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Enginemen of the Victorian Railways: Volume II by Nick Anchen
$49.95 AUD
Category: Specials
Enginemen of the Victorian Railways Volume II provides a rare insight into life on the locomotive footplate, through the fascinating recollections of sixteen railwaymen, whose stories paint a picture of a once-proud network in all its glory, and recall the days when the Victorian Railways were integral ...Show more
Iron Roads in the Outback (HB) by Nick Anchen
$69.95 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
The Iron Roads of the Australian Outback - the legendary Commonwealth Railways were built through some of the harshest landscapes on Earth. They were railways like no other, where men and women battled extreme temperatures, flash floods and maddening isolation to keep the trains running. This publicatio ...Show more
Life on the Victorian Railways by Nick Anchen
$49.95 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
The Victorian Railways of old was far more than just a transport business - it was a great railway family, where employees were treated as valued members of the organisation. Life on the Victorian Railways explores a bygone era, through the recollections and humorous stories of a selection of railwaymen ...Show more
Outback Railwaymen: Life on the Commonwealth Railways by Nick Anchen
$35.00 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA RAILWAY - NORTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY - TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY "Outback Railwaymen - Life on the Commonwealth Railways" explores the life and times of three extraordinary railways, through the recollections and humorous stories of a selection of retired railwaymen and women. These were t ...Show more
Puffing Billy: Spirit of the Dandenongs by Nick Anchen
$29.95 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
The Puffing Billy Railway is a genuine living museum, part of the original Victorian Railways branch line which operated for fifty three years between Upper Ferntree Gully and Gembrook. The quaint little train became in institution of the Dandenongs, and the closure of the line in 1954 caused a public o ...Show more
Rails To Old Walhalla by Nick Anchen
$29.95 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
Nestled deep in the hills of the Great Dividing Range, 140 km east of Melbourne, lies the romantic gold town of Walhalla. Situated in a narrow twisting valley, Walhalla is the very image of a ghost town, with cabins clinging precariously to high cliff walls, and a cascading stream tumbling past immense ...Show more
Railway to Cudgewa by NICK ANCHEN
$69.95 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
The spectacular mountain railway from Wodonga to Cudgewa in north eastern Victoria was one of Australia's truly fascinating branch lines, and the most challenging to operate on the Victorian Railways. It was a railway of scenic splendour, famous for its towering wooden bridges, notoriously steep grades, ...Show more
Railways of Tasmania's Wild West by Nick Anchen
$59.99 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
Tasmania's wild West Coast contained some of the most fascinating railways and tramways ever constructed in Australia. Built to tap the fabulous mineral wealth of mines such as Mount Bischoff and Mount Lyell, the remarkable engineering feats of these iron roads in the wilderness became the stuff of lege ...Show more
Railways of the Otway Ranges by Nick Anchen
$29.95 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
Situated in the Victoria's south west, the Otway Ranges rise from the plains to meet the rugged, shipwreck-strewn Bass Strait coastline along the dramatic Great Ocean Road. With abundant rainfall and luscious rainforest containing some of Australia's most spectacular waterfalls, the wild and beautiful O ...Show more
The Colour of Australia by Nick Anchen
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Considered by many to be one of Earth's last frontiers, the diversity of the island continent has been well documented, and it is true that the variety of landscapes in Australia is staggering.While at first glance, much of the country appears to be a barren wasteland, closer examination reveals the tru ...Show more
The Dandenong Ranges by Nick Anchen
$39.95 AUD
Category: Travel Guide
The charms of the Dandenong Ranges - the majestic call of the lyrebird, steam whistles in the distance, the unmistakable smell of the forest after rain, the colours of spring and autumn, the timeless atmosphere of the Cuckoo Restaurant...The Dandenong Ranges are a series of ridges and gullies of great n ...Show more
The Narrow Gauge: Whitfield, Gembrook, Crowes, Walhalla by Nick Anchen
$75.00 AUD
Category: Motor & Transport
The Victorian Railways narrow gauge lines portrayed the very essence of the Australian pioneering spirit, with their ingeniously constructed routes traversing picturesque, forested and rugged country. Built in the era of the horse and cart, when railways had a monopoly over the conveyance of freight and ...Show more