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Autore: | Fitch R. J (Ronald John), <1910-> |
Titolo: | Australian railwayman [[electronic resource] ] : from cadet engineer to Railways Commissioner / / Ron Fitch |
Pubblicazione: | [Kenthurst], N.S.W., : Rosenberg Publishing, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina: | 385.092 |
Soggetto topico: | Railroad engineers - Australia |
Railroads - Australia - History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Ron 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Australian railwayman |
ISBN: | 1-922013-09-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910461785403321 |
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