Australian Orders, Page ThreeQuality railway books from selected publishers.NOTE: if ordering MORE THAN TWO BOOKS, or ordering for post OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA, please email sales@railheritagewa.org.au for a correct postage cost. |
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A tramcar named Sixty-SixThis special edition of Perth Electric Tramway Society's magazine is devoted to their prize operating exhibit, former Perth tram 66, the last tram to run in Western Australia. This car was originally built in WA, at the railway workshops in Midland in 1917. The booklet includes excerpts from the society's book "Tracks by the Swan" to give background, the explains how 66 was retained and eventually restored to full operating condition.
Postage $6.00 |
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$18.50 |
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CLYDE the diesel era 1948-2000 by David JehanClyde signed an agreement with General Motors to be a local manufacturer and agent for their EMD diesel locomotives and became a major supplier of motive power for Australian railways, including in WA.
Postage $15.00 |
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$89.90 |
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Iron Work Horses by Bruce MacdonaldBruce Macdonald is an expert on industrial and narrow gauge locomotives in Australia and here recounts the story of many engines which worked in timber, sugar, quarrying and other industries, often out of public sight but equally important to our railways' role in history.
Postage $11.00 |
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$59.00 |
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Rails in the West by Fred AffleckSub-titled "How Western Australia's government railway shaped the state 1870-2000", this is a comprehensive and insightful history of the WA Government Railways and their role in WA's history and development. It takes a professional approach to record not only the "what, where and when" of WA rail development, but also comments on the "why" and "to what result". Rail Heritage WA member Dr Fred Affleck previously wrote "On track - the making of Westrail" but has since extended his detailed research to record and shed light on the whole era of a state-run railway network in WA.
Postage $15.00 |
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$89.00 |
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The Station Master by Freddie DannyThis book tells the life story of a station officer on the WA Government Railways, following his progression from a junior worker through station roles to Station Master and other senior postings. It's an interesting memoir of life starting from the 1950s, through various stages of modernisation, told in a humorous narrative, including the days when things went smoothly, and the many days when they didn't. Postage $6.00 |
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$19.50 |
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My steam days on the Great Southern Railway of Western Australia by Max FrancisMax had a career spanning almost five decades on the WA Government Railways, from 1959 to 2007. Postage $11.00 |
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$37.50 |
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Geraldton's railway history by an old engine driver by Stan Gratte OAMAn interesting collection of personal memories and historical notes about the railways of the Midwest, centred on Geraldton. Postage $11.00 |
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$27.50 |
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A Guide to Australasian Locomotion 2023 edition by Chris WaltersEssential reference for your bookshelf, or in your car: Comprehensive guide to the locomotives working in Australia and NZ today. Postage $11.00 |
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$45.00 |
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Australian Railway History - 80 years of the Australian Standard GarrattThis special issue of the Australian Railway History magazine is dedicated to reviewing the life of the controversial ASG locomotive. Of special interest in the West since it was designed by WAGR engineers, but was required by wartime restrictions and demands to be able to work in all states with 3'6" gauge systems - but none of those systems' wanted it. Nor did the unions. A clash of strong wills, a Royal Commission, resulted in state systems being short of motive power but not wanting to use the ASG. Several of the ordered 65 units were never operated. Well illustrated. Postage $5.00 |
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$11.00 |
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THE 40 YEAR TRAIN TRIP, from 1960 to 2001 - by Brian HendersonAn interesting account of an interesting life. Brian Henderson trained on the WAGR, becoming a loco driver and working a variety of rosters around the system. Postage $11.00 |
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$26.50 |
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Australian Railway History - Western Australia 150th issue.Special issue of this journal marking 150th anniversary of first train running in WA. Includes three WA articles including Jeff Austin's detailed story on the "Ballaarat" loco and the first railway. There are also articles on WA's rail revival, and on the changing diesel scene.
Postage $5.00 |
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$10.00 |
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Running Out of Steam & Catching Up with Diesels, by David Burke.This is a fascinating book about the steam era coming to an end and the rise of diesels. But it's not a technical book - instead this well-known author has used contemporary advertising material, timetables, photographs and other printed ephemera, together with source material to create a nostalgic journey of railways and those who worked there. Every state is covered as well as Commonwealth Railways. Postage $11.00 |
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$15.00 |
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Woodlines of Western Australia - A comprehensive history of the Goldfields Woodlines. - by Phil Bianchi OAM.Without a source of cheap energy to fuel steam boilers and for ore treatment, few Western Australian gold mines would have been productive. Postage $15.00 |
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$85.00 |
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Steam Australia - locomotives that galvanised the nation - by Tim Fischer.Well-known rail enthusiast (and former deputy Prime Minister) Tim Fischer AO has surveyed Australian locomotives, not from the railfan's usual point of view, but as he says an "account of the great tapestry of transport weaved by the steam locomotive in the country. It details how the nation was galvanised by the economic growth steam trains delivered".
Postage $14.00 |
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$39.90 |
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Destination Whiteman Park.Described as a "pictorial review of the trams of Whiteman Park", this booklet features the vintage electric trams of the Perth Electric Tramway Society based at Whiteman Park in Perth's northern suburbs, in a new edition with a colour photo of each tram and in most cases also an early photo of the car in action or before rescue. Postage $4.00 |
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$9.50 |
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Lakes and Rails - Wagin's Railway History - by Peter Gould.This new book comprehensively book tells the story of this major rail station on the Great Southern railway. Wagin is still a junction of wheat lines to the east, and in the past was also a junction of a line west to Collie and Bunbury, so it was always busy. Postage $15.00 |
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$69.90 |
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The Kojonup Railway - by Michael Rogers, with David Whiteford and Jeff Austin.The interesting story of the cross-country line between Donnybrook and Katanning, via Boyup Brook and Kojonup. Postage $8.00 |
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$29.50 |
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Elleker-Denmark-Nornalup 2nd edition, 2015, by Ross McGuinness.This new second edition is a very detailed and complete book about the railway which once ran west from Elleker (near Albany) to Nornalup. Postage $15.00 |
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$99.00 |
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The Amery story; the railway people's vital part in developing rural Western Australia, by John Cox.This interesting book is not just about Amery, a junction station between wheatbelt lines, but recounts the memories of numerous
people to record the relationship between the railway and rural workers and residents. Postage $15.00 |
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$29.00 |
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My Desert Backyard, by Julian Insall.The author loves trains and the Australian outback, and this endearment is clear in his book.
Often camping out to get good photos in the right lighting, this book shows modern trains in an outback setting which
could only be Australia. Mostly on the trans-Australian line, but also in South Australia and the Northern Territory,
over 80 photos are well reproduced in colour on quality paper. Postage $15.00 |
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$44.50 |
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To Greenhills and Beyond, by Allan Tilley.A history of the York to Bruce Rock railway, the first of many light agricultural lines constructed to open up the wheat belt, and one of the survivors.
These railways, built between about 1910 and 1930, were constructed by political decision to minimal standards,
saddling the railway administration for decades afterwards with slow trains and inefficient operations. 112 pages, numerous illustrations, good quality art paper. Postage $11.00 |
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$12.50 |
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How Steam Works - DVDThis DVD contains 2 short videos. "How Steam Works" explains how a steam locomotive works. Using the Western Australian "S" class as background, and a purpose-made moving graphic, this film explains how steam is generated and controlled. "Midland's Might", the second video, features the Midland Workshops-built locomotive S549, now based at The Railway Museum in Bassendean. The ten members of the S class were the only steam locomotives entirely designed, built and operated in Western Australia. Total running time approx. 10 mins. A low-resolution version of the first video features in our education pages.Postage $5.00 |
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$10.00 |
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Commonwealth Railways GM Class, by Train Hobby.GM1, famous as the first full size diesel locomotive to work across the Nullarbor, and the first into WA,
is being restored by Rail Heritage WA for display, and for operation on special occasions. The Commonwealth Railways GM class Locomotive
Profile looks at the workings and various liveries applied over the years to these stylish and impressive 'bulldog' units. Printed in colour.
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$49.50 |
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A history of WAGR passenger carriages.Andy May and Bill Gray have compiled the ultimate reference to West Australian carriages, including those of
major WA private railways. Up to date to the new Prospector and B series EMUs. |
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$69.50 |
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The Pinjarra-Narrogin railway.New book by Roger Sallis gives a complete story of this railway, including the early politics, construction,
government operation, closure and then resurrection of part as the Hotham Valley Tourist Railway. |
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$25.00 |
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