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Adam-Smith, Patsy Romance of Australian Railways, Hale, 1974, pp246. Hb. F/VG. An affectionate tribute to the railways of Australia, well-illustrated in b/w and colour. £8.50
Adam-Smith, Patsy Trains of Australia, Australia Post, 1993, pp40. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Very Good. An illustrated introduction to Australia's railways. £3.95
Adam-Smith, Patsy
When We Road the Rails, Lansdowne, 1983, pp246.
Large Format. Glazed boards with dw.
Very Good / Very Good. A
half-inch closed tear to the top rear edge of the dw. A well-illustrated history of Australia's railways.
£9.50
Bromby, Robin The Country Railway in Australia, Cromarty Press,
Sydney, 1983, pp87. Pb. VG- with
superficial wear and rubbing to the covers.
An illustrated study of the role of the railway in the development of
rural Australia. £5.95
Carter, Mark New South Wales, Gresley Publishing, 1994, pp68. Large Format Pb. Modern Rail Portfolio - No.1. VG. An all-colour album recording the dramatic changes in the New South Wales rail network over the previous decade, £5.95
Cassells K R The Sanson Tramway, The New Zealand Locomotive and Railway Society, 1962, pp88. Stiff card covers with a dw. VG+/VG-. Wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine. An illustrated history of a light railway that linked Sanson with Himatangi on the Foxton Branch of the New Zealand Railways. £24.50
Chamberlain, Brian R The Brief History of the Launceston Western Railway 1867-1904, Regal Press, Tasmania, pp74. No date. Pb. VG. Some loss of colour down the red spine of the covers. An illustrated history of the first railway to be built in Tasmania. £7.50
Cooley, Thomas C T A History of Trains and Trams in Tasmania, Government of Tasmania, 1987, pp184 with 67 illustrations. Hb. No dw. VG. A comprehensive history. £12.50
Deane, Henry The Wolgan Valley Railway - Its Construction, Australian Railway Historical Society, NSW Division, 1979, pp28. Edited by Alan Watson and Geoff Lillico. Incorporating The Wolgan Valley Railway, a paper read before the Sydney University Engineering Society in 1910, by Henry Deane. Pb. Very Good. Some superficial marks on the cover. An illustrated booklet. £5.95
Durrant
A E Australian Steam,
D&C, 1978, pp128. Locomotive
Studies Series. Hb.
VG+/VG. A comprehensive
review and assessment. £18.50
Eardley,
Gifford H Locomotives Beyond
Recall, NSW Rail Transport Museum, 1974, pp56. Pb.
VG. Some faint marks on the
covers. Illustrations and short
histories of the steam locomotives used in New South Wales.
£5.95
Flying Scotsman: On Tour Australia,
Chapmans, 1990, pp64. Large Format
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
An all-colour photographic tribute to the Flying Scotsman in Australia.
£4.95
Gilbertson, Colin B Steam in Australia, Australian Railway Historical Society and Bradford Barton, 1977, pp96. Hb. VG/VG. Corners of the covers slightly bumped, two small marks on the dw. A pictorial album. £5.95
Heath, Eric Classic Railcars, Electric & Diesel Locomotives of New Zealand Vol.2, Grantham House, New Zealand, 1993, pp64. Large landscape format Hb. Fine / Fine. Text by Bob Stott. 27 classes of diesel and electric locomotives and railcars are described and illustrated in colour, together with details of those locomotives that are preserved. £12.50
Higham G J One Hundred Years of Railways in Western Australia 1871-1971, Australian Railway Historical Society, 1991, pp32. First published in 1971. Pb. Very Good+. An illustrated history. £5.95
Historical
Notes on the Beginnings of Australian Railways, Public Transport Commission,
Australia, pp20 with a two-page map. No
date. "Largish" format Pb. VG. The
early railways in all the Australian states are considered.
£3.95
Martin J H and W D
The Australian Book of Trains, Angus & Robertson, 1947, pp248
plus 7 colour illustrations. Hb.
Very Good / Poor. A well-illustrated overview of Australian Railways
immediately after the War. £7.50
McNicol, Steve Flying
Scotsman Profile, RailMac, Australia, 1992, pp40. Pb. VG+.
An unusual illustrated booklet focusing on Flying Scotsman's visit to
Australia in 1988/89. £1.95
New
South Wales, Department of Railways Railway
Quiz, Australia, 1966, pp84. Small
format Pb. VG+. Not really a quiz book, rather an illustrated booklet of the
extensive New South Wales railway network with all the information presented
using a question and answer format. Sections
on History, Track, Traffic, Locomotives & Rolling
Stock, Electrical, and Signalling.
£3.95
Public
Transport Commission of New South Wales Annual Report 1975, pp33.
Large format Pb. VG- with
superficial wear to the corners of the covers.
An annual report on rail, bus and ferry operations in New South Wales,
Australia with colour illustrations. £3.50
Purcell, John Hotham
Valley Tourist Railway, pp44. No
date. Pb. VG+. An
attractive illustrated booklet, giving details of a major preserved railway in
Western Australia. £1.95
Queensland
Railways 1971,
pp40. Published to commemorate the
opening of the Goonyella line. Large
landscape format Pb. VG with some
superficial creasing to the covers. A
booklet describing the extensive railway network in Queensland, Australia,
illustrated throughout in colour. The 124-mile narrow-gauge Goonyella line was
opened in 1971 to transport coal to the Queensland coast.
£3.95
Railways
of Australia: An introduction to the nation's biggest industry, pp14. Pb. Very Good. An
undated illustrated booklet published around 1970.
£1.95
Railways
of Australia: An introduction to the nation's biggest industry, pp14. Pb. Very Good. No
date. An illustrated booklet
updated around 1975. £1.95
Singleton
C C and Burke D Railways of
Australia, Angus and Robertson, 1964, pp160 with a fold out map of
Australia's rail network. Hb.
VG/Fair with wear & tears to the top edge of the dw and some loss at the
top rear edge. The story of
Australia's railways, with an emphasis on more recent developments.
Well-illustrated in b/w and colour.
£7.50
Smith, Keith A Tales from a Railway Odyssey (Vol.1): An Historical Autobiography, RailMac, 2001, pp168. Hb. Fine / Fine. The railway reminiscences of the longest serving Commissioner in the history of Australian railways. Covers a wide range of topic including the Port Augusta to Whyalla railway, concrete sleepers, the Pichi Richi Railway, the 'Never-Never' Railway from Darwin to Birdum, the standard gauge line to Alice Springs, 'Piggy Back' trains and the standard gauge line from Stirling North to Marree. Well-illustrated in both colour and b/w. £12.50
Taylor, Colin Australia
by Rail, Trailblazer Publications, 4th edition 2000, pp288 plus pp16 of
colour illustrations. Pb.
Very Good. A comprehensive
guide aimed at both the tourist and the enthusiast.
£3.95
Victorian Railways Board Know
Your Railways, Australia, 1975.
Pb. VG. A card information
folder containing: 1. A 26 inch by 15.25 inch folded map of the extensive
Victorian railway system, including an enlarged map of the Melbourne area and an
index; 2. The Road Rail Crossing Problem by A. G. Gibbs.
A 12-page leaflet investigating the high number of collisions on level
crossings in Victoria. £3.95
Victorian
Railways News Letter: Centenary Number September 1954, Victorian Railways, Australia,
pp20. "Largish" format
Pb. Generally VG, but the
spine of the covers has parted above the upper staple.
A glossy illustrated magazine celebrating the hundred-year history of
railways in Victoria. £2.95