Running Out of Steam & Catching Up With Diesels - Couverture souple

Burke, David

 
9780648043928: Running Out of Steam & Catching Up With Diesels
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0648043924 ISBN 13 : 9780648043928
Editeur : Rosenberg Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Historians, locomotive buffs, anyone interested in the history of Australia s railways, those with a love of steam as motive power, a perfect gift for all generations, buyers of locomotive books, those interested in graphic art, social historians, Australiana. The book: Through posters, prints and postcards, our railways tell their story. Each State is covered, and maps are included showing the extent of the rail network. This is a wonderful history of the steam era coming to an end and the rise of diesels. Using contemporary advertising material, timetables, photographs and other printed ephemera, combined with primary source material the author has created a nostalgic journey of railways and those who worked there. Every state is covered as well as Commonwealth Railways. There are chapters on some of the great personalities who steered the railways into the era of diesel. st during World War II, and among the local population, what happened when the enemy came ashore.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Historians, locomotive buffs, anyone interested in the history of Australia’s railways, those with a love of steam as motive power, a perfect gift for all generations, buyers of locomotive books, those interested in graphic art, social historians, Australiana. The book: Through posters, prints and postcards, our railways tell their story. Each State is covered, and maps are included showing the extent of the rail network. This is a wonderful history of the steam era coming to an end and the rise of diesels. Using contemporary advertising material, timetables, photographs and other printed ephemera, combined with primary source material the author has created a nostalgic journey of railways and those who worked there. Every state is covered as well as Commonwealth Railways. There are chapters on some of the great personalities who steered the railways into the era of diesel. st during World War II, and among the local population, what happened when the enemy came ashore.

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Éditeur
Rosenberg Publishing
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0648043924
ISBN 13 
9780648043928
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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