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21.01.2022 Light Railways 275, the October 2020 issue, has been entrusted to Australia Post for delivery. It should drop into your letterboxes some time soon - or for non-members, it should be available at your usual newsagent. As usual, it is available (Print or PDF) from the online shop: https://shop.lrrsa.org.au/Light-Railways-No275-October-2020 Contents include: - Tasmanian Main Line Railway - part 2 (Tas) - Henry’s locomotive operation at Forrest 1921 (Vic)... - Yallourn, the early years part 2 (Vic) Plus a host of most interesting letters, a couple of field reports, the usual Industrial and Heritage news, and a book review. See more

18.01.2022 LRRSA News: Light Railways 274 (August 2020) has been handed over to Australia Post, thanks to a monumental single-handed effort by Frank. In the Shadow of the Prom delayed until start of September Two new books from Hesperian Press are available from the online shop: "Woodlines of Western Australia" and "Horse Trams of the Old West". For full details of these click on the photographs

15.01.2022 Last few days! A reminder that the LRRSA’s new book In the Shadow of the Prom, by Mike McCarthy, is available to LRRSA members at a 40% discount price of $39.60 until 30 August. For non-members a reduced price of $55.00 applies until 30 August. Postage on one or two copies within Australia is $15.00. From 31 August the price will be $66.00 ($49.50 for LRRSA members). In the Shadow of the Prom is a history of the railways and tramways and their importance to the early set...tlement of south Gippsland from Foster to the Mullungdung forest north-east of Yarram. It includes extensive details and maps of numerous tramways, which provided transport from the coast before the coming of the South Gippsland Railway. The 2 ft gauge steam operated Goodwood tramway from Port Albert is covered in detail, as is the 2 ft 6 in gauge Victorian Railways Port Welshpool line. The illustrations, including photographs, maps and diagrams are some of the best to be produced so far in an LRRSA publication. In the Shadow of the Prom is available here: https://shop.lrrsa.org.au/In-the-Shadow-of-the-Prom See more

13.01.2022 A reminder that the LRRSA’s new book In the Shadow of the Prom is available to LRRSA members at a 40% discount price of $39.60 until 30 August. For non-members a reduced price of $55.00 applies until 30 August. Postage on one or two copies within Australia is $15.00. From 31 August the price will be $66.00 ($49.50 for LRRSA members). I have not yet seen a copy of the printed book, but a few advance copies from the printer have been seen by others, and their responses have b...een: I thumbed through the book and was amazed at what I saw. The words fabulous and stunning came immediately to mind. Congratulations Mike on creating such an impressive book.; Looking at it now and I'm very impressed. the pics and the mapping and diagrams are excellent! I got my hard copy of the Prom yesterday and it is MAGNIFICENT In the Shadow of the Prom, subtitled Early South Gippsland Times, Tales and Tramlines is a hard-cover book by Mike McCarthy. It has 285 A4 size pages, with 212 photographs, 64 maps, plans and diagrams, bibliography, references, and index. It is a history of the tramways and railways associated with the early settlement of south Gippsland from Foster to the Mullungdung forest north-east of Yarram. Amongst many other tramways it covers the construction of the Victorian Railways South-Gippsland line, the VR’s Port Welshpool 2 ft 6 in gauge line, and the 2 ft gauge steam operated tramway north of Port Albert. The book is available here: https://shop.lrrsa.org.au/

12.01.2022 LRRSA Zoom entertainment meeting On Thursday 8 October at 8.30 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time (8.00pm in SA; 7.30pm in Qld; 5.30pm in WA; 0930 UTC) the LRRSA will be holding an online meeting via Zoom. It will go for about 60 to 90 minutes, but you will be free to leave at any time. After a brief introduction giving news of LRRSA activities Tony Weston will be giving a presentation describing the narrow gauge railways in north western Spain including current exten...sive metre gauge operations and four railway museums. You do not need to be a member of the LRRSA to attend this meeting. It is open to anyone anywhere in the world. To participate you will need to register your interest, which is easy at our website https://www.lrrsa.org.au/ and clicking "Zoom in". Before the entertainment meeting the LRRSA will be holding its Annual General Meeting at 8.00pm Daylight Saving Time. This will be open to LRRSA members only. Members can register to attend this at our website lrrsa.org.au and clicking "Zoom in". Members registering to attend the entertainment meeting will automatically be registered to attend the AGM. Attendees to either meeting will need to pre-register at lrrsa.org.au preferably no later than Tuesday 6 October at which time the meeting invitations will be emailed. Registration after that date may be accepted, but is not guaranteed. Pre-registrations will not be accepted after 5pm on the day of the meeting. In order to speed up the AGM, the President’s and Financial reports, minutes of the previous AGM, and the Agenda will be available soon from the website at lrrsa.org.au/ar2020.htm

05.01.2022 Hello all. A Facebook Group linked to this Page has been created called 'Light Railways of Australia'. It enables people interested in the types of railways described in 'Light Railways' magazine to exchange photographs and information. This Page will continue to operate for announcements from the Society relating to the magazine, meetings publications and tours. Whilst you can still post photographs and messages here, the Light Railways of Australia Group is far better suited to that. You can find the Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LightRailwaysAustralia/ and we encourage you to have a look at it and to contribute.