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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Fitch (Ronald John), Australian Railwaymen - From Cadet Engineer to Railways Commissioner, 2006
"Ron Fitch was born in 1910 into a railway family. He began his career as a 16-year-old engineering cadet and completed it, 46 years later, having worked at various times for two state railways and the Commonwealth, as Commissioner of South Australian Railways. In this book Fitch gives a vivid account not only of his career but of the camaraderie of the greater railway community, often experienced in the most trying of conditions. Fitch gives an account of laying track and the remarkable breed of men who do so, of advances in line-building techniques, of derailments and floods and washaways, of wrangles over attempts to implement standard gauge, of the politics of railways. In 2002 when 92 Fitch earned recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records when his thesis on South Australian railways made him the World's oldest recipient of a PhD."--Jacket.
index, ill, maps, p.248.non-fiction"Ron Fitch was born in 1910 into a railway family. He began his career as a 16-year-old engineering cadet and completed it, 46 years later, having worked at various times for two state railways and the Commonwealth, as Commissioner of South Australian Railways. In this book Fitch gives a vivid account not only of his career but of the camaraderie of the greater railway community, often experienced in the most trying of conditions. Fitch gives an account of laying track and the remarkable breed of men who do so, of advances in line-building techniques, of derailments and floods and washaways, of wrangles over attempts to implement standard gauge, of the politics of railways. In 2002 when 92 Fitch earned recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records when his thesis on South Australian railways made him the World's oldest recipient of a PhD."--Jacket.fitch, r. j. (ronald john), 1910-, railroad engineers -- australia -- .biography
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Fuller, Basil, Nullarbor Lifelines, 1977
A history of the Commonwealth Railways 'Tea and Sugar Train' supplying railway workers along the transcontinental railway. Scattered references to Aborgines; mainly anecdotes about Ooldea Aborigines, and work of Daisy Bates.
ill, p.214.non-fictionA history of the Commonwealth Railways 'Tea and Sugar Train' supplying railway workers along the transcontinental railway. Scattered references to Aborgines; mainly anecdotes about Ooldea Aborigines, and work of Daisy Bates.railroad trains -- australia -- history., railway history - commonwealth railways
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Downes, Jim et al, The Ghan - Australia by Rail From Adelaide to Alice, 1996
A history of the Commonwealth railways line from Adelaide to Alice Springs.
ill, p.80.non-fictionA history of the Commonwealth railways line from Adelaide to Alice Springs.railroads -- australia -- northern territory., railroads -- australia -- south australia.
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Locomotive Profile: Commonwealth Railways CL class, 1998
A complete photographic profile covering the variations from CL to CLP/CLF of the Clyde-EMD Diesel Electric Locomotive of the Commonwealth Railways from 1970 to 1998.
ill, p.48.non-fictionA complete photographic profile covering the variations from CL to CLP/CLF of the Clyde-EMD Diesel Electric Locomotive of the Commonwealth Railways from 1970 to 1998.locomotives -- australia -- pictorial works, diesel locomotives - commonwealth railways - australia
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Carter, Mark et al, South Australian Diesel Pictorial the 80s, 1990
A history of diesel locomotives on the Australian National network in South Australia in the 1980s.
ill, maps, p.94.non-fictionA history of diesel locomotives on the Australian National network in South Australia in the 1980s.locomotives - south australia - history, diesel locomotives - commonwealth railways - australia
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Fluck, Robert et al, Locomotives of the Commonweath Railways, 1972
A history of steam & diesel locomotives on the Commonwealth Railways narrow gauge and standard gauge.
ill, p.68.non-fictionA history of steam & diesel locomotives on the Commonwealth Railways narrow gauge and standard gauge.locomotives - south australia - history, locomotives - commonwealth railways - history
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Commonwealth of Australia 1978, "Electric Transport Conference 1977 - Papers and Proceedings", 1978

Report - Conference Papers and Proceedings - 400 pages - perfect bound, titled "Electric Transport Conference 1977 - Papers and Proceedings", held by the Australian Electric Vehicle Association and Bureau of Transport Economics. Includes papers on energy resources, national consideration, fixed wire public transport, electric road vehicle, in plant vehicles, batteries, advances in technology. Includes a paper by Dudley Snell on Melbourne's Z class trams and 25kv electrification of Brisbane suburban system.Stamped on front cover and inside "Discarded from PTC Library 2 November 1989"trams, tramways, public transport, electric trains, electric vehicles, technical information, z class, brisbane