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Z1NorthernProgress2110
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:38 pm
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now i'm sure there would have been one made, but is there a book
on the definative history of Tassies railways, thats still in print, or
readily available?
cheers
don |
Don there was a book years ago, i'm sure it was written by the late Tom Cooley, i think thats his name, that had almost a history of trains here in tassie. I think it was first published in the mid-late 70s!
Most other books are a pictorial of the locos that ran during the TGR/AN Tasrail eras.
Perhaps its time to get a new books of the history of railways in tassie. I can imagine how thick it would be!
EDIT: Perhaps email the fellas that run ARHS Tasmania, and ask them. They will be very helpful, might tell you how and where to gain any books about the History of Railways in Tasmania. There email adress is arhs@railtasmania.com
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tasrail2100
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:01 pm
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There are a series of Australian Railway Atlas' produced by Quail Map Company in cooperation witht he ARHS, the first of which covered Tasmania.
The ISBN: 1 898319 69 3
Worth a look.
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brod13
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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:06 pm
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i have two books to do with tas.
1. The Abt Railway- covers the whole of the west coast railway covering from the starting, the many owners/companys and it today. oh and manya pictures. All in all an excellent book(109 pages written by Lou Rae)
2. Ghost Railways of Australia
This book covers the whole country but has small sections on the tas line.
It has a good bit about the Bellerive-Sorell line a good few pages(pics), The Zeehan line, and The TAsman Limitied- It arrived too late another good few pages n detail about this service.
theyre my 2 books and most definitely worth looking into.
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HOWARAS
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Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:27 pm
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hi fellas, thanks for the suggestions...
i have the two books you have mentioned Brod... i just never realised
the bit about the sorell line.... i'll have a squizz at it when i get back to
perth.... when ever that may be....
i'll still keep my eyes open for any books available, during my travels..
cheers
don
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ebr1
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:17 pm
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just another weird question but does anybody know of when the last screw coupler was used in tasmanian mainline revenue.barring societys
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Z1NorthernProgress2110
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:53 am
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I think its the last vacuum cement trains in the 90s. Pretty sure some of the QE cement wagons had them.
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Z1NorthernProgress2110
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:50 pm
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Well this thread has died off so i'll bring back to life with this, well hopfully, hard where am I?
Ok this pic is a 2 part question
Q1: Where Am I
and
Q2:What was I?
See how long this goes for.
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chriswoo
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:31 pm
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Stanley heading towards the Nut/wharf...
Why is it that I alway's get the pink clinkers?? I hate pink clinkers...
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Z1NorthernProgress2110
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:41 pm
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Ohhhh. Hmm so close but not the correct answer i want.
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austrain
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:05 pm
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Stanley caravan park, formerly the stanley station yard
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Z1NorthernProgress2110
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:41 pm
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Yep, spot on austrain. Although its no longer called the Stanley caravan park, its called Stanley Cabin and Tourist Park.
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aussiebbq
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:41 pm
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Wow sunny
never seen Stanley when it wasn't raining
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chriswoo
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:55 pm
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Sun in Stanley, that just cant be right....
Why is it that I alway's get the pink clinkers?? I hate pink clinkers...
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Z1NorthernProgress2110
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:13 pm
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Must be my luck then, 2 days of sunshine. Although a passing shower happen on Saturday when i was down there, the sun still was out!.
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brod13
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:50 pm
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Quick question, is there any log traffic coming into Boyer? Via rail that is..
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