Physical description
ill. p.248.
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non-fiction
Summary
Illustrated history of Australian Railways up to 1947. With an additional article on the Pennsylvania Railroads new T1 locomotive and turbine locomotives.
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Book, Martin (James Henry) et al, The Australian Book of Trains, 1947
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The Australian Book of Trains
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