Recent additions to the Publications and Resources pages:

Added June 2026

Documents for ANR and its predecessors (CR, SAR and TGR) have been added to Resources. The Resources page has now been split into  pages for each area as it was getting too big. Use the menu to go direct to the relevant page or via the links on the Resources page.

Added May 2026:
Detailed maps for Australian Railways for use with Google Earth Pro that you need to download separately. Instructions and access to the file are at the bottom of the page here.

Added February 2026:
Signalling Contractor Catalogues
Clear Normal Speed by John Sinnatt 
Electric Token in Australia – Chapter 3 Western Australia
Midnight Journeys on the Kywong Line  (jn Occasional Papers)

Thanks to longstanding SRSV members Bob Taaffe and Graeme Henderson for making these documents available. Check back regularly for new content.

January 2026

The six editions of Somersault Vol 45 for 2023 are now available online here. This is in accordance with our policy of not providing online editions for the most recent two full years.

At our meeting on the 25th July 2025, the Signalling Record Society of Victoria celebrated exactly 50 years since our first meeting on 28th July 1975.  This meeting was held at the house of well known railway signalling historian Jack McLean and was attended by 16 people interested in railway signalling in Victoria. The object of the meeting was “to formally create and determine broad policies of the Melbourne Area of the Signalling Record Society.” 

The inaugural meeting organised the first of many signal box visits – a visit to Deer Park, the first crossing station on the western mainline, was held  on Saturday morning a week later. Photos and more details may be found here.

January 2025

The six editions of Somersault Vol 45 for 2022 are now available online here. This is in accordance with our policy of not providing online editions for the most recent two full years.

Just click the green search button in the menu bar and enter words to be found.  For full details see the Somersault page (towards the bottom).