TRAINS & TRAMS
Destination Waterfront City: A Guide to Melbourne’s Trams
Randall Wilson and Dale Budd
The essential handbook for all those interested in Melbourne’s trams,
Destination Waterfront
City
provides detailed technical and pictorial coverage of the city’s current tram fleet, from
the current in service W class trams to the new E class. It also includes colourful
photographs, diagrams and authoritative information on other information about the largest
tram network in the world. It also includes up to date track maps of Melbourne’s tram network.
ISBN: 978-0-90945-925-3
80
pages
$59.95
Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust
Ian A. Brady
A comprehensive history of one of Melbourne’s early municipal tramways. It opened in 1910, and
continued until 1920, when it was taken over by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board.
Operating in Melbourne’s east, the P&MTT ran most of what is now the North Balwyn, Box Hill,
Camberwell, Kew, Glen Iris, Malvern, East Malvern, St Kilda and Carnegie tram routes. By 1920, it
was the largest of the early tramways systems.
ISBN: 978-0-90945-923-9
96
pages
$59.95
High Speed Trains
Peter Clark
Ever since Japan introduced their Shinkansen trains, commonly called the Bullet Trains, in
the 1960s, high speed rail has spread across Europe and Asia. From the TGV in France, to
the HST in Great Britain, to the ICE in Germany, and the KTV in South Korea, and with
operating speeds of just under 400km/h, high speed rail is a serious alternative to air travel.
This book examines the history of high speed rail, and also looks at the problems faced and
solutions found. It also looks at Australia’s attempts at high speed rail. It also has details of all the different approaches
countries have taken to high speed rail – Japan, France, Britain, USA, Canada, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Italy, Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, China, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia.
ISBN: 978-1-92171-908-0
192
pages
HB
$39.95
Tracing Trams Through Sydney
Jim Longworth
Anyone who has been to Sydney, or who lives in Sydney, will possibly have heard of Bondi Junction.
But why is it a junction? It received its name when it used to serve as a tramway junction, something
that it no longer does. A surprisingly large number of remnants of the former tramways remain in
Sydney, and imprint on the landscape, and are still easily visible today. This book is a must for urban
explorers, tramway archaeologists and local historians. After surveying many remnants, this book
draws conclusions on how tramway traces became embodied in our present archaeological record.
ISBN: 978-0-90945-924-6
72
pages
$49.95
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