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Author : Patsy Adam-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Romance of Australian railways written by Patsy Adam-Smith and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rev. P. A. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Patsy Adam Smith's Romance of Australian Railways written by Rev. P. A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patsy Adam-Smith
Publisher : Robert Hale
ISBN 13 : 9780709142041
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Patsy Adam Smith's Romance of Australian Railways written by Patsy Adam-Smith and published by Robert Hale. This book was released on 1974 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Marsh
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 0730495965
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Great Australian Railway Stories written by Bill Marsh and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these frustrating days of semi-automated electric trains, it is hard to remember the smell of coal smoke, the hiss of steam, and sting of cinders flying into your eyes as you hung out a window. there was romance then, in working and travelling on the Australian railways, and hardship. With his passion for the olden days worn on his sleeve and his famous ear for a good yarn well pricked, Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has found stories from drivers and gangers, stokers and crossing guards, their families and everyone in between, to create a collection of adventures that tell in their authentic voices of the funny, dramatic and hilarious times of a world long past.
Author : Ed Wright
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1921497092
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Australia's Railways written by Ed Wright and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Australia was first settled by Europeans in 1788, the worldwide railway boom was still 40 years away. When the railways finally came to Australia, they helped create new towns and alleviate the isolation of the outback. Communities began to consolidate in places where the rail came. In the cities the railway enabled the growth of commuter belt suburbs. They have been crucial to the development of Australian industry. Railways and associated industries were the biggest employers in Australia. The railways reached their pinnacle in the 1950s, but they have been disadvantaged by Australia’s sparsely distributed population and low density cities, the advancement of the motor vehicle, and air travel. Nonetheless, the future for our railways is not completely grim. While the romance of the long-distance passenger journey seems to have more tourist than utilitarian value, the growing population in Australia’s major cities, as well as the traffic and environmental problems caused by cars, means that urban railways are more vital than ever to the effective operation of cities. The railways also continue to play an important part in freighting the produce of Australia’s primary industries as well as in agriculture. Combined with the large number of heritage and tourist trains, these ensure that even today some of the romance of the railways remains.
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178854983X
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (885 download)
Download or read book Railways written by Christian Wolmar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world. The arrival of the railways in the first half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent spread across every one of the world's continents acted as a spur for economic growth and social change on an extraordinary scale. The 'iron road' stimulated innovation in engineering and architecture, enabled people and goods to move around the world more quickly than ever before, and played a critical role in warfare as well as in the social and economic spheres. Christian Wolmar describes the emergence of modern railways in both Britain and the USA in the 1830s, and elsewhere in the following decade. He charts the surge in railway investment plans in Britain in the early 1840s and the ensuing 'railway mania' (which created the backbone of today's railway network), and the unstoppable spread of the railways across Europe, America and Asia. Above all, he assesses the global impact of a technology that, arguably, had the most transformative impact on human society of any before the coming of the Internet, and which, as it approaches two centuries of existence, continues to play a key role in human society in the twenty-first century. 'A lucid and engaging account of the far-reaching effects that trains have had upon society' The Railway & Canal Historical Society
Author : David Bonn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646344683
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (446 download)
Download or read book Old Ghan New Ghan written by David Bonn and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1586488511
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Blood, Iron, and Gold written by Christian Wolmar and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. Within the course of a decade, tracks were being laid as far afield as Australia and Cuba, and by the outbreak of World War I, the United States alone boasted over a quarter of a million miles. With unrelenting determination, architectural innovation, and under gruesome labor conditions, a global railroad network was built that forever changed the way people lived. From Panama to Punjab, from Tasmania to Turin, Christian Wolmar shows how cultures were enriched, and destroyed, by one of the greatest global transport revolutions of our time, and celebrates the visionaries and laborers responsible for its creation.
Author : John Larkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Romance of Australian Trams written by John Larkins and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465433716
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)
Download or read book The Iron Road written by Christian Wolmar and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Christian Wolmar, author of the critically acclaimed The Great Railroad Revolution, The Iron Road is a richly illustrated account of the rise of the rails across the world. From the historic moment in September 1830 when the first train ran between Liverpool and Manchester, to the high speed trains bulleting across Asia and Europe, The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad looks at how railroads have changed the world. Photographs, maps, paintings, and illustrations bring events and locations to life, adding a unique visual quality to the stories of great invention, feats of mind-boggling engineering, groundbreaking changes in trade and commerce, and tales of adventurers, visionaries, and rogues. The Iron Road is the third title in DK's successful illustrated histories format, which combines text-rich narratives with beautiful visual design.
Author : Terry Gilltrap
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780727013477
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Romance of Australian Transport written by Terry Gilltrap and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Convict power; steam, coaches and bullocks; goldrushes and railways; bicycle; motor car; effects of war on transport; air age; internal combustion engine.
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Publisher : Brolga Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922036153
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Railway Dog written by and published by Brolga Publishing. This book was released on with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tim Fischer
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 0730497402
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Trains Unlimited in the 21st Century written by Tim Fischer and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and illuminating journey along the world's railways, past, present and future, by the host of the ABC's hugely popular Local Radio series, THE GREAT TRAIN SHOW. ABC Local Radio's hugely successful podcast series tHE GREAt tRAIN SHOW unearthed thousands of train enthusiasts across the country. Hosted by former deputy PM and renowned train obsessive tim Fischer, the series covered such topics as the restoration of locomotives, childhood train memories, the importance of rail during wartime, and travel on the trans-Siberian railway. tRAINS UNLIMItED continues this entertaining and illuminating journey along the world's railways. It is about the history, excitement and romance of rail, including the twelve best rail experiences in the world, and it explores the future potential of rail - with unequalled energy efficiencies and strong environmental credentials, tim makes a compelling case for an even greater role for rail transport in the 21st century and beyond. As wide-ranging, authoritative, fascinating and quirky as the radio program, tRAINS UNLIMItED is sure to delight all train enthusiasts and interested general readers alike. All aboard!
Author : Michael V. Conlin
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 1845414381
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Railway Heritage and Tourism written by Michael V. Conlin and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book of its kind to examine railway heritage in the context of tourism in a comprehensive, internationally relevant manner. It explores the challenges faced by developers and operators of railway heritage destinations including financial, legal and managerial sustainability in the modern tourism industry. These themes are exemplified by a variety of case studies of railway heritage in tourism from regions around the world including North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australasia. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars of cultural tourism as well as researchers and practitioners of industrial heritage tourism, along with graduate and senior undergraduate students.
Author : Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307908550
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Trains and Lovers written by Alexander McCall Smith and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rocking motion of the train as it speeds along, the sound of its wheels on the rails . . . There’s something special about this form of travel that makes for easy conversation, which is just what happens to the four strangers who meet in Trains and Lovers. As they journey by rail from Edinburgh to London, the four travelers pass the time by sharing tales of trains that have changed their lives. A young, keen-eyed Scotsman recounts how he turned a friendship with a female coworker into a romance by spotting an anachronistic train in an eighteenth-century painting. An Australian woman shares how her parents fell in love and spent their life together running a railroad siding in the remote Australian Outback. A middle-aged American patron of the arts sees two young men saying goodbye in a train station and recalls his own youthful crush on another man. And a young Englishman describes how exiting his train at the wrong station allowed him to meet an intriguing woman whom he impulsively invited to dinner—and into his life. Here is Alexander McCall Smith at his most enchanting, exploring the nature of love—and trains—in a collection of romantic, intertwined stories. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Author : Dr. Romance
Publisher : Alpha
ISBN 13 : 9780028636573
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Romance written by Dr. Romance and published by Alpha. This book was released on 1999-12-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No relationship is truly alive without romance, and Dr. Fagan (aka Dr. Romance) is prepped to teach her readers everything they need to know to keep the romance alive in their relationships. From romantic e-mails, faxes, and phone calls to writing love letters, watching romantic movies, or initiating the perfect romantic seduction, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Romance is bound to help every reader obtain romantic fulfillment.
Author : Stephen Brooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780867773736
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (737 download)
Download or read book The Railways of Australia written by Stephen Brooke and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
