Books on Railways.

[Ausfree]

Last weekend, Mrs Aus and I decided to take a drive up the new Hunter Expressway to see what it was like, (very good actually) and we finished up in Singleton. just over half an hour from my place:o before the expressway, it would have taken an hour.

Anyrate I digress, we had a pub lunch and saw a bric-a -brac shop so Mrs Aus was keen to have a look, we went in and the old stuff they had in there was amazing. I stumbled on two 1984 vintage books on trains:D I had to have them and they were only a few dollars each so I bought them as I am an avid reader.

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This book was interesting, it told of the major steam express trains that used to operate, and gave accounts of people who used to work in that era.:D

The other book is really a reference manual of the various steam trains and early diesel electric (up to 1984) trains that operated Australia wide.:D This book to me was a real find for somebody with an interest in steam loco's.:D

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The price tickets are the original ones, not what I paid for them. So I guess they would have been around the $40 mark in today's money.

Can't go without showing a reference to my favourite steam loco, of which I have fond memories of them double heading and hauling coal up the Fassifern Bank and through Cardiff.:D:D
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[disco man]

What a find Mr Aus!!! Lucky bugger looks like a very good read:p

[drivesafe]

My favourite steam loco too.

Many,MANY years ago, I bought a copy of the full erection blue print diagrams of the 60 class.

The drawings are about 3 “feet” wide and 4 “yards” long.

I had “dreams” of building a static model of a 60 class, but never got round to it.

I hope that someday, one of the G scale manufactures will bring out model of a Garret of some form.

BTW, I still have some Vinyl Records of 60 classes working places like Fassifern and Cowan Bank

[isuzutoo-eh]

There's a high quality brass O scale (1:43.5) model of the AD60 coming out soon, I'll get some photos of the pilot model sections made so far during the week :) It is a proper monster of a model!