The Old Ghan Line
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Along The Old Ghan Line
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Author : Jeremy R. Browne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-31
Along The Old Ghan Line written by Jeremy R. Browne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-31 with categories.
The twelve-hundred kilometre narrow gauge railway from Port Augusta to Alice Springs served the Outback of Australia for 100 years. Starting in 1878 as the Port Augusta and Government Gums Railway, it became the Great Northern Railway and then the Central Australian Railway. The once or twice a week passenger train became known as the 'Ghan'.Partially by-passed in the 1950s, the old narrow gauge line was closed in 1980 and the rails pulled up. Two sections have survived - the first 40 kms through Pichi Richi Pass which operates as a Heritage Railway and the final 23 kms into Alice Springs, which currently no longer operates.Although the rails have gone, there is still much to see along the route. The author has compiled this Guide to the old railway - what is there and what was there and how to find locations, mostly through his own travels and with his photographs taken over more than fifty years.
Following The Old Ghan Railway Line 1878 1980
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Author : Brian R. Newell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Following The Old Ghan Railway Line 1878 1980 written by Brian R. Newell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Railroad travel categories.
The Old Ghan Line
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Author : George Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-07-01
The Old Ghan Line written by George Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Railroads categories.
A loco drivers historic description of the remote area line between Port Augusta and Alice Springs, Which was begun in 1878 and closed in 1980, then replaced by the luxury "GHAN" train to Darwin via Kingoonya and Alice Springs.
The Old Ghan Line
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Author : George Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-20
The Old Ghan Line written by George Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-20 with categories.
A concise account of the origin and building of the historic South Australian railway line between Port Augusta and Alice Springs. Built between 1897 and 1927 through some of the most remote and arid part of the country. It was used extensively during W.W.2 carrying troops and supplies to Alice Springs. The line was closed in 1980, but the written descriptions of the Stations, Sidings and Bridges will enable future travelers and historians to accurately identify the exact locations, types of buildings and habitats that were built. Together with local history, plus old and new photographs, these descriptions will forever identify this 600 plus miles of railway engineering which is steadily disappearing . The original Line texts and observations were written by George Williams, a lifetime Railwayman on this line, from Waterman to Loco Driver.
Lost Railways Of The World
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Author : Nigel Welbourn
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2023-02-16
Lost Railways Of The World written by Nigel Welbourn and has been published by Pen and Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-16 with Transportation categories.
Many readers will be familiar with Nigel Welbourn’s long running series of books, covering lost railways in Britain and Ireland. This new book Lost Railways of the World is the latest by this author on the subject of disused railways. The material for this volume has been collected and researched over a period of almost fifty years of world travel by the author. Informative text records the fortunes of the world’s lost railways and every country with significant disused railways is included. Lost railways are a unifying theme, being found throughout the world, from the hottest African desert to the coldest steppes of Russia. The book has a surprisingly British flavor as historically many railways throughout the world used British equipment and operating practices. On his first trip in the 1970s the author discovered British signaling equipment in Europe. In 2020 he discovered the same firms’ equipment in South America. The world’s top ten lost lines are listed, from the seven-mile-long sea bridge on a line that ran through the Florida Keys, to the rugged mountain splendor of the Khyber Pass Railway. Some of the oldest, largest, longest, most northerly, southerly, expensive, crookedest, steepest, highest, lowest and most notorious lost railways are included. Quirky and other unique tales from lost railways are included, such as the disappearing phantom bridge, a line destroyed by molten lava, to one that sank under the sea, another that conveyed giant turtles, to a memorial to a brave railway elephant. The author also visited remote areas of Argentina and provides more information on the mysterious disappearance of the ex-Lynton & Barnstaple Railway locomotive Lew. A large number of the 300 color illustrations have not been published before, maps and stories from around the world will delight not only the railway enthusiast, but appeal to a wider cadre of readers with an interest in nostalgia, history, geography and travel. To some the book will be an informative source of information, to others it is written in a way that highlights the most amazing lost railways in the world, but either way it is a fascinating and unique book.
The Ghan And The Men That Worked The Line
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Author : Keith S. Easton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Ghan And The Men That Worked The Line written by Keith S. Easton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with categories.
The Singing Line
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Author : Alice Thomson
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-06-30
The Singing Line written by Alice Thomson and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-30 with Travel categories.
The story of the man who strung the telegraph across Australia, and the woman who gave her name to Alice Springs. In 1855 an impoverished young scientist from Greenwich told his guardian that he was off to chance his luck in Australia - as Government Astronomer and Superintendent of Telegraphs for the small colony of South Australia. With him went his young wife Alice - after whom Alice Springs would be named. For Charles Todd was following a dream - the near impossible task of stringing a telegraph wire across one of the last uncrossed colonial wilderness, and finally connecting Australia with Britain. In 1997, their great-great-granddaughter Alice followed in their footsteps. Her plan was to track the telegraph and her ancestors, from Adelaide over the thousands of miles of desert, outback, swamp and mountain that Charles Todd had crossed in the 1860s with his 400 men.
Lost Railway Journeys From Around The World
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Author : Anthony Lambert
language : en
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-15
Lost Railway Journeys From Around The World written by Anthony Lambert and has been published by White Lion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-15 with Transportation categories.
From the great cathedral-like railways stations of the steam age to obscure lines built through spectacular landscapes to open up countries before the advent of motorised road transport, this book is a celebration of our lost railway heritage and the lines that can no longer be travelled. Through stunning images, Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World evokes the romance and drama of these journeys, taking the reader as close as they can possibly get to this lost world of dining cars, sleeping cars, station porters and international rail travel. Organised by continent, all of these routes have stories to tell and the lost journeys are captured in the old postcards and posters that accompany photographs drawn from collections and archives across the world.
Where History Happened
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Author : Peter Spearritt
language : en
Publisher: National Library of Australia
Release Date : 2018-09-01
Where History Happened written by Peter Spearritt 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 2018-09-01 with Travel categories.
'Where History Happened' reveals the hidden past of some of Australia's most intriguing towns and places, from mining settlements and whaling stations to monuments and historic houses in our capital cities. The stories that emerge, of remote religious communities, isolated penal colonies, places of Indigenous incarceration and environmental degradation and rejuvenation, describe a vast and complex country, with a heritage worth preserving. Part social, architectural, military, political and industrial history, part road trip travel companion, this book has something for every reader.
A Long Way Walkin In Australia
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Author : Tom Hayllar
language : en
Publisher: Balboa Press
Release Date : 2014-02
A Long Way Walkin In Australia written by Tom Hayllar and has been published by Balboa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tom Hallyar is a teacher, writer, bushwalker, caver and adventurer. He has climbed isolated mountains in New Guinea, explored remote cave systems in New Guinea and the Philippines, walked across isolated Himalayan and Nepalese high country, and trekked lonely stretches of Alaska. In 1985 he made the diagonal journey from Wilsons Promontory by the southernmost Tasman Sea to Kalumburu where the Timor Sea laps the far off shores of the Northern Kimberley.
