Steam Australia : locomotives that galvanised the nation / Tim Fischer. Steam locomotives that galvanised the nation : Australia

Collection type	Library
Author	Fischer, Tim, 1946-;
Call Number	F 625.261 F529s
Document type	Monograph
Year	[2018] [2018] 018.
Pagination	vii, 255 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps ; 27 cm.
Publisher	NLA Publishing, NLA Publishing,
Note	Includes index. National Library's N copy is signed by author. A history of the steam train in Australia.
Place made	Canberra, ACT : Canberra, ACT :

Abstract

Foreword -- Introduction - From small steam locomotives to giant workhorses -- Ch. 1. The arrival of steam locomotion on rail -- Ch. 2. The agony of ''Break of gauge'' -- Ch./ 3. Gold, coal, wool and wheat -- Ch. 4. Victoria leads the way: from ''Hobson''s ch oice'' to the Spirit of Progress -- Ch. 5. Full steam ahead in New south Wales -- Ch. 6. Queensland rail: the triumph of narrow gauge -- Ch. 7. South Australia: a grand mixture of gauges and locomotives -- Ch. 8. Western Australia: linked by steam in war a nd peace -- Ch. 9. Tasmanian rail: a saga of lost opportunity -- Ch. 10 commonwealth Railways: East to West and way up North -- Ch. 11. The agony and the ecstasy: heritage steam in Australia in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: Steam will live on.