description: The book is a series of self-contained segments, illustrated with historic photographs on the highlights of Australian railway history from the first convict powered railway in Van Diemen's Land in 1836, to the first coast-to-coast crossing by the Indian-Pacific in 1970. All Australia's crack trains are represented; the Indian-Pacific, the Southern Aurora, the Overland, the Spirit of Progress, the Intercapital Daylight, the Trans Australia, the Ghan, the Prospector, the Sunlander and of course, the Puffing Billy.
language: English
title: Australia's railway days: Milestones in railway history
publisher: Macmillan