Index, bib, ill, map, p.114.non-fictionThe story of the break in railway gauge in Australia and the various attempts that have been made to overcome it.railway gauge - australia, railways - australia - history

Ill, p.58.non-fictionSouvenir booklet on aspects of the opening of the Sydney to Melbourne standard gauge line in 1962railways - australia - history, railway gauge - australia

ill, maps, p.208.non-fictionThe Iron Roads of the Australian Outback - the legendary Commonwealth Railways were built through some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. They were railways like no other, where men and women battled extreme temperatures, flash floods and maddening isolation to keep the trains running. This publication is the culmination of 25 years of Outback exploration, research, photography and interviews by author Nick Anchen. The result is a diverse book which brings to life both the beauty and harshness of the Australian Outback, through a collection of fascinating and historic images, along with the memories of former Commonwealth Railways employees. Following an introductory chapter on the vastness and grandeur of the Australian interior - highlighted by the memoirs of 1950s flying doctor Macarthur Job - the book delves into the story of the Central Australia Railway. This was the line built through the 'back of beyond' - the forbidding desert country of South Australia and the Northern Territory. It was here that operators of famous trains such as The Ghan battled searing heat, dust storms and raging floodwaters to keep the trains running. The chapter includes stories by well known Ghan conductor 'Aspro' Lyons, and 'Piano Playing Chef' Paddy Greenfield - along with enginemen Wolf Markowski and John Theel, both of whom worked trains on this famous railway. The story of the North Australia Railway - 'The Line to Nowhere' - is the tale of a ramshackle railway which came alive during the dark days of World War II. The memoirs of wartime engineman Jim Prentice are eye opening, as are the hair raising accounts of surviving Tropical Cyclone Tracy, as told by rolling stock foreman Bill Donaldson. The Trans-Australian Railway was built across one of the harshest and loneliest environments on Earth - the vast Nullarbor Plain. Stories from enginemen Jack Slattery and Ron Howrie, along with Nullarbor resident and roadmaster's wife Cathy Beek, tell not only of the rudimentary living conditions and maddening isolation, but of the great camaraderie amongst the railway people who kept trains such as the Trans-Australian and the Tea and Sugar running. As well as examining the ruins and relics from the long-closed CR narrow gauge lines, the book also includes a chapter on the much-loved Pichi Richi Railway - the last surviving portion of that great Transcontinental Railway dream from another age. commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., central australia railway -- history.

Ill, maps, p.224.non-fictionThis book surveys over 150 years of miniature railways in the Australian amusement industry ... The trains presented herein provided tactile mechanical devices onto which the passengers could project their own imaginations to create the thrills of travelling by train through their own imagined spacesminiature railways - australia - history, miniature railways - australia - pictorial works

ill, bib, maps, p.113.non-fictionReport to the Victorian Minister of Transport, Hon Peter Spyker, M.P of the Eastern Corridor Transport Options Stydy by Professor E W Russell Melbourne July 1991.light railways - australia - history, urban transportation - melbourne

ill, p.14.non-fictionNotes to accompany an Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division) inspection Tour of Westernport, Wonthaggi, Cape Patterson and Kilcunda Coalfields Railways and Tramways in the year 2000.coal railways - australia - history, colliery railroads - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.43.non-fictionA brief history of the narrow gauge colliery railway at Corrimal in the Illawarra of New South Wales.coal railways - australia - history, illawarra district - railways - history

ill, maps, p.122.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's Twenty-five Year Book and a reprint of 'Light Railways' Nos 1 to 12.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history

ill, maps, p.18.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's magazine on the Munro Hampton timber tramway near Toowoomba in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history

ill, maps, p.70.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book about the Beaudesert Shire Railway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history

ill, maps, p.65.non-fictionThe Light Railway Research Society of Australia's book on the Rocky Bluff to Denmark timber Tramway in Queensland.light railways - australia - history, railroad operations - australia - history

ill, maps, p.16.non-fictionA Commonwealth Railways brochure promoting the railway service from Port Augusta to Alice Springs on the Central Australian railway and to Darwin via road and the Northern Australian Railway.commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., railroad operations - australia - history

ill, p.32.non-fictionA history of the preserved Pichi Richi Railway from Quorn built on part of the former Commonwealth Railways 3'6" railway from Port Augusta to Alice Springs.railroad construction - south australia - history, commonwealth railways (australia) -- history.

ill, p.32.non-fictionA commemorative booklet for the opening of the preserved 3'6" Pichi Richi Railway out of Quorn South Australia on the old Commonwealth Railways line from Port Augusta to Alice Springs 20th July 1974.railroad construction - south australia - history, commonwealth railways (australia) -- history.

Index, ill, maps, p.368.non-fictionA history of the Commonwealth railways North Australia Railway from Darwin to Birdum in the Northern Territory.commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., railroad construction - australia - history

Index, ill, maps, p.264.non-fictionA history of the railwaymen who volunteered to work on the Commonwealth railways North Australia Railway from Darwin to Birdum in the Northern Territory during World War II.commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., railroad operations in war - australia - history

Index, ill, p.188.non-fictionA history of the Commonwealth railways North Australia Railway from Darwin to Birdum in the Northern Territory.commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., railroad construction - australia - history

ill, maps, p.74.non-fictionA history of the Commonwealth railways North Australia Railway from Darwin to Birdum in the Northern Territory. Written for the Northern Territory Department of Education.commonwealth railways (australia) -- history., railroad construction - australia - history

ill, maps, p.15.non-fictionA short history of the mortuary trains to Fawkner Cemetary and the preserved hearse carriage at the cemetary.cemetery railways - australia - history, railroad operations - victoria - history

ill, maps, p.96.non-fictionThe story of the history and development of the Geraldton Shire Tramway and the Mourilyan tramway of North Queenslandlight railways - australia - history, narrow gauge railroads -- australia -- queensland -- history.

ill, maps, p.112.non-fictionA history of the rack railways in Australia from Mt Morgan to Mt Lyell to industrial mining railways.rack railways - australia - history, railroad tracks -- australia -- history

ill, maps, p.52.non-fictionA history of the Mount Morgan rack railway in Queensland.railroad construction - queensland - history, rack railways - australia - history

index, ill, maps. P.118.non-fictionA history of the steelworks railways in Newcastle New South Wales both standard & narrow gauge.steelworks railways - australia - history, industrial railroads - australia - history

ill, p.29.non-fictionA souvenir issue of a magazine to commemorate the completion and opening of the East-West (Port Augusta - Kalgoorlie) section of the Commonwealth Railways in 1917.transcontinental railway - australia - history, commonwealth railways (australia) -- history.

ill, maps, p.16.non-fictionBooklet to commemorate the opening of the standard gauge railway from Port Augusta to Whyalla on Friday 6th October 1972railroad construction - south australia - history, commonwealth railways (australia) -- history.

ill, p.19.non-fictionBooklet to commemorate the opening of the standard gauge railway from Stirling North to Marree in South Australia on Saturday 27th July 1957.railroad construction - south australia - history, commonwealth railways (australia) -- history.

ill, maps, p.52.non-fictionA history of the preserved Pichi Richi Railway built on part of the former Commonwealth Railways 3'6" railway from Port Augusta to Alice Springs in South Australia.railroad construction - south australia - history, commonwealth railways (australia) -- history.

ill, maps, p.56.non-fictionA history of the 3'6" railway from Peterborough South Australia to Quorn to meet the Commonwealth Railway from Port Augusta to Alice Springs.railroad construction - south australia - history, commonwealth railways (australia) -- history.

ill, maps, p.64.non-fictionA brief history of the 3'6" Commonwealth Railway from Port Augusta South Australia to Quorn & on to Alice Springs, & the junction with the S.A.R. from Quorn to Peterborough.railroad construction - south australia - history, commonwealth railways (australia) -- history.

ill, maps, p.23.non-fictionA history of the timber tramways from Whittlesea to Kingslake and Flowerdale in Victoria.timber tramways - victoria - history, light railways - australia - history