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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.
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$18.95
From the time the Queensland Government Railways introduced its first mainline diesel-electric locomotives in November 1952, it adopted a standard livery of blue, white and grey. QR retained these basic colours for nearly forty years - far longer than any other state-run railway system in Australia...
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$14.95
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