Re: "The Electric Railways of Victoria"

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"Chris Downs" <cvdowns@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Geoffrey B Churchman (from memory) brought out a book on the electric
> railways of Australia and New Zealand in the early 90s (can't confirm the
> details as my copy is stuck in one of dozens of boxes).
>
"Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand" 1995  IPL Books,
Smithfield 2061.

Ted

> Not as technically valuable as other publications already mentioned, nor
> "First Stop Central", but it does include information on Queensland's and
> Perth's electric railways as well as those of Victoria & NSW and
> everything sparky in NZ.
>
> The only review I recall having read about this book gave it a bit of a
> pasting (I think the review even hinted at plagiarism).
>
> I suspect it is the most recent publication nonetheless.
>
> Chris
>