, houghton, n -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Rails to Rubicon-A History of the Rubicon Forest, 1994
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc...Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... book Peter Evans Light Railway Research Society of Australia ...A history of the Rubicon forestHardcover. Green dust cover. Front cover photograph is Krauss 0-4-OWT, builder's No. 2459 of 1891, takes water at the western end of Rubicon Lane in 1934. Driver Bob Rees attends to his engine while brakeman Hayden looks on. End papers show a photograph of a man standing besides a timber railway trolley holding onto the brake lever. There is a group of men, some sitting and some standing, on piles of cut timber under a large, open shed in the background. There are also some small, timber, tent like structures standing next to the railway tracks. There is a forest in the far background. Written in white is the line "Mr Clarke & Kidd's Sawmill".Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / PO Box 22 / Marysville 3779 Signed by the author, Peter Evansrubicon, timber, sawmill, railway, tramway, clarke and pearce, evans, peter -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Paperback book, Timber Mountain, 1986
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc...Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... Houghton Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc Magenta ...Paperback. Front cover has an old photograph of a timber railway leading into a forest. There is also a man standing at the side of the railway. In the inside back cover is a fold out map titled "Sawmills & Tramways of the Murrindindi Forest 1885-1950.history, sawmilling, murrindindi forest, victoria, north east victoria, houghton, n -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Light Railway Transport League, "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation", 1975
... is an advertisement for the TMSV and the Light Railway Transport League (UK...Light Railway Transport League... is an advertisement for the TMSV and the Light Railway Transport League (UK ...Twelve page booklet, titled "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation" written by D. Menzies and J.H. Price, reprinted from Modern Tramway. Front cover has BTPS tram 38 on original depot fan, green banner centrally with title, and Bendigo Birney No. 28. A circular white sticker with "1.00" written on is stuck on the right hand side, centrally. Saddle stapled print in black ink on 120gsm art paper. Written material covers background history of both Ballarat and Bendigo tramways, tramcars, closure, the formation of the BTPS and the Bendigo Trust tramways and their operational history up to about mid 1975 as it mentions the first COTMA meeting. Also has 12 photos inside. On rear cover is an advertisement for the TMSV and the Light Railway Transport League (UK) (LRTL) PDF copy of book added 16-3-2017 Price sticker as noted abovetrams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, lrtl, tram preservation -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Book, Light Railway Transport League (LRTA), "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation", 1975
... is an advertisement for the TMSV and the Light Railway Transport League (UK...Light Railway Transport League (LRTA)... and the Light Railway Transport League (UK) (LRTL). PDF copy of full ...Twelve page booklet, titled "Ballarat and Bendigo, Victorian Tramway Preservation" written by D. Menzies and J.H. Price, reprinted from Modern Tramway. Front cover has BTPS tram 38 on original depot fan, green banner centrally with title, and Bendigo Birney No. 28. A circular white sticker with "1.00" written on is stuck on the right hand side, centrally. Saddle stapled print in black ink on 120gsm art paper. Written material covers background history of both Ballarat and Bendigo tramways, tramcars, closure, the formation of the BTPS and the Bendigo Trust tramways and their operational history up to about mid 1975 as it mentions the first COTMA meeting. Also has 12 photos inside. On rear cover is an advertisement for the TMSV and the Light Railway Transport League (UK) (LRTL). PDF copy of full book added 16-3-2017."D. W. Lees 2/2/76" on top of page 2 and "D. W. Lees" on side of page 10 in a fine felt pen ink.trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, lrtl, tram preservation -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Peter Evans, Wooden Rails & Green Gold-A century of timber and transport along the Yarra Track, 2022
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... Track Book Hardcover book Peter Evans Light Railway Research ...A history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.Hardcover. Shows Mick Taylor making last-minute adjustments to the rigging of a large log about to commence its journey down the incline to the Marysville Timber and Seasoning Company No.1 mill. Back cover has a photograph of a rail tractor towing a timber trolley along a timber tramway.non-fictionA history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.timber, timber mills, yarra track, narbethong, matlock, marysville, wood's point, wilks creek, great divide, cathedral range, cumberland, foresters, sawmillers, peter evans -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Peter Evans, Wooden Rails & Green Gold-A century of timber and transport along the Yarra Track, 2022
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... Track Book Hardcover book Peter Evans Light Railway Research ...A history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.Hardcover. Shows Mick Taylor making last-minute adjustments to the rigging of a large log about to commence its journey down the incline to the Marysville Timber and Seasoning Company No.1 mill. Back cover has a photograph of a rail tractor towing a timber trolley along a timber tramway.non-fictionA history of the timber mills along the Yarra Track from Narbethong to Matlock.timber, timber mills, yarra track, narbethong, matlock, marysville, wood's point, wilks creek, great divide, cathedral range, cumberland, foresters, sawmillers, peter evans -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Reflections - Life Stories of East Gippsland, 1982
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... - Life Stories of East Gippsland Book Light Railway Research ...A short account of some of the tramlines constructed to access the mountain forests for the timber required as building material in the rapidly expanding cities and towns of Victoria. These trainlines serviced isolated sawmilling communities from c. thetransport, timber industry -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, The Beechy, 1992
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... 0909340 28 5 The Beechy. Book Light Railway Research Society ...The Beechy. The life and times of the Colac-Beech Forest-Crowes narrow gauge railway, 1902-1962; Norman Houghton; hard cover; viii, 176 p.; illus., maps; ISBN 0909340 28 5Printing - McPherson's Printing Group; Typesetting - Mackenzies Typesetting.the beechy; colac; beech forest; crowes; narrow gauge railway; norman houghton; locomotive operations; traffic; timber tramways; otway people; the garrett; trolley traffic; lean 1930s; -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Sawdust and Steam. Norman Houghton, December 1975
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... Light Railway Research Society of Australia ...Sawdust and steam. A history of the railways and tramways of the eastern Otway Ranges. Norman Houghton. IBSN 0 909340 03 X. Soft cover. iv, 106 p.; illus, maps. Melbourne, 1975. Cartography: Alan Strempel.steam and society; norman houghton; railways, east otways; tramways, east otways; tramways, forrest; coastal tramways; -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Crowes Station, 1912, 1912
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc... and Colac. Crowes Station, 1912. Photograph Light Railway Research ...Locomotive 8A, two freight cars, a passenger car and a guard's van leave Crowes Station for Beech Forest. Crowes Station consists of a two-layered station building, a goods shed and a toilet at a three-line terminus.Crowes Station soon after opening in 1912 with Locomotive 8A about to depart for Beech Forest and Colac.crowes; station; railway; locomotive; -
Otway Districts Historical Society
Photograph, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Beech Forest: In the snow, 1908, 1908
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia.... Beech Forest: In the snow, 1908.. Photograph Light Railway ...B/W. At Beech Forest in heavy snow in 1908, locomotive 7A, four NQ filled wagons, an NM livestock wagon, and an NBDBD combined passenger-brakevan. The guard, driver and another person are on the engine, while a group of passengers are outside the passenger car.beech forest; railway; snow; -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, West Otways Narrow Gauge, 1973
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... Narrow Gauge Book Light Railway Research Society of Australia ...A history of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch line of the Victorian Railways from Colac to Beech Forest and Crowes and it s connecting tramways.ill, maps, p.51.non-fictionA history of the narrow gauge 2'6" branch line of the Victorian Railways from Colac to Beech Forest and Crowes and it s connecting tramways.puffing billy - victoria - history, vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Tramways Down the Gorge: The story of Hillgrove, 1887-1921, 1986
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia..., 1887-1921 Book Light Railway Research Society of Australia ...A history of the narrow gauge tramways serving the Hillgrove mining district near Armidale in New South Wales.ill, maps, p.35.non-fictionA history of the narrow gauge tramways serving the Hillgrove mining district near Armidale in New South Wales.tramways - new south wales, mining tramways - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Simsville And The Jarrah Mill, 1991
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A history of the narrow gauge tramways serving the Simsville and Jarrah Mill timber mills near Newcastle in New South Wales.ill, maps, p.39.non-fictionA history of the narrow gauge tramways serving the Simsville and Jarrah Mill timber mills near Newcastle in New South Wales.tramways - new south wales, timber tramways - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Stamford, Frank, Five to 500, 1986
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history railroad operations ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's Twenty-five Year Book and a reprint of 'Light Railways' Nos 1 to 12.ill, maps, p.122.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's Twenty-five Year Book and a reprint of 'Light Railways' Nos 1 to 12.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Munro's Hampton Tramway, 1978
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history railroad operations ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's magazine on the Munro Hampton timber Tramway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.18.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's magazine on the Munro Hampton timber Tramway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia et al, The Beaudesert Shire Tramway, 1980
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history railroad operations ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book about the Beaudesert Shire Railway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.70.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book about the Beaudesert Shire Railway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia et al, Rocky Bluff to Denmark, 1978
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... Prahran Light railways - Australia - history railroad operations ...The Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book on the Rocky Bluff to Denmark timber Tramway in Queensland.ill, maps, p.65.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book on the Rocky Bluff to Denmark timber Tramway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, The Beechy, 1992
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia..., maps, p.170. The Beechy Book Light Railway Research Society ...The life and times of the Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes narrow gauge railway 1902-1962index, ill, maps, p.170.non-fictionThe life and times of the Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes narrow gauge railway 1902-1962vr narrow gauge railways - victoria - history, railroad operations - victoria - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Gunzburg, Adrian et al, Rails Through the Bush: Timber and Firewood Tramways and Railway Contractors of Western Australia, 2008
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... Light Railway Research Society of Australia ...A history of the timber and firewood tramways and railway contractors of Western Australiaindex, ill, maps, p.300.non-fictionA history of the timber and firewood tramways and railway contractors of Western Australiatramways - western australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Tall Timber and Tramlines, 1982
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... Timber and Tramlines Book Light Railway Research Society ...An illustrated history of some of the narrow gauge timber tramways in Victoria.ill, maps, p.58.non-fictionAn illustrated history of some of the narrow gauge timber tramways in Victoria.timber tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Stamford, F.E. et al, Powelltown, 1984
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia.... Light Railway Research Society of Australia ...A history of the 3' narrow gauge timber tramway from Yarra Junction to Powelltown and beyond, as well as the many tramways branching off it.index, ill, maps, p.151.non-fictionA history of the 3' narrow gauge timber tramway from Yarra Junction to Powelltown and beyond, as well as the many tramways branching off it.timber tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, McCarthy, Mike, Trestle bridges and tramways: The timber industry of Erica district 1910-1950, 1983
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia... McCarthy, Mike Light Railway Research Society of Australia ...A brief history of the narrow gauge timber railways of the Erica District north of Moe in Victoria from 1910 to 1950.ill, maps, p.24.non-fictionA brief history of the narrow gauge timber railways of the Erica District north of Moe in Victoria from 1910 to 1950.timber tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, McCarthy, Mike, Goodwood, 1994
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia.... Goodwood Booklet McCarthy, Mike Light Railway Research Society ...A brief history of the Goodwood Timber and Tramway Company narrow gauge timber railways out of Port Albert in South Eastern Victoria.ill, maps, p.32.non-fictionA brief history of the Goodwood Timber and Tramway Company narrow gauge timber railways out of Port Albert in South Eastern Victoria.timber tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Booklet, Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Sawdust and Steam, 1975
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia.... index, ill, maps, p.102. Sawdust and Steam Booklet Light Railway ...A history of the railways and tramways of the eastern Otway Ranges in South Western Victoria.index, ill, maps, p.102.non-fictionA history of the railways and tramways of the eastern Otway Ranges in South Western Victoria.timber tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, McCarthy, Mike et al, Powelltown Tramway Centenary 1913-2013, 2013
... Light Railway Research Society of Australia...Victorian Railway History Library 39 St Edmonds Rd Prahran ...A history of the narrow gauge railway and tramways from Yarra Junction to Powelltown and the surrounding area to celebrate the centenary of the 3'0" gauge railway from 1913 to 2013.ill, maps, p.31.non-fictionA history of the narrow gauge railway and tramways from Yarra Junction to Powelltown and the surrounding area to celebrate the centenary of the 3'0" gauge railway from 1913 to 2013.timber tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history