American Steam On Australian Rails
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American Steam On Australian Rails
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Author : David Burke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-10-01
American Steam On Australian Rails written by David Burke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
"Edward Loughry was only twenty-four when the Baldwin Locomotive Works sent their young engineer across half the world to bring a cargo of four little steam engines and six double deck carriages to Sydney. He sailed aboard SS Dryad from New York harbour on 15 May 1879 and reached Sydney on September 3.... The 'Americanisation' of Sydney, according to some observers, dated from Loughry's arrival with the Baldwin trains." —from American Steam on Australian Rails Railways, according to the history books, were a British invention, and as a result, English companies were quick to capture a huge part of the world market. So how did American steam locomotives come to play a major role in rail transportation in 19th-century Australia, then a British colony? In American Steam on Australian Rails, David Burke tells the fascinating story of Yankee ingenuity and the companies that challenged an English monopoly. While purchasers of equipment for Australian lines argued about the virtues and failings of the American machine, most had to admit that the engines made for the Wild West worked equally well riding the curves, grades, and light rails of outback Queensland, Victoria, and New South Wales. Burke provides copious descriptions of the locomotives themselves, from early models with ornate domes, long cowcatchers, and wooden cabs, right through to the trim 59 class 2-8-2 imported from Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton by New South Wales in the twilight of steam. Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white photos and illustrations, American Steam on Australian Rails documents the progress of hundreds of Yankee engines across the vastness of a new continent as they became part of a grand Australian railroad adventure. Published in association with Australian Railway Historical Society.
Steam Australia
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Author : Tim Fischer
language : en
Publisher: National Library of Australia
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Steam Australia written by Tim Fischer and has been published by National Library of Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Business & Economics categories.
In 'Steam Australia', Tim Fischer takes readers into the fascinating story of steam transportation over ten vital decades of transformation in Australia's history. The book also covers the great named express trains hauled by steam locomotives over the decades, such as 'Puffing Billy', Robert Gordon Menzies or 'The Ghan'. Special topics feature things such as Albury's 'break of gauge' platform (where two state track systems met), the Amiens branch line (running through Pozieres and Passchendaele stations in Queensland), some important characters such as C.Y. O'Connor and many more. The book is illustrated with over 300 exciting images from the superb National Library John Buckland collection of photography, many never seen before. Steam locomotives continue to operate as a key part of rail heritage tourism in Australia, demonstrating the ongoing legacy of these engines. The great age of steam in Australia and Fischer's salute to steam locomotion and all that it has achieved for this country is fascinating and captivating to both train novices and enthusiasts alike.
The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Steam Rail
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Author : Colin Garratt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Steam Rail written by Colin Garratt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Locomotives categories.
Since the birth of the railroads in the early Industrial Age, people across the world have been fascinated by the locomotive as a powerful symbol of advanced technology and an exciting means of transport. From the early beginnings of steam power to today's high-speed passenger trains, this book spans nearly two centuries of locomotive and railway development.
Body At The Melbourne Club
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Author : David Burke
language : en
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Release Date : 2009
Body At The Melbourne Club written by David Burke and has been published by Wakefield Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Bertram Armytage, son of a wealthy squatter, a popular sportsman who rowed for Cambridge, was the first Australian-born member of an Antarctic expedition. An expert horseman, he was given charge of the ponies in Ernest Shackleton's great 1907-1909 expedition, narrowly escaping the jaws of killer whales. In London he was decorated by royalty, but on coming home to Australia he went to his part-time city residence, the exclusive Melbourne Club, put on his dinner suit and polar medals and, at the age of 41, shot himself. This mystery-cum-biography provides a new perspective on one of Shackleton's greatest expeditions.
Engineering
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
Engineering written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Engineering categories.
Railroad Deregulation
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Author : Ercan Tukenmez
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Railroad Deregulation written by Ercan Tukenmez and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Coal categories.
Railroad History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Railroad History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Railroads categories.
Illustrated Book Of Steam And Rail
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Author : Colin Garratt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Illustrated Book Of Steam And Rail written by Colin Garratt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Locomotives categories.
Since the birth of the railroads in the early Industrial Age, people across the world have been fascinated by the locomotive as a powerful symbol of advanced technology and an exciting means of transport. From the early beginnings of steam power to today's high-speed passenger trains, this book spans nearly two centuries of locomotive and railway development.
Classic North American Steam
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Author : Nils Huxtable
language : en
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
Release Date : 1990
Classic North American Steam written by Nils Huxtable and has been published by Smithmark Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Technology & Engineering categories.
A glorious, large (10.5 x 14.75") reprint of the 1990 original edition of Gallery Books, a division of W.H. Smith. The present incarnation manifests better resolution & greater contrast in the many b & w photos. Impressive book at a tiny price (a promotional book). An era ended in 1960, when the major railroads in the United States and Canada dieselized.
Ghost Railways Of Australia
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Author : Robin Bromby
language : en
Publisher: Lothian Children's Books
Release Date : 2006
Ghost Railways Of Australia written by Robin Bromby and has been published by Lothian Children's Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Locomotives categories.
All across Australia, rusty rails are gradually disappearing from view as the weeds grow and memories of the days when trains ran there are fading. The railwaymen who loaded bales of wool into the wagons or coal into the tenders of steam locomotives have long retired. This book brings them all to life again as Robin Bromby delves into a rich and important history of the rail lines that were once so crucial to life in the bush.