index, ill, maps, p.223.non-fictionAn industrial history of the railways in Britain.railroads - great britain - history, railroad industry - history

After various railways into the Otways were proposedfour separate lines were built, a crucial ingredient of the timber industry. It eventually expanded to become of the Victoria's largest.Railways of the Otways. Nick Anchen. Sierra Publishing; Ferntree Gully (Vic); 2011. ii, 96p.; illus, maps. Soft cover. ISBN 978 0 9807640 0 0.railways of the otway ranges; nick anchen; history; railways; otways; otway ranges; logging railroads; railroads, industrial;

index, ill, maps, p227.non-fictionTells the story of the gauge problem in Australia, how it happened, why it happened and why there has been faliure to fix the problem and the consequences of the ongoing problem. "From the early days of Australia’s rail networks in the 1850s, different colonies adopted various rail gauges for their own reasons. Even after the Federation on January 1, 1901, the new nation’s leaders missed the chance to create a unified national policy for rail gauges and chose to avoid addressing the issue. This book, generously supported with photographs, timelines, and insights from seasoned rail industry experts, covers a span of 170 years. It examines the political and social attitudes of the time and highlights the missed opportunities to resolve the rail gauge problem dating back to the 1880s."--Publisher's blurb.railroad gauges -- social aspects -- australia -- history, railroad gauges -- australia -- history.

index, ill, maps, p.181.non-fictionA history of the private railway from Oakleigh to Elsternwick to serve the Rosstown sugar beet factory in Melbourne Victoria.railroad construction - victoria - history, sugar beet industry - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.24.non-fictionA brief history of the narrow gauge timber railways of the Erica District north of Moe in Victoria from 1910 to 1950.timber tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history

index, ill, maps, p.56.non-fictionA short history of narrow gauge sugar cane tramway locomotives used in Australia... predominantly in Queensland.sugar tramways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads - australia - history

index, ills, p.610.non-fictionThis book tells the stories of the transformation of the rail freight industry, in Australia and New Zealand, from 1990 to 2020 ... Explaining what happened, where, and why, and how political ideology influenced the outcomes.railroads - freight - australia, railroads - freight - new zealand

ill, maps, p.84.non-fictionA history of small steam and diesel locomotives operating on the various Otway Timber tramways in South West Victoria.narrow gauge railroads - australia - history, timber tramways - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.216.non-fictionThe Industries and Railways of the Lithgow Valley. Mark Langdon, fresh from his coverage of the Wolgan Valley in Shale and Shays, has researched the rise of Lithgow as an industrial centre, including numerous mines and industries and the various rail links in the valley, west of the Blue Mountains. The expanded text is accompanied by many previously unpublished images of the period, including some wonderful panoramic photographs of the valley. These are accompanied by another superb Dean Oliver drawing showing the location of the industries and mines and the rail lines. Steam Locomotive Depots in NSW: Lithgow. The feature essay in this volume is Ray Love’s coverage of this steam locomotive depot, The expanded facilities at Lithgow covered the locomotives which worked over the mountains, including the Big Engines and those that worked to Bathurst and Mudgee, on the branch line. Interspersed throughout the expansive text are stories from railway enginemen, the result of many hours of recorded interviews by the author.railroads - nsw - history, steam locomotives - nsw – pictorial

p.33.A paper from the University of Queensland Department of Economics on the provisioning of railway rolling stock and the involvement of the queensland engineering industry from 1881 to 1914.railroad construction - queensland - history, railway rollingstock - queensland

Index, bib, ill, maps, p.104.non-fictionA history of the company which operated from 1906 to 1927, supplying firewood to Bendigo. Includes details of rolling stock and the line. Includes illustrations. Toobaroc is in the Shire of Mitchell local government area.fuelwood industry -- victoria -- tooborac -- history., logging railroads -- victoria -- tooborac -- history.