Marble Bar to Mandurah – A History of Passenger Rail Services in Western Australia

RAILWAYS West Australiana –

Covers history of passenger railways from 1871 onwards. This book presents a comprehensive story of travelling by train in Western Australia, set in an accurate historical framework. Australian Railway Historical Society WA Division Inc trading as Rail Heritage WA.

Presents a comprehensive story of travelling by train in Western Australia. Set in an accurate historical framework, anecdotes and personal recollections help us understand what it was like to travel by train – whether for work or pleasure, to the local beaches or across the hot Nullarbor in cattle trucks during wartime. Excellent colour and b/w illustrations.

The comprehensive story of passenger rail travel in Western Australia. Comprehensive historical framework, plus many anecdotes and personal recollections. Covering the once widespread WAGR network, the Midland Railway, Transperth and Transwa today and across the Nullarbor. Plus pleasure and tourist journeys and special trains. 1876 to 2007 and beyond.

First Edition.

• xii, 274 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 31 cm.
• Railroads — Western Australia — Passenger traffic — History

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