Locomotives in the Tropics Queensland Railways 1864 to 1910 by John Armstrong; Australian Railway Historical Society Queensland Division

Publisher: Australian Railway Historical Society - Queensland Division, Brisbane, 1985. Softcover. Condition - Good, wear to cover. Volume 1 in this series describes the development of what became the largest railway system in Australia. Covers the construction of the Southern and Western Railway in 1865, the adoption of the 3'6" gauge, and the development of what is now the Queensland Government Railway from smaller railways (the S&W, the Bowen, the Northern (later Central), the Great Northern, the Maryborough, the Bundaberg, the Mackay, the Cooktown, the Cairns, the Emu Park, the Normantown, and the private Chillagoe Railway) and the tramways (the Prosperine, Ayr, Geraldton (Innisfail) and Cairns-Mulgrave). With extensive rosters. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. 112 pages.