Innisfail Tramway

[Ross Chapman]

Hello guys,

Just wondering if anyone knows a good place to get information on the Innisfail Tramway other than trying to get the book on it from Australia.
I have tried the wonders of Google but it doesn't have anything useful like plans or anything.

Appreciate the help!

Ross

[JulienW]

I think that John Sutton was selling the book at Narrow Gauge Midlands a couple of weeks ago, but I can't recall the price.  It might also be worth putting "innisfail tramway" into google (other search engines available) and I recall that there are some of Keith Faigns (might not have remembered his name correctly) drawings on the sugar cane special interest group (CANESIG).

Hope that helps.

[ECMT]

Here's the link to Lynn Zelmer's site that has a few of Jim Fainges drawings and plans. Innisfail ones are about 4/5 the way down the list.
http://www.zelmeroz.com/albumquery/drawing.htm

Cheers
Len

[JulienW]

Thanks Len - hadn't realised I was so far off with Jim's name!

[Ross Chapman]

Thanks for that, I had already been a bit busy and printed off John's drawings - I am consdiering making a variant of the wonderfully whimsical bogie open "centrecab" brake vehicle just because it looks so weird!

I put the details into Google but it doesn'r really bring up much of help to be honest, most of the pcitures it brings up are of present day Innisfail houses for sale, live steam models of Innisfail engines, or the more modern cane tramways. There are a few helpful pics come up that I have already saved.

I have decided for now to use a "modified" version of the trackplan of Arne Wharf, altered to fit into my slightly larger 5ft x 2ft area. I was really after trying to get some images that might give me an idea of what the line's loco facilites and station track plans looked like to give me an idea of where to start with "tweaking" the plan.