02478nam 2200529Ia 450 991046178540332120200520144314.01-922013-09-9(CKB)2670000000210252(EBL)933088(OCoLC)795120489(SSID)ssj0000676743(PQKBManifestationID)12219768(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676743(PQKBWorkID)10679472(PQKB)10880874(MiAaPQ)EBC933088(Au-PeEL)EBL933088(CaPaEBR)ebr10601768(EXLCZ)99267000000021025220070124d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAustralian railwayman[electronic resource] from cadet engineer to Railways Commissioner /Ron Fitch[Kenthurst], N.S.W. Rosenberg Publishing20061 online resource (248 p.)Includes index.1-877058-48-3 Contents; Author's Note; 1 A Lifetime of Memories; 2 A Railway Family; 3 Home Town Memories; 4 School Days; 5 Academe; 6 Western Australia, 1927-49; 7 Building Railways The Hard Way; 8 Commonwealth Railways,1949-54; 9 South Australian Railways, 1954-73; 10 My Standardisation Story; 11 Perambulations:Train, Trolley and Armstrong; 12 A Special Breed; 13 Mentors, Superiors and Colleagues; 14 Reflections; IndexRon Fitch was born in 1910 into a railway family. He began his career as a 16-year-old engineering cadet and completed it, 46 years later, having worked at various times for two state railways and the Commonwealth, as Commissioner of South Australian Railways. In this book Fitch gives a vivid account not only of his career but of the camaraderie of the greater railway community. This is a book for all train enthusiasts, celebrating the men, the machinery, the toil and the technology, that opened up a vast and sparsely populated continent.Railroad engineersAustraliaBiographyRailroadsAustraliaHistoryElectronic books.Railroad engineersRailroadsHistory.385.092Fitch R. J(Ronald John),1910-931187MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461785403321Australian railwayman2094819UNINA