Downloads

The following publications are available free-of-charge for downloading as pdf (Adobe Acrobat) documents:

Black Saturday 2009

A post-fire survey of historic timber
industry sites in bushfire affected areas

Fieldwork survey manual

by Peter Evans

25 pages, A4 size with illustrations.

This manual has been produced for the members of the teams involved in the post-bushfire survey of Victorian timber tramway sites which the LRRSA is about to commence.

However, members in other states (and probably other countries) involved in this type of activity are likely to find a lot of useful information in this document.

This manual is available for downloading as a pdf file (2.7 MB). Click here.

 

Light railway locations in South Australia, the Northern Territory and around Broken Hill (NSW)

List produced by LRRSA South Australian Group

This is a work in progress, and will be progressively updated.

56 pages, A4 size landscape format, no illustrations.

This listing is available for downloading as a .pdf file. Click here.

Private Acts of Parliament relating to railways in New South Wales

Compiled by John Shoebridge

This list of Private Acts of the NSW Parliament which have reference to railways and the companies which constructed them, has been compiled from a number of sources, principally from WW Tarleton’s volume entitled:

A Collection of The Private Acts of Practical Utility in force in New South Wales

published by the NSW Government Printer in 1886, it carries the subtitle:  

Embracing the local private legislation from the year 1832 to the year 1885 

The list is made available to assist serious railway historians. It does not claim to be complete.

The comments in italics have been provided by the compiler and are as accurate as memory permits. It is hoped that they will be updated following further research and to that end, serious input from interested persons is sought and welcome.

This listing is available for downloading as a .pdf file. Click here.

Australian and New Zealand Logging Tramways - Differences from North American Practice

by Frank Stamford

This is a minor revision to a presentation made to the 5th Narrow Gauge Convention, Melbourne, 14-15 April 2001.

It is primarily directed to railway modellers.

This listing is available for downloading as a .pdf file. Click here.

Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd:
Colliery Locomotives and Personnel Carriers

by Keith Macdonald
additional notes by J.L.N.Southern
edited by John Browning

This material was first published in duplicated booklet form in 1983 and subsequently revised by the editor. Prepared for publication on the Internet with minor revisions, 2001

This listing is available for downloading as a .pdf file. Click here.

Light Railways of Sydney Harbour

by Jim Longworth

A listing of light railways in the area surrounding Sydney Harbour.

This listing is available for downloading as a .pdf file. Click here.

Timber Tramways in New South Wales

by Jim Longworth, April 2000

This is a list of known references to timber tramways in NSW. Many more are rumoured or thought to have existed. Readers are cordially invited to add to the list so that it may be as useful as possible.

This listing is available for downloading as a .pdf file. Click here.