30 Days on Australia's Railways
A Diary of September Journeys
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Railroads, Science & Nature, Technology
| Author: | David Burke | ISBN: | 9781925078411 |
| Publisher: | Rosenberg Publishing | Publication: | September 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Rosenberg Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Burke |
| ISBN: | 9781925078411 |
| Publisher: | Rosenberg Publishing |
| Publication: | September 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Rosenberg Publishing |
| Language: | English |
An entertaining look at railway events in Australia in the month of September—from 1848, when a meeting was called to start a railway company in New South Wales, to 2013, when the great Bayer-Garrett AD6029 steam engine was restored to working order.Author David Burke has crafted a ‘diary’ which documents, day by day, major happenings to do with railways in Australia—from the days of steam, to diesel, to diesel-electric and electrification, covering the first trains that ran between New South Wales and Queensland, and to Melbourne.
An entertaining look at railway events in Australia in the month of September—from 1848, when a meeting was called to start a railway company in New South Wales, to 2013, when the great Bayer-Garrett AD6029 steam engine was restored to working order.Author David Burke has crafted a ‘diary’ which documents, day by day, major happenings to do with railways in Australia—from the days of steam, to diesel, to diesel-electric and electrification, covering the first trains that ran between New South Wales and Queensland, and to Melbourne.
