TRANSPORT - RAILWAYS - PAPUA NEW GUINEA

• Construction of Railways and Rural Development
  • copy of December 1991 letter-proposal to Pias Wingti, C/-National Parliament, Waigani, from Michael R. Pearson
    "...concerning the possibilty of construction railways to help in the reconstruction of Bougainville and improving rural employment there.  PNGRailLetter.pdf [87 k pdf file]
• Railways and Tramlines of Rabaul 1890s - 1980s
  • Article by Michael R. Pearson, date August 14, 1992
    RABAULTRAM.pdf [157 k pdf file]
• A Chronology of Tramways and Railways in Papua New Guinea
  • 1880s - 1980s with 1992 epilog re Bougainville crises
    RAILWAYChronologyEd3.pdf [234 k pdf file]
• History of Railways in Papua New Guinea
  Book Excerpts by:  Bob McKillop & Michael Pearson; University of Papua New Guinea Press
  • End of the Line:  a history of railways in Papua New Guinea see photos, maps and major excerp