Riders of the Steel Highways: The History of Australia's Commonwealth Railways 1912-1975 by Monte Luke

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, with all corners now protective with book tape. Previous owners have inscribed the title page. A few marks on foredges. Body text and binding are still very good. Heavy book.

An extensively researched history of the Commonwealth Railways, compiled from historic documents, reports, railway records, newspaper articles and interviews.

The distance between the Nullarnor Plain and the Centre was so great that no State could resource a rail service. Yet national development demanded that a rail service be established. In 1913, the Commonwealth Railway unofficially began operations.

Monty Luke is a third-generation railwayman with 40 years of service with the Commonwealth Railways and later the Australian National.