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	The South Coast Railway The South Coast railway was unique: No other railway in Queensland, originally built mainly for goods transport, ever carried such unprecedented passenger numbers. Surely no other railway anywhere with such huge potential for the future has ever been closed so prematurely. Surely, few rail closures anywhere else ever aroused such public indignation. Yet few people living on the Gold Coast today would even realise that long ago, steam trains and the crowds of people they transported formed an integral part of the Gold Coast scene for over 75 years....		Price: $39.95	QTY:

	Laughter Off The Rails 54 page booklet loaded with cartoons and caricatures depicting the humourous side of railway construction and maintainence.		Price: $4.50	QTY:

	COMENG - The History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 3 1966 - 1977 (BOOK) Volume 3 of the history of Commonwealth Engineering picks up the story where volume 2 left off. The takeover of rival firm A. E. Goodwin allowed Comeng to enter the lucrative and very successful business of building Alco-powered diesel-electric locomotives, for the growing iron ore mines in Australia’s northwest.		Price: $57.95	

	The Cooktown Railway   Few railways have had a history as unusual as that of the 67 mile Cooktown Railway in North Queensland, thatoperated from 1885 until 1961. The story of the Cooktown Railway is a fascinating one, as much part of the history of Cooktown as the repairing of Captain Cook's holed "Endeavour" there in 1770. Those interested in the history of North Queensland, and railway enthusiasts generally, will find much of interest in this book, which records Australia's most unusual railway.		Price: $18.95	QTY:

	Cairns Range Railway 1886 - 1891 A pictorial history of the construction of the Cairns Range Railway, by author A D Broughton		Price: $16.95	QTY:

	Country Railways of Queensland PART 1 (BOOK) Queensland if a big state with a far flung railway system.  The 1950s, 60s and 70s were decades of massive changes when the former Queensland Railways (QR) shook off their "Quaint and Rattley" tag and matched "Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward". Journey back with us to a simpler amd gentler era.		Price: $42.00	QTY:

	To the Setting Sun (BOOK) Construction of a railway from Rockhampton to Longreach, between 1865 and 1892, was a prodigious undertaking of the last century. As the rails reached out year after year through heat and bitter cold, through dust and flood, built with sweat and strain and hand tools, the towns along its length were created and the surrounding districts opened up.		Price: $19.95	QTY:

	Slow At Frog - A Short History of the Brisbane Trolley Bus System (BOOK) Brisbane's Trolley Bus system was beset with adversity almost from its inception and never rose to any great prominence in the overall transport scene in the city. It was always the poor relation of the highly popular and successful tramway system.		Price: $12.00	

	Brisbane Tramways The Last Decade (BOOK) Photographs and text record the operations of the Brisbane tramway system during its last decade. This book is presented as a tribute to the city of Brisbane and its trams during that period.		Price: $19.95	

	Built By Bundaberg Foundry The Bundaberg Foundry has existed at its current site for some 124 years, although its origins go back even earlier. Today, as Bundaberg Walkers Engineering, it has enriched its own expertise and traditions with those of Walkers of Maryborough.		Price: $22.95	

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