On it he publishes corrections of his books

QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES 1900-1969, DESIGN AND OPERATION

and

and of articles in

The nature of the corrections in the two books is explained with them on their own pages, which can be accessed by clicking on the names above. Details of the books are given on the same pages.

I have submitted corrections to articles in ARH to the editors. The errors corrected in the submissions are numerous. Many are significant. In some cases, there are also significant omissions for the subjects addressed. The editors have not published my submissions with these corrections over long periods, nor made other arrangements to correct the errors and omissions.

An historical journal should ensure that errors are corrected - it is not of much use unless it is accurate. If the editors do not like my way of correcting the articles, they should find other ways of making the corrections. They should also seek to minimise errors in the articles they publish. It is clear from the nature and number of the errors I point out that they do not practise any system of minimising errors.

The right place for these corrections is ARH. I publish them myself only because the editors do not.

See also comments on Australian Railway History Magazine, Editorial Policy, item (11) below.

Items (1) to (10) and (14) below were submitted to the editor up to the end of 2005. The comments can be accessed by clicking on the titles below. I have comments in hand on others (The Impact of the US Army on Australian Railways 1942 -1945, 1400 Class Diesel Locomotives of the QR). I intend to vary the content of this section from time to time. I shall give each article a number, and shall refer to any which are removed by their numbers.

TWEED HEADS RAILWAY (1)

1150 CLASS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES OF THE QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS (2)

RAILWAY REFRESHMENT ROOMS OF NEW SOUTH WALES (3)

WALLAVILLE BRANCH RAILWAY (4)

DAYBORO’ BRANCH RAILWAY, WRITING RAILWAY HISTORY, AND CORRECTING ERRORS IN PUBLISHED ARTICLES (5)

B17 LOCOMOTIVES CROSSING AT KERRICK AND GLEN APLIN QUEENSLAND (6)

SOUTHPORT RAILWAY STATION IN LATER YEARS (7)

VICTORIAN RAILWAYS ENGINES AND CARRIAGES OVER 150 YEARS, RADIAL WHEELED CARRIAGES (8)

WHO RULES? THE QUEENSLAND RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS (9)

YEERONGPILLY SIGNAL CABIN (10)

AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY HISTORY MAGAZINE, EDITORIAL POLICY(11)

WOOLLOONGABBA RAILWAY, QUEENSLAND (12)

FORMER MOUNT CROSBY TRAMWAY, QUEENSLAND, REVISITED IN 1995 AND 2001 (13)

TRAINS THROUGH WALLANGARRA IN 1944 (14)

CROSSING PASSENGER CARRYING TRAINS ON SINGLE LINE ON THE QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS (15)

AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY HISTORY AND RAILWAY DIGEST, GENERAL COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS (16)

MOUNT MULLIGAN RAILWAY (17)

BULIMBA OR NEWSTEAD RAILWAY (18)

VICTORIAN RAILWAYS S CLASS LOCOMOTIVES, COAL CONSUMPTION ON THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS (19),

SLIP CARRIAGES ON THE QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS (20)

WARWICK MAIL TRAIN QUEENSLAND (21)

OAKEY DISTRICT RAILWAYS QUEENSLAND (22)

QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS REFRESHMENT SERVICES (23)

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