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November 1992
Signalling Equipment Contracts 1901 - 1911
September 1992
The Not So Safeworking of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company
Flemington Bridge and Royal Park Spoil Siding
July 1992
Our Early System of Single Line Working
The Autobiography of a Block Instrument
Mangalore (continued from May 1992)
Painting, 1910
May 1992
Mangalore
Electrified Tramway Crossings
March 1992
Flashing Lights and Boom Barriers, Dates of Installation (continued from January 1992)
A Good Place for a Holiday
January 1992
Some Notes on the Divided Staff as used on the Victorian Railways (continued from November 1991)
Flashing Lights and Boom Barriers, Dates of Installation
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November 1991
Level Crossing Protection (continued from May 1990)
Some Notes on the Divided Staff as used on the Victorian Railways (continued from September 1991)
September 1991
Some Notes on the Divided Staff as used on the Victorian Railways (continued from July 1991)
Somerton
July 1991
Some Notes on the Divided Staff as used on the Victorian Railways
Standard Signals of the Victorian Railways in the 19th Century
May 1991
Melbourne - Ballarat, Improved Crossing Conditions for Train Working
State Rail (NSW) signalling News
Interlocked Gate Details
March 1991
Victorian Railways Signal and Telegraph Division July 1957
Some Notes on Electric Staff Rule 16a (Victoria)
Double Wire Signalling, Victorian Government Railways
January 1991
Safe Working in Victoria 1854 - 1954
A Get Well Message to Les Court, Assistant Station Master, Deer Park
Where the Hell is Les?
Classification of Signalmen
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November 1990
Longwarry
Single Line Working on Traralgon - Maffra Branch
Train Orders
Stephen Robert McLean
September 1990
Signalling and Operations on the Tramway System in Bendigo, Victoria
Saxby & Farmer - The Beginning and End of a Legend
July 1990
Train Control
Victorian Railway Three Position Signals, Dates of Installation
Upfield Line Signal Box Tour Saturday 21 April 1990
TAILS
May 1990
Level Crossing Protection: 7. Boom Barriers (continued from March 1990)
Book Review - Train Control in New Zealand
March 1990
Level Crossing Protection: 7. Boom Barriers (continued from January 1990)
Staff and Ticket Working on the Victorian Railways
January 1990
Level Crossing Protection: 7. Boom Barriers
Lever Locking and Track Control System
Divided Electric Staff Sections
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November 1989
John Saxby - Salute to a Railroad Giant
Book Review - Adamstown via Fernleigh
Opening of New Line from Murrabit to Stony Crossing
An Appreciation of the Visual Aspects of a Dwindling Railway Feature
Book Review - Rails Through Swamp and Sand
Stephen Robert McLean 1950-1989
September 1989
Level Crossing Protection: 6. Flashing Lights (continued from July 1989)
July 1989
Level Crossing Protection: 6. Flashing Lights (Single Track)
Macaulay and Arden Street (continued from March 1989)
May 1989
Level Crossing Protection: 5. Flashing Lights (General)
March 1989
Level Crossing Protection: 4. Wig-Wag Signals
VR Signalling History No. 44 - Macaulay and Arden Street
Pyalong
January 1989
Level Crossing Protection: 3. Automatic Warning Bells
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November 1988
Level Crossing Protection: 2. Interlocked Gates
Bunyip-Longwarry - Automatic Operation
September 1988
Level Crossing Protection: 1. Hand Operated Gates
More Crossing Loop Closures in New South Wales and Other Alterations
Grampians Loop-Miakite Loop
July 1988
Elsternwick and Gardenvale Single Line Working
Safeworking on the Ballarat Electric Tramway System (additional information)
May 1988
Book Review - Tragedy on the Track, Tangiwai and Other New Zealand Railway Accidents
Interlocking on the VR - Rocker Locking Frames Part 2
Safeworking Operations of the Ballarat Electric Tramway System
Opening of New Line Between Elmore and Cohuna 10 November 1915 - WN 46/1915
Victorian Railways - Trafalgar-Moe: Private Siding for Gippsland Blue Metal and Fuel Ltd - 76 miles 67 chains
March 1988
150 Years of Safeworking - The History of European Railway Safety
Portland Line - Naming of Loops
Train Control - Altered Areas of Coverage (NSW)
Lines Closed Since December 1986
January 1988
Junee CTC
Camberwell 1882-1902 Addendum (article in May 1987)