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Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Stewien, Ronald, A History of the South Australian Railways Volume 1 The Early years, 2007
... Railroads -- South Australia -- History.... Book A History of the South Australian Railways Volume 1 ...A history of the South Australian Railways early years from 1853.index, ill, map, p.320.non-fictionA history of the South Australian Railways early years from 1853.railroads -- south australia -- history., south australian railways -- history., -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Stewien, Ronald, A History of the South Australian Railways Volume 6 Mountains, Mikados and Pacifics, 2007
... Railroads -- South Australia -- History.... Book A History of the South Australian Railways Volume 6 ...A history of the South Australian Railways steam locomotives, 600 class pacific, 500 class mountains and 700 class Mikados.index, ill, map, p.339.non-fictionA history of the South Australian Railways steam locomotives, 600 class pacific, 500 class mountains and 700 class Mikados.railroads -- south australia -- history., south australian railways -- history., -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, McNicol, Steve, Steam Around Adelaide, 1984
... railroads - South Australia - history...Book Steam Around Adelaide ill, p52. railroads - South ...A pictorial history of steam locomotives in Adelaide South Australia.ill, p52.non-fictionA pictorial history of steam locomotives in Adelaide South Australia.railroads - south australia - history, locomotives - south australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, McNicol, Steve, Narrow Gauge Memories The Experience, 1995
... Narrow gauge railroads - South Australia - history... railroads - South Australia - history 'Reminiscence of the 3'6 ...'Reminiscence of the 3'6" narrow gauge railways in South Australia.ill, p.46.non-fiction'Reminiscence of the 3'6" narrow gauge railways in South Australia.railroads -- australia -- south australia., narrow gauge railroads - south australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Knife, Peter, Peninsula Pioneer, 2006
... Railroads - South Australia - Eyre Peninsula - history...Railroad construction - South Australia - history Railroads ...A history of the railways of Eyre Peninsula and their role in the settlement and development of the region in South Australiaindex, ill, maps, p.336.non-fictionA history of the railways of Eyre Peninsula and their role in the settlement and development of the region in South Australia railroad construction - south australia - history, railroads - south australia - eyre peninsula - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, David Burke, 30 Days On Australia's Railways - A diary of September journeys, 2014
An entertaining look at railway events in Australia in the month of September - from 1848, when a meeting was called to start a railway company in New South Wales, to 2013, when the great Bayer-Garrett AD6029 steam engine was restored to working order. For some strange reason, September has been a month when particularly memorable railway events tend to occur. Author David Burke has crafted a 'diary' which documents, day by day, major happenings to do with railways in Australia - from the days of steam, to diesel, to diesel-electric and electrification, covering the first trains that ran between New South Wales and Queensland, and to Melbourne. It was in also September that the first sod was dug for the Trans-Australian Railway across the Nullarbor to Perth. The book is heavily illustrated with historic photographs, both black and white and colour, newspaper cuttings, sketches and maps, and features 13 paintings by renowned railway artist Phil Belbin. Names that leap to the fore among those who made railway history happen include Ben Chifley, the locomotive driver who became Prime Minister of Australia, engineer Dr John Bradfield, designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and responsible for putting Sydney's city trains underground, James Fraser, first Australian-born Chief Commissioner for Railways, and Harold Young, the Scotsman who designed the C38 engine and the Silver City Comet. Cover picture shows: Climbing the steep Fassifern Grade with a heavy coal train maakes for plenty of Bayer-Garrett action in Phil Belbin's painting of the AD60 class at work on the Shorty North line to Newcastle New South Wales Australia.ill. p.172.non-fictionAn entertaining look at railway events in Australia in the month of September - from 1848, when a meeting was called to start a railway company in New South Wales, to 2013, when the great Bayer-Garrett AD6029 steam engine was restored to working order. For some strange reason, September has been a month when particularly memorable railway events tend to occur. Author David Burke has crafted a 'diary' which documents, day by day, major happenings to do with railways in Australia - from the days of steam, to diesel, to diesel-electric and electrification, covering the first trains that ran between New South Wales and Queensland, and to Melbourne. It was in also September that the first sod was dug for the Trans-Australian Railway across the Nullarbor to Perth. The book is heavily illustrated with historic photographs, both black and white and colour, newspaper cuttings, sketches and maps, and features 13 paintings by renowned railway artist Phil Belbin. Names that leap to the fore among those who made railway history happen include Ben Chifley, the locomotive driver who became Prime Minister of Australia, engineer Dr John Bradfield, designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and responsible for putting Sydney's city trains underground, James Fraser, first Australian-born Chief Commissioner for Railways, and Harold Young, the Scotsman who designed the C38 engine and the Silver City Comet. Cover picture shows: Climbing the steep Fassifern Grade with a heavy coal train maakes for plenty of Bayer-Garrett action in Phil Belbin's painting of the AD60 class at work on the Shorty North line to Newcastle New South Wales Australia.railroads -- australia -- history., railroad travel -- australia -- history. -
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, New South Wales Public Transport Commission, Historical Notes on the Beginnings of Australian Railways, 1979
A history of the beginnings of the state and territory railways in Australiaill, maps, p.20.non-fictionA history of the beginnings of the state and territory railways in Australiarailroad trains -- australia -- history., railway construction - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Downes, Jim et al, The Ghan - Australia by Rail From Adelaide to Alice, 1996
... -- Australia -- South Australia. A history of the Commonwealth railways ...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, Burke, David, With Iron Rails - A Bicentennial History of the Railways in New South Wales, 1988
... Railroads -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History.... -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History. State Rail Authority of New ...a history of the railways in New South Wales up to 1988 the bicentenary of the colonizing of Australia.index, ill, maps, p.248.non-fictiona history of the railways in New South Wales up to 1988 the bicentenary of the colonizing of Australia.railroads -- australia -- new south wales -- history., state rail authority of new south wales -- history. -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Gunn, John, Along parallel lines : a history of the railways of New South Wales, 1850-1986, 1989
... Railroads -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History.... -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History. RAILWAYS - New South Wales ...A history of the railways of New South Wales from 1850-1986 with maps and photographs..Index, ill, maps, p.581.non-fictionA history of the railways of New South Wales from 1850-1986 with maps and photographs..railroads -- australia -- new south wales -- history., railways - new south wales - history. -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Book - A Railway Life, Lloyd Holmes, 1991
Lloyd Homes records 40 years of experience as an employee on the New South Wales and then Victorian Railways. His rich powers of description, keenness of observation and sense of humour result in a book that is very readable for anyone with a love of Australia. He captures the remote life of the railway, the warmth of human companionship and traces the transition from steam to diesel haulage.non-fictionLloyd Homes records 40 years of experience as an employee on the New South Wales and then Victorian Railways. His rich powers of description, keenness of observation and sense of humour result in a book that is very readable for anyone with a love of Australia. He captures the remote life of the railway, the warmth of human companionship and traces the transition from steam to diesel haulage.new south wales railways, victorian railways, railroads history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Rowe, Denis, John, Construction of the Great Northern Railway in New South Wales 1854-1889, 1986
... - New South Wales - history railroad construction - Australia ...A thesis for a Masters of Arts degree on the construction of the Great Northern Railway in New South Wales from Sydney to Wallangarra 1854-1889: An economic and labour history.ill, maps, p.226.non-fictionA thesis for a Masters of Arts degree on the construction of the Great Northern Railway in New South Wales from Sydney to Wallangarra 1854-1889: An economic and labour history.railroad construction - new south wales - history, railroad construction - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Banger, Chris et al, Spirit of Progress, 2019
A history of the Spirit of Progress passenger train between Melbourne and Sydney from the 1937 to 1986.index, ill, maps, p.376.non-fictionA history of the Spirit of Progress passenger train between Melbourne and Sydney from the 1937 to 1986.railroad travel -- new south wales -- sydney -- history, railroad travel -- victoria -- melbourne -- history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Banger, Chris, The Daylight: A history of the intercapital daylight rail travel between Melbourne and Sydney, 2015
A history of the Intercapital Daylight passenger train it's predecessors and susequent XPT service between Melbourne and Sydney from the 1880 to 2015ill, maps, p.350.non-fictionA history of the Intercapital Daylight passenger train it's predecessors and susequent XPT service between Melbourne and Sydney from the 1880 to 2015railroad travel -- new south wales -- sydney -- history, railroad travel -- victoria -- melbourne -- history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Banger, Chris, Southern Aurora: And the Melbourne Express & Sydney Express 1962-1993, 2012
A history of the Southern Aurora passenger train and the subsequent Melbourne & Sydney expresses between Melbourne and Sydney from the 1962 to 1993.ill, p.216.non-fictionA history of the Southern Aurora passenger train and the subsequent Melbourne & Sydney expresses between Melbourne and Sydney from the 1962 to 1993.railroad travel -- new south wales -- sydney -- history, railroad travel -- victoria -- melbourne -- history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Sargent, John, Rail Scene South Australia: South Australian Broad gauge in the mid 1930s, 1992
A pictorial history of broad gauge 5'3" steam locomotives in South Australia in the 1930s.ill, p56.non-fictionA pictorial history of broad gauge 5'3" steam locomotives in South Australia in the 1930s.railroads -- australia -- south australia., steam locomotives - south australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Cooke, David, Rail Motors and XPT's, 1984
A history of rail motors and the XPT passenger train in New South Wales.ill, maps, p.142.non-fictionA history of rail motors and the XPT passenger train in New South Wales.railroads - passenger trains - australia, rail motors - new south wales - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Renton, Roger, East Coast Diesel Pictorial, 1989
A pictorial history of diesel locomotives on the east coast of Australia in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.ill, p.64.non-fictionA pictorial history of diesel locomotives on the east coast of Australia in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.locomotives -- australia -- pictorial works, railroad operations - australia - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Dornan, S.E, The Electric Railways of New South Wales, 1976
A brief history of the electrified railway system operated by the New South Wales Government from 1926 to 1976.ill, maps, p.96.non-fictionA brief history of the electrified railway system operated by the New South Wales Government from 1926 to 1976.railroad operations - new south wales - history, electric trains - new south wales - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, The New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Steam Album Second Division, 1969
... locomotives - Australia - history railroad steam locomotives - New ...Pictures of steam locomotives in New South Wales.ill, p.56.non-fictionPictures of steam locomotives in New South Wales.steam locomotives - australia - history, railroad steam locomotives - new south wales - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, The New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Steam Album Third Division, 1973
... locomotives - Australia - history railroad steam locomotives - New ...Pictures of steam locomotives in New South Wales.ill, p.56.non-fictionPictures of steam locomotives in New South Wales.steam locomotives - australia - history, railroad steam locomotives - new south wales - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, The New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Steam Album First Division, 1968
... locomotives - Australia - history railroad steam locomotives - New ...Pictures of steam locomotives in New South Wales.ill, p.56.non-fictionPictures of steam locomotives in New South Wales.steam locomotives - australia - history, railroad steam locomotives - new south wales - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, The New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Flyer, 1970
... - New South Wales - history Railroads - passenger trains ...A tribute to steam locomotive operation on The Sydney - Newcastle Express on the New South Wales Railways.ill, maps, p.75.non-fictionA tribute to steam locomotive operation on The Sydney - Newcastle Express on the New South Wales Railways.railroad steam locomotives - new south wales - history, railroads - passenger trains - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, The New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Flyer, 1970
... - New South Wales - history Railroads - passenger trains ...A tribute to steam locomotive operation on The Sydney - Newcastle Express on the New South Wales Railways.ill, maps, p.75.non-fictionA tribute to steam locomotive operation on The Sydney - Newcastle Express on the New South Wales Railways.railroad steam locomotives - new south wales - history, railroads - passenger trains - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Preston, R.G, N.S.W.G.R In Steam, 1978
A pictorial history of steam locomotives working on the New South Wales Government Railways.ill, maps, p.150.non-fiction A pictorial history of steam locomotives working on the New South Wales Government Railways.steam locomotives - nsw – pictorial, railroads - new south wales - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, O'Brien, Dennis, Tracks In Time From The Dennis O'Brien Collection, 1997
Pictorial history of railways in New South Wales from the photographic collection of Dennis O'Brien.ill, p.128.non-fictionPictorial history of railways in New South Wales from the photographic collection of Dennis O'Brien.railroads - new south wales - australia, railway operations - new south wales - pictorial -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Preston, R.G, Essays In Steam, 1995
A series of illustrated essays on railway operations in New South Wales Railways.ill, maps, p.112.non-fictionA series of illustrated essays on railway operations in New South Wales Railways.railroad operations - australia and new zealand, railroads - nsw - history -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Wheatley, Robert et al, The Last Days of Steam, 1971
... - New South Wales - history Railroads - New South Wales ...A pictorial history of the last days of steam locomotives on the New South Wales railway in the 1960s and 1970s.ill, p91.non-fictionA pictorial history of the last days of steam locomotives on the New South Wales railway in the 1960s and 1970s.railroad operations - new south wales - history, railroads - new south wales - australia -
Victorian Railway History Library
Book, Halgren, Stephen et al, Rail View's New South Wales Steam Album, 1984
... . railroad operations - New South Wales - history Railroads - New ...Pictorial history of the steam locomotives on the New South Wales railways.ill, p.31.Pictorial history of the steam locomotives on the New South Wales railways.railroad operations - new south wales - history, railroads - new south wales - australia