What’s New

August 2026

Update 6/8 – Our new price list has been added to the Price List page. The only change is the addition of the 40 Years of the Victor Harbor Tourist Railway book. 

July 2026

Update 31/7 – The 40 Years of the Victor Harbor Tourist Railway book is now in stock. Interstate orders have been posted today and local deliveries will be made on Monday 3rd August.

Update 24/7 – The 40 Years of the Victor Harbor Tourist Railway book is in the final stages of production at the printer and we plan to release it the first week in August.

June 2026

Update 29/6 – We have included the cover of the 40 Years of the Victor Harbor Tourist Railway book below. 

We have quite a few titles that are now running very low on stock. The reprinted Proceed to Hawker is one of them and others include: Proceed to Quorn, Stations Remembered – Bowmans, Balaklava & Owen, The Peebinga Line, Adelaide Remembered – City North and Adelaide Remembered – City South.

Update 26/6 – The 40 Years of the Victor Harbour Tourist Railway book is now complete and is at the proof reading stage. It ended up at 116 pages, plus cover and has over 200 images – with the majority being in colour. It is A5 (portrait) size and the recommended retail price will be $29.00. While we haven’t set a release date it will probably be around the end of July.

Peter Michalak has done a great job of recording the history of the VHTR and SHR. The book is well illustrated and includes quotes from volunteers and supporters that give you an in depth and ‘behind the scenes’ look at the railway, how it operates, the challenges that had to be overcome and much more. 

Apart from two outside projects (that are also currently underway) the next scheduled Railmac title will now be the Redhen book.

Update 12/6 – The 40 Years of the Victor Harbour Tourist Railway book is now well advanced with over 90 pages completed. We are still not at the stage we can give a release date but it will not be too far away. The book will be A5 size, as a companion to the From the Ranges to the Sea book, but will be much thicker and perfect bound.

May 2026

Update 14/5 – While we are still working on outside projects we have started on the 40 Years of the Victor Harbour Tourist Railway book.  

April 2026

Update 7/4 – We are still working on outside projects but have a few books lined up for when we can get to them. The 40th Anniversary of the Cockle Train will be the first book and it will be followed by the Redhen book. After that we hope to finish the new Silverton Tramway book.

March 2026

Update 13/3 – We are still working on outside projects but the Redhen book is well underway with the text and tables just about complete.

On the admin side we changed our accountancy program on 1st March 2026 and customers will notice a slight difference with our invoicing. For the past 45 years we have shown the pre GST recommended retail price and then allocated a discount for trade customers. Now, just the pre GST wholesale/trade price is listed. There is no change to the actual cost prices for trade customers – it is simply an admin change at our end.

January 2026

Update 30/1 – The Stations Remembered – Monteith & Rabila book is now in stock. We will be releasing it next week. Trade orders will be delivered or posted from Monday 2nd February.

While we are working on outside projects Graeme Dorling has taken on the Redhen book in an effort to see it completed soon. We actually started on the book back in 2013 but kept deferring it for other projects. Graeme is making great progress and we are unearthing a lot of interesting and previously unknown facts. This has resulted in the book growing considerably in size and has  prompted a further rethink about the page size. A4 is looking like the preferred option. We will keep you up to date. 

We have just added our new February 2026 price list to our price list page. The only real difference from the last one is the inclusion of the Stations Remembered – Monteith & Rabila book.

Update 7/1 – The Stations Remembered – Monteith & Rabila book is now at the secondary proof reading stage and should be ready for the printer in a couple of weeks.

We will be returning to our outside projects next week but work on the Redhen book has now started. However, it is still a long term project. We were originally looking at keeping it in the same format as the Bluebird and Superchook books but because of the amount of information it would have to be over at least three books. Instead what we have decided to do is produce it in our medium format size, similar to The Peebinga Line or our Proceed to series.

Other books waiting in the production queue are: Silverton Tramway Revisited, River Murray Ferries in SA and Behind the Scenes. The last of the three is a bus book and one of the last books written by the late Robert Birrell.

The following titles are now getting low on stock: The Peebinga Line, Proceed to Hawker, Proceed to Quorn, Adelaide Remembered – 1 City North and Adelaide Remembered – 2 City South.

December 2025

Update 30/12 – The Stations Remembered – Monteith & Rabila book is now complete and it is being proof read at the moment. As part of the Stations Remembered series it contains most of the usual yard diagrams and information but in this case there is also some more historical content and the author’s personal recollections. To accommodate the extra information the book has been enlarged to 36 pages, but the retail price is still under $10.00. We do not anticipate it being released until late January 2026.

By mid January we will be returning to outside projects again and unfortunately this means we cannot at this stage give any indication when the next Railmac title will be ready.

Stations Remembered – Monteith & Rabila. RMPN 0241, ISBN 978-1-86477-153-4, 36pp soft cover, RRP $9.50.

Update 18/12 – We would like to wish all of our customers and friends the compliments of the season and thanks for your support in 2025. Our best wishes for 2026.

Update 9/12 – While we have a break from our current project we have started work on the Monteith and Rabila book. We recently had a rethink about the title and despite having a lot more historical content than the rest of the series we have now decided to make it part of our Stations Remembered series after all. It contains most of the type of information you would expect to see in a Stations Remembered book.

November 2025

Update 29/11 – We are still working on outside projects. Although the magazine is finished the book is ongoing.

October 2025

Update 2/10 – We are still working on outside projects and this will continue for quite a while longer. Books waiting in the production schedule are:

Somewhere near Monteith, Silverton Tramway Revisited, The Waikerie Line and River Murray Ferries.

September 2025

Update 21/9 – We are still working on outside projects but we now have the completed manuscript for Somewhere near Monteith. This book is similar in size to our Stations Remembered series and it looks at Monteith and Rabila stations.

August 2025

Update 7/8 – The Yinkanie Line and both of the Ships at the Port books were completed as planned in July and are in stock. We are currently working on outside projects but hope to get back to our own books soon. 

July 2025

Update 13/7- Rails around Broken Hill was collected from the printer last week and is now in stock again.

The Yinkanie Line (rrp $34.00) will be released on Monday 14th July. Local deliveries will be made that day and interstate deliveries posted.

Update 6/7- The reprint of Rails around Broken Hill should be ready in about a week so we will soon have stock again.

The Yinkanie Line (rrp $34.00) is due for release mid month. Dylan Badenoch has given us another very in depth look at a little known and completely forgotten former South Australian Railway line. A great companion to his earlier book The Peebinga Line.

June 2025

Update 29/6 – The Yinkanie Line is now at the printers and we anticipate that it will be released during July.

Ships at the Port – 1 Passenger Vessels is complete and at the proofreading stage.

Both Ships at the Port – 2 Naval, Cargo & Miscellaneous Vessels and Silverton Tramway Revisited are both underway in pre-press. However, we will shortly be starting on a couple of outside projects again which may slow down production of at least the latter title.

Our Book List and Retail Stockist pages have just been updated.

Update 25/6 – The revised 1st July price list has now been added to the Price List page.

Update 24/6 – Rails around Broken Hill is currently with the printer for a reprint and the new recommended retail price will be $14.95. We have temporarily removed our 1st July price list from the price list page but will replace it in the next day or so.

Update 22/6 – We have just replaced page 2 of our February Price List as some titles are now out of print. They are:

0093 Locomotives of the Silverton Tramway and 0200 Silverton Tramway Locomotives

These two titles will not be reprinted but they may be replaced with a new book later on.

The third title is 0178 Rails around Broken Hill. This title has been left on the price list as we are currently considering looking at getting it reprinted shortly. As it has been over 10 years since the first time it was printed any reprint will no doubt require a price increase. Either way we will update the price list again.

The Yinkanie Line book is still with our proof readers.

Update 10/6 – The Yinkanie Line book is now complete and at the proof reading stage. We will shortly be starting on other outside projects and also a couple of books looking at ships at Port Adelaide. They will be similar in size to our Mini Profile series. 

May 2025

Update 14/5 – We have completed one of our outside publications and are continuing to work on The Yinkanie Line book.

Next we have another outside project and two more books in the Mini Profile series. 

April 2025

Update 24/4 – Our three new titles Adelaide Remembered 3 – Transport, Adelaide Remembered 4 – Special Events and Centenary of Trams were delivered or posted on 16th April. We have been working on the Yinkanie book but now also have one of the two outside publications in production as well which will slow down progress on our own books.

Update 13/4 – We will be releasing the three new titles Adelaide Remembered 3 – Transport, Adelaide Remembered 4 – Special Events and Centenary of Trams on Thursday 17th April.

The Yinkanie Line book is progressing well but there is still a lot of work to do before it is anywhere near ready for proofreading.

Update 10/4 – We hope to be able to provide release dates for Adelaide Remembered 3 – Transport, Adelaide Remembered 4 – Special Events and Centenary of Trams in the next few days.

We are currently working on The Yinkanie Line book and then have two outside projects to complete. Following this there are two more Mini Profile series books and they are both about ships at Port Adelaide.

March 2025

Update 30/3 – Adelaide Remembered 3 – Transport, Adelaide Remembered 4 – Special Events and Centenary of Trams are all now with the printer and they will be released in mid to late April. They are all the same size as our Mini Profile books and retail for $9.50 each (including GST).

Update 15/3 – Adelaide Remembered 3 – Transport and Adelaide Remembered 4 – Special Events are both at the proof reading stage, although one will need to have some pages replaced with new photos and captions when the proof is returned. We are still not sure of the release date but it will most likely be sometime in April.

We have now started on The Yinkanie Line book.

Update 12/3 – Adelaide Remembered 3 – Transport is at the proof reading stage and Adelaide Remembered 4 – Special Events is well underway. We will be releasing them both at the same time and should have the release date shortly. Meanwhile here is the front cover of the transport book.

Update 5/3 – We are now working on the next two Adelaide Remembered books. They will be followed by The Yinkanie Line book which is now in the pre production stage. The manuscript and images have been received. After that we have two outside publications to complete.

February 2025

Update 18/2 – We have now finished another outside project and will shortly be starting on the next two Adelaide Remembered books.  Immediately following will be The Yinkanie Line book, which will be along similar lines to The Peebinga Line.

January 2025

Update 28/1 – The Lachlan Valley Railway book is now in stock and it  will be released on Friday 30th January.

Update 14/1 – Happy New Year to everyone.

Our new price list (effective 1st February 2025) is now on our website. The Lachlan Valley Railway book is currently at the printers and we will have a release date shortly.

December 2024

Update 27/12 – A brief publishing update. The Lachlan Valley Railway A4 pictorial book is now at the proof reading stage.

As we are getting close to 2025 – Happy New Year to everyone.

Update 6/12 Our best wishes to everyone for the Christmas and New Year break.

Update 1/12 – While we don’t have a release date available we can supply a little more information about Tony Woodland’s LVR pictorial book. It will be A4 size, 36 pages (with numerous colour images) and retail for $25.00. 

November 2024

Update 25/11 – Our outside projects are now completed and we are working on Tony Woodland’s LVR pictorial book. Following that will be the next two books in the Adelaide Remembered series.

October 2024

Update 24/10 – The Peebinga Line book has been released and local deliveries were made today. Interstate orders were posted on Wednesday. Recommended retail price is $39.00 (including GST). Please note we have only had a small print run of this title.

Yass Railway Portfolio is now completely out of stock and at this stage we have no plans to reprint it.

We also have less than 10 copies left of one of our older titles – 900 Review.

In the new year we will be looking at reprinting Riding the Wire Fence to the Alice as this was a very popular book and has been out of print for quite a few years.

We are now be working on other outside projects for the next few weeks before returning to our own books again.

September 2024

Update 25/9 – The Peebinga Line book is being proof read at the moment and we are looking at mid to late October for a release date. The book is in our medium format (170 x 240 mm portrait) 116 pages plus cover and estimated rrp is $39.00 (including GST).

Update 23/9 – We are preparing The Peebinga Line book for proof reading and while we haven’t set a release date yet it will most likely be around the end of October.

Update 8/9 – We are still working on The Peebinga Line book but do not have a publication date as yet.

August 2024

Update 21/8 – We have updated our August price list to include the Lachlan Valley Railway – 5 reprint. RRP is $9.50 and it is now in stock.

Update 19/8 – We have been working on The Peebinga Line book. 

We have also finished the Lachlan Valley Railway – 5 reprint- the original artwork and scans were not available and we had to reproduce the book from scratch. It is now with the printer and should be available before the end of the month.

Update 5/8 – We have finished producing a quarterly magazine and are now back on our own publications. We are currently working on our  next railway book: The Peebinga Line. We have also started work on the reprint of Lachlan Valley Railway – 5. The other four LVR titles are still available from stock but LVR-5 has been out of print for a while.

There are further rail titles awaiting production as well as the second two books in the Adelaide Remembered series. We will supply more information soon.

July 2024

Update 17/7 – The following three books will be released on Thursday 18th July. They are all now in stock and we will be sending out standing orders, or delivering them on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th. 

Update 3/7 –  The first of the Adelaide Remembered books is now in stock and the second Adelaide Remembered book is at the printers. The Superchook book is at the proofreading stage. We are still on schedule for releasing all three books at the end of this month.

We have updated our price list page which includes the new titles.

June 2024

Update 19/6 –  We are working on the Superchook book again as we plan to release it at the same time as the first two Adelaide Remembered books – hopefully next month. Following that we have a couple of non Railmac projects as well as the Peebinga Line book. This book will be in our medium format (170 x 240mm). 

Update 15/6 –  The first of the Adelaide Remembered books has been printed and is now in stock but we will not be releasing it until next month when the two other books are ready. The second Adelaide Remembered book is at the proof reading stage and work is well underway with the Superchook book. We will provide more information shortly about out printing schedule for the rest of the year.

May 2024

Update 30/5 –  We have completed our outside projects and the first of the Adelaide Remembered books is just about ready to go to the printers. We just have to rescan a few images. We will then concentrate on the second Adelaide Remembered book.

We are still hoping to have two Adelaide Remembered books and the Superchook book completed by the end of June but will delay their release until early July.

Peterborough – A Railway Town is now out of print and we have no stock left at all.

Last month we reprinted three of our our of print titles and these are now available from stock:

Out West – Lithgow to Bathurst.

Forty Years of Steam – North South & Illawarra.

Clipper Ship City of Adelaide.

We will be organising a new price list for July.

April 2024

Update 26/4 –  The first of the Adelaide Remembered books is at the proof reading stage, while the second is well advanced. Likewise the Superchook book is also well advanced. However, we are now back on outside projects again which will mean very little book progress for the next 3 – 4 weeks.

We hope to have all three books completed and released by the end of June.

Update 5/4 –  Work is progressing well on our next three books and we can confirm that the first Adelaide Remembered book will be split into two volumes. Basically one covering the northern part of the city and the other from around Victoria Square south. Most photographs have now been allocated to the Adelaide north book. The work in progress covers are below.

March 2024

Update 29/3 –  We are still working on the two books mentioned earlier this month but it looks like the Adelaide Remembered book may have to be split into two separate books – one for the north of the city and one for the south.

We have organised for three of our out of print titles to be reprinted. They are:

Out West – Lithgow to Bathurst.

Forty Years of Steam – North South & Illawarra.

Clipper Ship City of Adelaide.

Stock availability dates for these three books are still to be confirmed.

Update 10/3 –  We are making progress with our next two books and have attached the covers below. Please note these are work in progress covers and may change prior to publication.

Update 8/3 – We are finally back working on our own publications and hope to continue for a few weeks at least. The first two titles will be  Adelaide 1955 – 1980  and Superchooks – STA Railcars 2301, 2501, 2302. The latter was going to be part of the Redhen book but it will now be a stand alone title. Being small and with limited content it is something we can complete and release reasonably quickly. The section dealing with the Superchooks was also more advanced than any other part of the Redhen book(s).

February 2024

Update 19/2 –  Although Proceed to Hawker was only reprinted a short time ago stock is already getting low.

Clipper Ship City of Adelaide is now out of print but we do plan to reprint it again soon.

We are just about to return to working on our own publications and will give an update in a few weeks.

January 2024

Update 24/1 –  A rather belated Happy New Year to everyone.

We have been concentrating on one of our outside projects since Christmas but it will be finished early February, allowing us to return to our own books. At this stage we have four of our own books in production and we plan to return to them next month. Our own publications are currently running over six months behind schedule.

With all the information we have available the Redhen book looks like being much bigger than we originally thought. In fact rather than wait to complete the entire book we are considering splitting it into three volumes: The SAR Era, STA and Preservation. That way we can at least print one of them reasonably soon. As for the other books the two Adelaide books just need time spent on them. Likewise the Morris Oxford book.

40 Years of Steam (Metro & West)  has just been reprinted this week and it will be included on the next price list. It retails for $14.95 (which is the same as its original price). Two more of Tony Woodlands NSW pictorials are also planned to be reprinted but no date has been set yet.

We have three more outside publications in the production line and it looks like one of them will become a stock item for us.

We will provide more updates as things progress.