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Crimson Giants: The Articulated Steam Locomotives of Queensland Rail -Used- (UB-17881)

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Product No.: UB-17781
Title: Crimson Giants: The Articulated Steam Locomotives of Queensland Rail
Author(s): West, A.M.
Illustrator(s): N/A
Publisher: ARHS-QLD
ISBN: 0909937311
Condition: Used
Binding: Softcover
Dust Jacket: no
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Year: 1995

Features: 144 Pages with Black/White Photos and Line Drawings.

The outstanding feature of Queensland's narrow gauge railway system was the vast distances necessary to reach small, isolated settlements. To achieve these distances, the early railway builders constructed cheap, light lines and structures, limiting the power and speed of locomotives to the generally modest planned traffic requirements. From before the turn of the century, the challenge for the locomotive engineer was to find ways of obtaining a substantial increase in engine power and a resultant economy in train operation, but without incurring the enormous expense of reconstruction of the permanent way and its supporting structures.