Ghost Railways of Australia de Bromby, Robin - 2006

Sydney: Lothian Publishing Co. 2006. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Stain to base of pages. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 232 pages. This book evokes memories of places that are now al but deserted. It is the story of the vanished people and places once served by rail. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Lothian Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Lothian Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 232 pages colour and sepia photos - All across Australia, rusty rails are gradually disappearing from view as the weeds grow and memories of the days when trains ran are fading. The railwaymen who worked, loading bales of wool into wagons or coal into the tenders of steam locomotives, have long retired. Robin Bromby, author of The Railway Age In Australia, goes in hunt of the stories and pictures of Australia's ghost railways. The book evokes memories of places like Dajarra in Queensland, now just a dusty settlement in the middle of nowhere but in the 1940s its railhead handled more cattle than even the fabled Abilene in Texas; and the Ravensthorpe line in Western Australia, where trains would stop to allow locals to pick wildflowers. The stories of these and other now vanished railways are recalled in words and photos. Also featured are the jobs of railway people that have now vanished - the… Leer más

Sydney: Lothian Books, 2006. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour & black & white photos (including frontispiece), light foxing reverse side jacket (minor edgewear), closed tear top edge rear cover, few tiny dents front cover & jacket, spine ends little rubbed. Heavy (1.3 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 232 pp. Robin Bromby reports on Australian railroads that are now deserted. Dajarra in Queensland, just a dusty settlement in the middle of nowhere, was once a railhead that handled more cattle than even the fabled Abilene in Texas. On the Ravensthorpe line in Western Australia, trains in the past would stop to allow locals to pick wildflowers - now they don't run anymore. The stories of the vanished people who tended the railroads and trains and the places are illustrated by a wide variety of photos, many never published before. A wonderful book for all interested in Australian history.

Sydney: Lothian Publishing, 2006. 4to.pp.232 with colour and black & white illustrations. Original cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Very Good.