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What a Journey: Life in the Victorian Railways 1948-1987 (AAVI-BK5)

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Product No.: AAVI-BK5
Title: What a Journey: Life in the Victorian Railways 1948-1987
Author(s): Yates, Thomas E.
Illustrator(s): N/A
Publisher: A.R.H.S (VIC Division)
ISBN: 0858490455
Condition: New
Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards (Hard Cover)
Dust Jacket: None
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Year: 2004

Features: 223 Pages with Black/White Photos.

What a Journey is a fascinating social history of the Victorian Railways from 1948 to 1987. It describes a momentous period in the railway's 150 years of operation which witnessed the end of the steam train era, the slashing of the organization's size, and the attempt to build a modern commercial organization while working with technology up to 80 years old. It tells the story through the eyes of Tom Yates who started as a 16 year old Lad Porter and ending up as the Station Master of the busiest Victorian Station - Flinders Street Station.