What's new?

What's new for July 2008?

• New items available now:
  • Shibanxi Heaven DVDs
  • Narrow Gauge Downunder No.30
• Holiday Notice - LRRSA Sales Department
• New link:
  • - Google Translate - Translation of websites

What's new for June 2008?

• Light Railways - June 2008

What's new for May 2008?

• Special offer for new members who join the LRRSA before 30 June 2008 - Receive seven issues of Light Railways for the price of six.

What's new for April 2008?

• Light Railways - April 2008
• New books available now:
  • Rails through the Bush
  • Narrow Gauge Downunder No.29
• New book available soon:
  • Narrow Gauge Through the Bush
• New links:
  • Brazil - Brazilian Railway Preservation Association
  • Buderim tramway, Queensland

What's new for February 2008?

• Light Railways - February 2008

What's new for January 2008?

• Light Railways No. 37 now available as .pdf download
• Updated timber tramway bibliographies for New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.
• New book available now:
  • The Bellerive to Sorell Railway Revisited
• New links:
  • Peru: History of railways
  • Philippines: Railway & Industrial Heritage Society of Phils.
  • Vulcan Foundry (UK) - locomotives
  • Welsh Highland Railway - tracklaying

What's new for December 2007?

• Light Railways - December 2007
• Light Railways Nos 36, 53, 68, 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 86, 94, and 96 now available as .pdf download
• New DVDs available now - Sweet Spot & Logging Off
• New book available now:
  • Beech Forest: Capital on the Ridge
• New link:
  • Garratt locomotives

What's new for November 2007?

• Light Railways Nos. 103, 121, and 124 available now as a pdf download
• New link:
  • Funimag - online magazine specialising in funicular and incline railways

What's new for October 2007?

• Light Railways - October 2007
• Free sample copy of Light Railways available now as a pdf download (1.3 MB)
• Light Railways back number bundles - updated details
• Revised listing of Timber Tramways of New South Wales
• Queensland Sugar Cane Railways Today - revised version
• New book available now:
  • Focus on ... Victoria's Narrow Gauge Gembrook Line - Part Three
• New link:
  • Italy - industrial railways

What's new for August 2007?

• Light Railways - August 2007
• Light Railways No. 100 available now as a pdf download
• New link:
  • Papua New Guinea

What's new for June 2007?

• Light Railways - June 2007
• New book available now:
  • Puffing Billy: Spirit of the Dandenongs

What's new for April 2007?

• Light Railways - April 2007
• Light Railways - Issues Nos 35 and 42 and 88 and 100 available shortly as pdf downloads
• New book available now:
  • Launceston Municipal Transport 1911-1955
• New links:
  • Canada - List of industrial locomotives
  • Canada - White Pass & Yukon Route
  • Ireland - County Donegal Railway Restoration
  • Middle East - The Hedjaz Railway

What's new for March 2007?

• Light Railways - Issues Nos 33 and 34 and 90 and 91 now available as pdf downloads
• New links:
  • Romania - Steam in the forests
  • Turkey - Railways of Turkey
  • Waggonway Research Circle - (United Kingdom)
  • Yugoslavia - 76 cm gauge railways

What's new for February 2007?

• Light Railways - February 2007
• Light Railways - Issues Nos 29 to 32 now available as pdf downloads
• New books available now:
  • Homes in the Hills

What's new for December 2006?

• Light Railways - December 2006
• Light Railways - Issues Nos 5 to 28 now available as pdf downloads
• Light Railways - pdf downloads - how they work, and how to do global searches

What's new for November 2006?

• LRRSA Online shop - now open for business
• Preserved Sugar Cane Locomotives - list updated
• New books available now:
  • Focus on ... Victoria's Narrow Gauge Beech Forest Line - Part Two
  • Beechy Rail
  • The Ridge
  • By the Barwon

What's new for October 2006?

• Light Railways - October 2006
• New links:
  • Germany - Narrow Gauge in Baden-Wuerttemberg
  • Haiti - The Tramways of Port-au-Prince

What's new for September 2006?

• LRRSA email discussion group formed
• Focus on ... Victoria's Narrow Gauge Gembrook Line - New book available now

What's new for August 2006?

• Light Railways - August 2006

What's new for June 2006?

• Furnace, Fire and Forge - Pre-publication offer on new book to be published by LRRSA
• Light Railways - June 2006
• Private Acts of Paliament relating to railways in New South Wales - new listing available for downloading (.pdf file).
• New links:
  • Second-hand book search

What's new for April 2006?

• A special offer for new members joining now ...
• Furnace, Fire and Forge - Early Bird offer on new book to be published by LRRSA
• Light Railways - April 2006
• Special prices on Light Railways back number bundles.
• New books available now - Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives; The Hay and Kington Railways.
• New links:
  • The Mapleton Tramway
  • Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society

What's new for February 2006?

• Light Railways - February 2006

What's new for December 2005?

• Light Railways - December 2005
• Locomotives of Queensland sugar railways - List of locomotives of Queensland sugar railways updated June 2005.
• Guidelines for contributors to Light Railways - Actually this is not new, but has been difficult to find on this website!
• Annual Reports for LRRSA - available now.

What's new for October 2005?

• Light Railways - October 2005
• New books available now - The Golden City and its Tramways; Schmalspurig durch Europa; Das grosse Buch der Ruegenschen Kleinbahnen; Dolberg catalogue for industrial railways 1940.
• New links
  • Indonesia - "Sweet Steam" - steam locos working in 2004
  • New Zealand - rail tractors
  • Ruston & Hornsby diesel locomotives

What's new for August 2005?

• Light Railways - August 2005
• Queensland Sugar Cane Railways Today - updated
• New links
  • France - Le P'tit train de la Haute Somme
  • South Africa - Sandstone Estates

What's new for June 2005?

• Light Railways - June 2005
• Two books available again
  • Tasmania's Hagans
  • The Era of the Bush Tram in New Zealand
• The Global Positioning System - An aid to light railway research
• New links
  • Afghanistan
  • British Locomotive Manufacturers
  • German Locomotive Manufacturers
  • Scotland - Bellrock Lighthouse construction tramway
  • Sweden - Ohsabanan preserved n.g. forestry railway
  • Warrandyte house construction tramway
  • Sugar railways special interest railway modellers site.

What's new for April 2005?

• Light Railways - April 2005
• A Journey by Train to Walhalla - New book available now
• Henschell & Sohn Catalogue for Industrial Railways - New book available now

What's new for February 2005?

• Light Railways - February 2005

What's new for December 2004?

• Light Railways - December 2004

What's new for October 2004?

• Light Railways - October 2004

What's new for August 2004?

• Light Railways - August 2004
• Waldbahnen in Oesterreiche (Forestry Railways in Austria) - New book available now
• Annual Reports for LRRSA - available now

What's new for July 2004?

• The Mapleton Tramway - New book available now

What's new for June 2004?

• Light Railways - June 2004

What's new for April 2004?

• Light Railways - April 2004
• "Decauville" Portable Railway - New book available now

What's new for February 2004?

• Light Railways - February 2004
• John Moffat of Irvinebank - New book available now
• Focus on ... Victoria's Narrow Gauge Beech Forest Line - New book available now

What's new for December 2003?

• Light Railways - December 2003

What's new for October 2003?

• Light Railways - October 2003
• Annual Reports of LRRSA - available for downloading (.pdf file)

What's new for August 2003?

• Light Railways - August 2003

What's new for July 2003?

• Focus on ... Victoria's Narrow Gauge Gembrook Line - New book available now

What's new for June 2003?

• Light Railways - June 2003

What's new for May 2003?

• Mapleton Tramway Field Excursion  - 31 May 2003
• New links to other sites - Germany (Saxony), Norway, Russia

What's new for April 2003?

• Light Railways - April 2003
• Rack Railways of Australia, and Britannia Creek - two books again available

What's new for February 2003?

• Light Railways - February 2003

What's new for December 2002?

• Light Railways - December 2002
• Steam on the Lens - Volume II - Walhalla Railway Construction - New book available now

What's new for October 2002?

• Light Railways - October 2002
• Built by Baldwin - New book published by LRRSA
• The Aramac Tramway - New book published by LRRSA
• Focus on ... Victoria's Narrow Gauge Whitfield Line - New book available now

What's new for August 2002?

• Light Railways - August 2002
• Tasmanian Timber Tramways - a Select Bibliography

What's new for June 2002?

• Light Railways - June 2002
• Railways, Mines, Pubs and People - New book available now
• Focus on ... Victoria's Narrow Gauge Walhalla Line - New book available now

What's new for April 2002?

• Light Railways - April 2002

What's new for February 2002?

• Light Railways - February 2002
• Bonanza Narrow Gauge Railway - New book available now

What's new for December 2001?

• Light Railways - December 2001
• A Day in the Life of G42 - New book available now

What's new for October 2001?

• Light Railways - October 2001
• Mountains of Ash - A History of Tramways of Warburton - New book published by LRRSA

What's new for August 2001?

• Light Railways - August 2001

What's new for June 2001?

• Light Railways - June 2001
• Who was Lumbering Liz?

What's new for May 2001?

• The Shale Railways of New South Wales - New book available now
• Australasian Locomotive Builders Lists
• Australian and New Zealand Logging Tramways - Differences from North American Practice- New document available for downloading (.pdf file)
• And a special offer for new members joining now ...

What's new for April 2001?

• Light Railways - April 2001
• Echoes through the Tall Timber - New book available now
• And a special offer for new members joining now ...

What's new for February 2001?

• Light Railways - February 2001
• Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd - Colliery Locomotives and Personnel Carriers- new listing available for downloading (.pdf file)

What's new for December 2000?

• Light Railways - December 2000
• Laheys' Canungra Tramway - new book published by the LRRSA

What's new for November 2000?

• Light Railways - Guidelines for Contributions

What's new for October 2000?

• Light Railways - October 2000
• Timber Tramways in New South Wales - listing available for downloading (.pdf file)
• Mail Auction of Books - listing available for downloading (.pdf file) -
• Annual Reports of LRRSA - available for downloading (.pdf file)
• Vancouver Island Railways, and The Skyline Limited books back in stock

What's new for August 2000?

• Light Railways - August 2000
• The Innisfail Tramway - new book published by LRRSA
• Queensland Sugar Cane Railways today

What's new for July 2000?

• Revised prices from 1 July 2000

With the implementation of the Goods & Services Tax (GST) on 1 July 2000 prices of all our books and magazines have had to be adjusted.

The new prices are shown on all the relevant pages of our internet site.

The GST does not apply to exports. As a result, on all sales to overseas customers we will deduct one-eleventh from the prices indicated.

What's new for June 2000?

• Light Railways - June 2000
• Light Railways of Sydney Harbour - listing available for downloading
• Travels by Trainor- new book available now
• The Innisfail Tramway- new book to be published by LRRSA

What's new for April 2000?

• Light Railways - April 2000
• Five books from Plateway Press - The Hunslet Engine Works; The Two Foot Gauge Enigma; Narrow Gauge at War 2; The Light Track from Aras; Light Railway Construction
• Australian Railway Enthusiast December 1999 - special industrial edition
• And a special offer for new members joining now ...

What's new for March 2000?

• Australian Sugar Industry Locomotives - Roster 1999

What's new for February 2000?

• Light Railways - February 2000
• Preserved Australian Sugar Cane Locomotives
• Shays in the Valley - Wolgan Valley Railway pictorial book
• The Goondah - Burrinjuck Railway - the history of a legendary 2 ft gauge railway

What's new for January 2000?

• New South Wales Timber Tramways - a Select Bibliography

What's new for December 1999?

• Light Railways - December 1999 - our 150th issue!

What's new for November 1999?

• Details of LRRSA Brisbane meeting
• Whistle Punks and Widow Makers - a book for logging enthusiasts ...
• Vancouver Island Railways - another great book from Sono Nis Press

What's new for October 1999?

• Light Railways - October 1999
• The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - a book of excellent colour photos ...
• New Zealand Steam Locomotives by Official Number - for privately owned locos
• In the Beginning - The Story of NZ Locomotives 1863-1877
• Queensland Sugar Cane Railways Album

What's new for September 1999?

• Men, Steel and Rails - BHP's Newcastle steelworks railway book
• The Emu Bay Railway - another excellent book ...
• Rack Railways of Australia - last opportunity to buy this very popular book

What's new for August 1999?

• Light Railways - August 1999
• The Skyline Limited - a fascinating book about an obscure narrow-gauge railway

What's new for July 1999?

• Light Railways - details of issues Nos 51 to 75

What's new for June 1999?

• Light Railways - June 1999
• Logging by Rail - a superb book on logging railways in British Columbia, Canada
• Modernising Underground Coal Haulage - new book on underground mine railways
• Government railways of less than 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm) gauge

What's new for May 1999?

• Garratts in the Otways - Video - VR narow-gauge 1958-65
• Settlers and Sawmillers - timber tramways book reprinted
• And a special offer for new members joining by 15 May ...

What's new for April 1999?

• Light Railways - April 1999
• Queensland Canefields Steam Era - A new book of superb photographs
• Garratts in the Otways - Part 2- More wonderful photographs
• And a special offer for new members joining now ...

What's new for March 1999?

• Light Railways - details of issues Nos 76 to 100
• Garratts in the Otways - Part 2- A new book of superb photographs
• And a special offer for new members joining now ...

What's new for February 1999?

• Light Railways - February 1999 !
• Tasmania's Hagans - A new book on a unique locomotive ...
• New Zealand bush tramway book ...
• And a special offer for new members joining now ...

What's new for December 1998?

• Arsenic and Molasses - New Powelltown Tramway book released
• Light Railways - December 1998
• Rack Railways of Australia - last chance to purchase this book

What's new for October 1998?

• Arsenic and Molasses - New Powelltown Tramway pictorial book ...
• Light Railways - October 1998
• South-east Queensland Group

What's new for September 1998?

• British Australian Machinery Company A facsimile reprint of an early 1920s catalogue of narrow gauge railway material.
• Bibliography of Western Australian Timber Tramways

What's new for August 1998?

• Light Railways No.142
• Bellbrakes Bullocks and Bushmen, A Sawmilling and Tramway History of Gembrook 1885-1985

What's new for June 1998?

• Light Railways No.141
• The Light Railway News CD-ROM

What's new for April 1998?

• Light Railways No.140

What's new for March 1998?

• Members' feedback on the new Light Railways magazine
• Two new publications available, one features railways of Papua New Guinea, the other features 2 ft 6 in gauge Beyer Garratts.

What's new for February 1998?

• The new Light Railways magazine, now six times a year
• Special membership offer - save $12.00 !
• Order form for Society publications

What's new for January 1998?

• FAX facilities for placing orders and membership applications
• Light Railway News No.121 December 1997

What's new for November 1997?

• Our new book - Rails through the Bush - Timber and Firewood Tramways and Railway Contractors of Western Australia
• Queensland Timber Tramways - a Select Bibliography
• Details of the latest issue of Light Railways - July 1997

What's new for May 1997?

• Credit card facilities are now available for payment of subscriptions, and purchase of publications. See our new Membership Application Form.
• Victorian Timber Tramways - a Select Bibliography
• Details of the latest issue of Light Railways - April 1997

What's new for February 1997?

• Details of the latest issue of Light Railways - January 1997

• The North-East Dundas Tramway - an Engineering Account as published in Light Railways No.128.

The North-East Dundas Tramway was the railway on which the world's first Beyer Garratt locomotive was used - Tasmanian Government Railways 2 ft gauge K1.

K1 is now being restored to working order for use on the Welsh Highland Railway.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What's new for January 1997?

• A description of a ride on the bush section of the Powelltown timber tramway in 1928. The Powelltown tramway used Shay geared locomotives, and a number of illustrations are included with this item. See Timber Tramways