Physical description
Index, bib, ill, map, p.114.
Publication type
non-fiction
Summary
The story of the break in railway gauge in Australia and the various attempts that have been made to overcome it.
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Book, Eric harding, Uniform railway gauge, 1958
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Uniform railway gauge
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