A History of the South Australian Railways
A History of the South Australian Railways

Author: Ronald Stewien

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9781876568627

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William Alfred Webb landed in South Australia in 1922. His assignment: to rehabilitate the ailing State-owned railway system. In next to no time he found one very obvious weakness; an inadequate, run down and completely inefficient locomotive fleet. Taking the bull by the horns he right away appointed Fred Shea from Victoria as his Chief Mechanical Engineer, setting Fred on the road to becoming one of Australia's great engineers. The outcome: forty-five steam locomotives and three steam wrecking cranes that set standards of excellence that lasted until the South Australian Railways as a corporate body was finally dissolved on 8 December 1975. Not only did Shea excel as a steam locomotive engineer but during the Second World War (and after) he stood out as a giant in the construction of warplanes, munitions and in due course, diesel-electric locomotives.

A History of South Australia
A History of South Australia

Author: Paul Sendziuk

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-05-16

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1107623650

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A History of South Australia investigates the state's history from before the arrival of the first European explorers to today.

Locomotives of Australia
Locomotives of Australia

Author: Leon Oberg

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781877058547

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Provides a potted examination of the multiplicity of steam, diesel and electric locomotives that have graced Australia from 1854. This book examines the massive technological changes that have swept onto the Australian locomotive scene. It contains references and or direct entries to numerous locomotive types, research and much more.

British Industrial Steam Locomotives
British Industrial Steam Locomotives

Author: David Mather

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1526770202

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The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.

The History of South Australia Volume II.
The History of South Australia Volume II.

Author: Edwin Hodder

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-11-22

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13:

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The History of South Australia is a reflection on the colonization of Australia and various other historical events. South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the aridest parts of the country. With a total land area of 984,321 square kilometers (380,048 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and the second smallest state by population.