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http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?p=6279#p6279 Yes, I've also seen the incorrect caption at the State Lib Tas (whom one would think would have 'twigged' that the earlier printing of the postcard was wrong and put a note on it as to the correct location . . .) One supposes there must have been red f...

Post No.1 http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?p=2697#p2697 One of the 2ft-gauge K-class Garratts on the North-East Dundas Tramway under the Hercules ore bins at Williamsford. Loco in original condition, with paint lining evident, so probably 1910-1914 period. Note the empty (?) beer barrels on the or...

Post No.12 http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?p=2865#p2865 with the military personnel. This is the Andover crash of 4 February 1910, when a north-bound troop train (from Hobart) train headed for the Ross military encampment left the rails. Injuries to persons were slight but a number of horses were...

Both tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?p=2844#p2844 AND tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?p=2864#p2864 are of the Campania crash of Tuesday 15 Feb 1916. Both views appeared in the "Weekly Courier" 17 Feb 1916 credited to Beattie. A lot of the debris has been removed, a couple of relief locos are on scene with w...

re post 7. http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?p=2769#p2769 The three pictures shown of the Campania crash (15 Feb 1916) appeared in the "Tasmanian Mail" on 17 Feb 1916. Five photos appeared in that weekly, all credited as "Miss Varley. Enlargements from a 3A Folding Kodak". The locomotive was one of...

No.13 "Zeehan Express". http://tps.org.au/bb/viewtopic.php?t=662 This photo appeared in the "Weekly Courier" 9 March 1907. Captioned: "Engine driver Ibbitson receiving the staff from the Station master."