Site History

September 29, 2023 -updated SAR Fairmont Register and associated pages
June 2023: relocated site
March 12, 2022: minor updates and link correction
December 13 2021: updated for sale page
September 20, 2020; Updates and corrections to a few pages
September 5 minor updates to selected pages
July 26 - uploaded Tamper TMC list - Thanks to Ken McHugh
April 30, 2020 - Added information regards the WA ST2
April 1, 2020 - updated SAR Car register
March 22. 2020 - new page on WAGR Quad
December 25, 2019 - updated Buying and selling page, new page on WAGR motor Quad
December 17, 2019 - updated buying selling page, various books.
April 10, 2019 - updated SAR Fairmont list, and the Australian Wickham list.
April 7, 2019 - Photo of N101 at Yaninee added thanks to Greg OBrien.
March 24 2018 - Updated SAR car register
January 1, 2018 - dead link patrol, and cleanup
September 22, 2017 - Updated SAR Car Register
May 22, 2017 - Updated SAR Car register.
November 13, 2016 - Updated SAR register, added table to M19 Page re CR cars, and reference to FRM records, minor link updates
October 18, 2016 - updated TMC page , uploaded SAR Fairmont Register.
September 30 - Corrections to Moke Page
March 27, 2016 - corrected a coupe of dead links, uploaded reference to book on CO cars - sorry Mike (welcome home, hope Bubba was gentle), still haven't uploaded my page.
February 16, 2016 - updated page on TMC cars, pilot page on SAR cars, including information from AN, and other sources. Various linked repaired.
January 10, 2016 - some minor tweaks and adjustments, including some new information from reliable sources
January 1, 2016 - Dead link patrol, added information to a number of the SAR Fairmont Cars - thanks to the NRM for the information.
February 2015 - updated Rail Safety and Section car page
January 10, 2015 - updated Leon Sapps book page
October 6, 2014 - finally added photo to CC107 page!
October 4, 2014 - minor amendments to a number of pages
June 30, 2014 - Added new photo to WAGR SG motor quad page.
April 30, 2014 - added pages for Mary Valley 2013 trip.
April 11, 2014 - New photos to the WAGR SG ST2 and WAGR Type 40 Pages
April 6, 2014 - new page for WW6680, fixed up MVHR/SMHP run page
March 19, 2014 - added new photo to NT ST Page.
February 16, 2014 - Updated Buying and Selling Page, FRM M19 Page, new page for WAGR Quad general arrangement
February 14, 2014 - New pages for WAGR SG ST2, WAGR SG motor quad, WAGR NG motor quad, and a direct drive unit
February 1, 2014 - minor ammendments to the Section Car Page, new Build and WWXXXX interim pages uploaded
January 20, 2014 - PDF of Fairmont mt14l manual uploaded. (later removed, available on request)
January 12, 2014 - Ammended Book Page re North American Section Cars to reflect Leons passing.
January 4, 2014 - Minor tweaks to a number of pages.
December 15, 2013 - New Page on WAGR section Cars added.
September 3 2013 - Clean up of links, tidied content on some pages.
August 10, 2013 - minor cleanup of some pages.
June 30, 2013 - updated CR Wickham Page.
February 24, 2013 - Dead Link Patrol.
April 25, 2012 - Dead Link Patrol.
March 20, 2012 - ammended Hobby History Pages
December 30, 2011 - Updated BHP Tramway Page.
October 29, 2011 - added new page for Cyclopedia of Railroad motorcars
October 2, 2011 - added new pages for Triking the Length, and The North American Railroad Section Car
July 13 2011 - Minor cleanups to Section Car and workshops page.
May 5 - Updated Wickham page with information from Ian Jolly
April 3 - Dead link patrol, minor cleanups to various pages
March 5, 2011 - Minor cleanups to various pages.
September 24 - annoted a number of pages to reflect the passing of C W Lee.
July 24 - Dead link cleanup - Added more recent information to the Moke Page, updated contributors page
June 13, 2010 - Dead link patrol
January 14, 2010 - Cleaned up some old and out of date pages. minor cleanup of dodgy HTML
December 19 - cleaned out a heap of files from server that should not be there!
October 13 - ammended Section Car Page to note ASSCO is turning 10.
September 20, 2009 - Tweaked 1Z page
July 7 - uploaded new pdfs off the various Technical Pages
May 2, link repairs to a number of pages - tweaked several pages in relation to M90 and Y82.
April 12, 2009 - Amended M90's Last Run page, tweaked the Section Car Page, a few other minor fixes
April 10, 2009 - Updated the Quorn Line Removal pages to reflect date project was completed.
February 6, 2009 - added pdf manuals to SIC Resources Page
December 25, 2008 - Dead Link patrol - Cleaned out some outdated materials, revised the Rail Safety and Section Cars page, added Kevin-Penong 03 to Runs Pages -
November 8 - added Kevin Penong 2002 to Runs pages
October 25 - Updated TMC page with information on numbers of cars built. Refined some old material on ASSCO runs and added links via My Runs Page.
October 6 - Added pages showing removal of sections of the Quorn Line.
September 28 - Revised Fairmont Resources
August 9 - Updated information Wickham 1Z page and Wickham lead page
July 12, 2008 - Minor amendment to the BHP Page.
July 10, 2008 - Established independent URL for Outalpa Consulting - moved relevant page to the new URL.
May 12 - modified a number of internal links in and around the Villiers pages (MV641, Villiers, and Technical).
April 19 - added new page with pics of an ST2 located at Adelaide River, NT.
March 29, 2008 - Updated Sulzer page
February 24, 2008 - Added sub-page re Wickham 1Z's, updated main 1Z page.
February 2, 2008 - modified Links on Section Car Page to connect to Dick Rays "How to" Series, added pages with info on the Villiers Mark 8e.
January 28, 2008 - Added new picture and link to the ST2 page, Minor changes to the Personal Page
January 21, 2008 - Added link to new Wickham Yahoo Group to Wickham and Section Car Pages.
January 1, 2008 - Amended Section Car Page Picture, revised links in Navigation Page.
December 2007 - New Quad to Quorn subsite uploaded .
October 20, 2007 - New information added to the TasRail Moke Page. Tweaks to M60 and M116 pages.
September 28, 2007 - added new photo to the Kingaroy 04 page.
September 2, 2007 - Completed migration of all section car information to new server.
August 25, 2007 - Uploaded Holidays pages, amended My Runs, A number of dead links fixed.
August 12 - Amended the TGR WG pages, the SAR S class pages to reflect recent info on these, and uploaded the EBR M19Z42 page. New page to the WPYR site - with link to Youtube Video
August 11 - First new page to the new server EBR A series cars
July 22 - Commenced migration of site to www.nicdoncaster.com Over 17000 unique visitors to the Section Car Page. We now have stopped the counting. Thanks for making this site your favourite.
June 28 - Amended Buying and Selling page, amended F18 page to link to oil info.15734 unique visitors.
June 10 - updated BHP Port Lincoln Page. Removed other dead links from various pages.
April 11 - added page for M60 .
March 30 - Revised links to runs hosted on the ASSCO site from "My Runs" page, removed dead links to history of NSWGR Villiers from "NSWGR Villiers" Page. 13261 unique visitors
February 25 - Added page about Rhani to the site.
February 17, 2007 - Updated Wickham pages to include pic of STC Type 4. Updated the SAR S Class page to include a narrow gauge S car
January 27 - Photo of "Toby" added
January 16, 2006 - Added LCYPR broad gauge gang car to site
January 8, 2007 - Deleted a few more old pages.
January 1 2007 - Removed a few old pages, a number of links corrected 11305 unique visitors recorded.
October 6 2006 - added new pic to the TGR WG page
September 21, 2006, Dead Link Patrol - updated NKS Page
September 7, 2006 - Jellycounter died - new counter implemented
August 28, 2006 - Pilot page for White Pass and Yukon Route trip uploaded. 8220 unique visitors counted.
July 1, 2006 - Amended pages within the Pacific North West Tour Subsite
June 25, 2006 - added new pic to the WAGR Motor Quad page
May 14, 2006 - Tweaked Personal Page, M19, CR 140, About page, also restoring some dead links
May 6, 2006 - Added new page regards the Type Four Restoration project, added links to the No 140 page.
May 3, 2006 - Amended link to Wickham Railcars, some other minor editing work completed.
April 15, 2006 - Minor corrections to Links, fixed a few pages with faults. 7204 unique visitors since counter was installed.
March 21, 2006 - new page on New Zealand Railways Type 30 uploaded .
March 18, 2006 - Minor amendments made to Tamper 27, Comeng, and STT pages. Just over 7000 unique visitors.
February 1, 2006 - Uploaded November Holidays Page, updated BHP pages with more recent info and amended pic, uploaded NK Casey photos. Added M97 Last Run page to site, cleaned up some links and dead pages.
January 14, 2006 - ST2 page updated, BHP main page updated.
January 1, 2006 - Amended Quad to Quorn Page
December 25, 2005 - Amended Wickham page: Dud Link Patrol completed on a number of pages. Total number of (counted) unique visitors to date - 6247.
December 17 2005 - Added Page for WA trip in August, Northern Gulley siding, UK trip: Added a new navigation page : Amended MIC page
November 3, 2005 - added new page regards the SAR S class motor
October 16, 2005 - added new page showing specifications for the nuts, bolts washers and cotter pins using FRM part numbers. Amended the AWR Road-rail page to reflect new data.
October 9, 2005 - New page on the S12D rebuild Alberrie Creek gang page uploaded
October 1, 2005 - Dud link patrol. Amended SIC, MIC, Wickham lead, the Section Car Page.
September 11, 2005 - Added Suzuki Sierra page. Unique Visitor Number 5377. A number of dud links fixed.
September 5, 2005 - Added GEMCO Hirail Page and AWR hirail page to the site. Some minor maintenance performed.
August 8, 2005 - amended Personal, Section Car, a number of index pages, and the professional page
August 2, 2005 - amended BHP Pages, Professional Page and Section Car Home Page
July 12, 2005 - added a link to the Y82 page. takes you to Media Mike and the Spin Doctors site.
June 11, 2005 - Added material to my G scale site, modified my "personal" page, Tweaked my "professional" page. Other minor maintenance tasks.
May 1, 2005 Put up lead page for G Scale stuff, some other minor maintenance jobs
April 3, 2005 - Amended BHP Port Lincoln Pages to correct a few facts. Amended Buying and Selling page (ST2 was successfully sold with over three hundred visits). Tidied up Steamtown notes.
March 27, Amended Home page - removed some redundant pages
March 20, 2005: Updated Y82 page
February 20, 2005 - Uploaded information re the sale of a broad gauge ST2.
January 23, 2005: added items for sale to the Buying and Selling page - minor changes elsewhere.
January 14, 2005: added link to Glen Burrows site to the main page.
December 23, 2004 - Added new page re the S12D, Amended numerous links to provide a more logical flow and consistent structure throughout the site
December 18, 2004 - added Yeppoon page
December 5 - 2004 - Link Patrol and corrections, file compression to give a little more space (total site, including the PNW pages is now 25 meg).
December 1, 2004 - Updated progress on S12D, Updated Buying and Selling Page (the MIC was sold) -Unique Visitor 2947 (November has been the busiest month, with 315 unique visitors to the lead page for the site).
November 2, 2004 - Added page re Wallangarra run - Unique Visitor 2633
October 4, 2004 - added pages re M97 and the YPR Run. Unique Visitor 2414.
September 25, 2004 - Added an MIC for sale to the buying and selling page.
September 12, 2004 - updated the SAR S Class Page, refined link to TRACKMACHINESAUSTRALIA
September 5, 2004: Dud Link Patrol - updated Wickham Type Four Page - New links added to The Section Car Page - Updated the "S" Class page.
August 31, 2004: uploaded Schapanskys trip, 2100th unique visitor, minor corrections made
July 31, 2004 :1878th visitor!
July 30, 2004: Updated Wickham pages.
July 16, 2004: Uploaded Peronne Page, updated Personal Page.
June 16, 2004: Moved the Pacific Northwest Pages to Trainweb. Updated The Section Car Page.
May 7, 2004 : Completed second part of Grammar and Spelling Review - numerous minor changes made. Added items to Buying and selling page
April 20, 2004 ; Uploaded Wickhams In Australia subsite
April 12, 2004; Completed first part of Grammar and Spelling review- numerous minor changes made.
March 28, 2004; 1000th recorded (unique) visitor to the site (since October 2003); Updated M112 page; Updated ST2 Page; updated QR Mystery Car page; updated Mini Moke Page (the sites leading subpage) Queensland Villiers updated; SAR T class updated; added Ghan SA into MyRuns group. Updated WAGR Groper page Minor enhancements, including link checks, to the Section Car Page; Updated "Buying and Selling" page with new Ads, and deleted old ones. Updated info on the Steamtown Runs page; Added M15 Cabs page some other minor housekeeping work done.
February 15, 2004 - Added some items for sale to the Buying and Selling page. New links to the Section Car Page, and Technical page. More stuff on the S12D rebuild, updated About , BHP Tramway run and SIC Resources pages.
January 30 2004 - Updated the Section Car page to make it a little more logical in layout. Moved "Technical" stuff to one page. Updated SAR MIC page, uploaded TGR WG page, updated TGR Mini Moke page. Finished Cobby Car Pages. Uploaded pilot page for S12D rebuild. Updated a few dud links. Put some new pics of BAS615 up
January 20, 2004 - uploaded broad gauge section car for sale. Amended A series page and M15 series page.
December 30 Updated numerous pages with new information including SAR S Class, Tamper 27, Buying and selling, The Sulzer pages within My Cars and My Runs subsites.
December 11, 2003 - Added link to Jeffrey's NZ Jiggers to The Section Car Page
November 29, 2003 - Updated MT14 page with new information. Amended About Page
November 19 2003 - updated Buying and Selling page
November 9, 2003; Added "bits" page to the Pacific Northwest subsite. added and refreshed links on Personal Page.
November 1, 2003: Minor amendments to various pages "The Workshop" uploaded.
October 17, 2003; Amended BAS 615 page. Pilot page for WAGR W Class developed. About page added
October 9, 2003; Sydney Page, My Cars relocated, changes made to NSWGR SIC pages.
October 7, 2003; Uploaded lead page for MV461.
October 2, 2003: Original ASSCO site relocated from my server space to Railpage (thanks David Bromage)
September 27, 2003; Updated various pages, included link to Ken McHughs own Page
September 20, 2003; Uploaded page for Ipswich Workshops visit
September 18, 2003; uploaded new page for another QR Motor Quad, updated information on NSW Villiers, Fairmont M19's, NSW SICs, and Fairmont M15B's
September 11, 2003; Added Ghan Trip, updated 140 pages
September 8, 2003; Updated Steamtown Meet pages, developed draft TranzRail page
September 7, 2003; Updated the Steamtown Meet Subsite, including various pages therein
September 5, 2003 ; Amended No140 NRG 2003 page with info on Rail Digest.
September 2, 2003 Updated AN Cars page.
August 31, 2003; Modified link from The Section Car Page to a subsite of trips I have done, uploaded page for Yambah trip. Fixed some consistency issues.
August 28, 2003, VR Casey Car updated, F18 subsite amended.
August 26 - Miscellaneous runs folder uploaded.
July 2003 Pacific North West Subsite added.
June 2003 - Hit counter Added to Section Car Page - Now removed
1998-2003 - Lots of pages and subsidiary sites uploaded.
Original Site first uploaded 1998