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There was mention in the members newsletter in the last few months about reprinting/updating some of the books in the future.

"Timber, Spuds and Spa" (Daylesford area) was reprinted and updated, an ...

I use 42mm square pine that I obtained at the right price, with a small hinge so they fold back under the layout. A bolt though the side of the baseboard side and the leg locks them vertical.

Becau ...

I think the one at Rocky Cape is the body of a EBR XV van, while the other two are ex AN "GV" vans

A definitive article on GV vans was in the September 2002 issue of Tasmanian Rail News. The were b ...

There have been a number of good articles in the ARHS Bulletin over the last 15 years on the cars

There was also a good article in Railway Transportation on the Tulloch cars when introduced

Who or if any operator could be sucessful in Tasmania, without Government assistance?

I believe the answer is yes, but it comes down to the definition of "Successful".

ATN were successful in as ...

Milestone Miniatures (who now concentrate on O scale detail parts) used to do limited runs of cast resin builders plates of various descriptions.

I can't recall seeing any recently, but some place ...

I don't know if it still exists or not. Its not my personal area of interest. The information I had was "scrapped" from a railways point of view, so once it was no longer a serviceable vehicle and off ...

The Emu Bay Railway had the only one. They bought it in 1940 and came from the UK. Its main use ceased in 1961, but lingered on until being scrapped in the 1960s

The TGR favoured Comeng bodies for ...

Give it a couple of weeks to get my drafts sorted out and the page
http://www.railtasmania.com/info/whereto.php
will be updated with whatever the current timetable is.

The July 07 comment at the ...

I dind't think we had a reference "the crown" anymore, just the state or feds! The real crown has been reduced to nothing more than a rubber stamp figurehead

All contracts with the Tasmanian Gove ...

I would like to remind everyone to keep this thread factual, objective and civil.

I have just removed a post that did not add any benefit to the discussion and that singled out a particular manager ...

and some PN Monkeys

The vast majority of PN staff maintain a professional attitude and do the best job that they can with what they have and with the parameters they are allowed.

Some of them c ...

Do train museum/groups accept donatations from the public if they are given conditions from the donater, on how they would like the money spent?

Unless there is an advertised "fund"/program to rais ...

Scroll down to half way or so, Stuart Dix's (Tasrail) LWF wouldn't interest you would it?

I found the wagon in the back of the cupboard the other day so I now know where it is, so if anyone wants t ...

I was wondering what activities are possibily taking place at DRR, DVR & TTMS around this time.

Like most of the population, a lot of the volunteers also use that time of year for a break. I s ...