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Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania
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Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania
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Includes train(s): The Ghan; Trans Australian; The Queensland; The Sunlander; The Westlander; The Capricornian; The Overland; Canberra Link; The Vinelander; The Indian Pacific; others. Includes (selected items): photographs; Southern Cross Express (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne); The XPT Experience, Sydney to Dubbo; The Victorian Railways (1937?); New Zealand Railways; Australian National Locomotives (Tasmania); The Darling Harbour Monorail, TNT Harbourlink (Sydney); others.
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Europe: Germany
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Books: 1) "Krauss-Maffei Diesel Hydraulic ML - 4000 C'C'." Operating manual republished by Old Line Publishers, Milwaukee, WI (1963) 2) "Trans Europ Express, TEE, Der Werdegang des TEE-Betriebe." By Dr. Fritz Stockl (1971) 3) "Locomotives--Lokomotiven... Made In Germany." Catalog of locomotives made for railroads in various countries (1966)
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Europe: Switzerland
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Includes photographs. Materials include "Jungfrau Railway, Switzerland." History and description of mountain railway route (1940s?); electric railways; Swiss Federal Railways; book: "Railway Electrification In Switzerland, with Special Reference to the Swiss Federal Railways and their Rolling-Stock. Paper Read before the Institution of Locomotive Engineers by H. Loosli, Swiss Federal Railways" (1954).
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Far East; Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Korea, China
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Includes (selected items): book: "Royal State Railways of Siam, Fiftieth Anniversary, 1897-1947" (1947); "South Manchuria Railway Company" guidebook (1938); snapshot photographs of trains in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Manila.
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Railroad rosters; Spotter's guides
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Four books: 1) "Diesel Spotter's Guide." by Jerry A. Pinkepank. Intended to be a comprehensive list of (U.S.) Diesel locomotives up to 1966. Listed by manufacturer. B/W photos, tables of specifications, descriptive paragraphs. (Kalmbach Pub. Co., Milwaukee, WI., 1967) 2) "From Zephyr to Amtrak, A Guide to Lightweight cars and Streamliners" by David Randall and Alan R. Lynd. (Prototype Publications, Park Forest, Ill., 1972) 3) "Railway Passenger Car Annual, Vol. 1, 1973-1974. Intercity Mainline and Commuter Rosters." by W. David Randall and Zenon R. Hansen. (RPC Publications, 1974) 4) "Streamline, Le Design American Des Annees 30-40." by Olivier Boissiere. Photos, b/w and color, of streamline, art deco objects and designers (Rivages/Styles, Paris, 1987)
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Manufacturers: American Locomotive (ALCO); General Electric (GE)
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Includes (selected items): booklet. "Illustrated History of General Electric Locomotives. Diesel-Electric, Electric, Turbine & Industrial. Over 400 Photographs" by O.M. Kerr. Includes a 12 p. summary of GE locomotive history (96 p., 1979).
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