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ill, maps, p.112.
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non-fiction
Summary
A history of the rack railways in Australia from Mt Morgan to Mt Lyell to industrial mining railways.
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Book, Jehan, David, Rack Railways of Australia, 1997
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Rack Railways of Australia
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