{"product_id":"essays-in-steam","title":"Essays in Steam","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompiled by noted author, Ron Preston, this 112 page, hard cover book features each chapter with illustrated with black and white photographs and appropriate track diagrams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003eThis book shares some of the experiences of the author during his railway career when he commenced as a trainee electrical engineer in 1956 through the turbulent era when diesel traction took over from steam to the period where he was the Manager of Works Cardiff in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003eThese experiences are coloured by Ron's passion for railways, particularly the smaller, almost unseen bevy of engines that worked behind the scenes ensuring that the NSWR could maintain its passenger and goods traffic schedules and his pleasure of travelling the distant country branch line. The coverage is not limited to the NSW government system alone, for the Maitland coalfields were not far from the author's home, nor is the Queensland Railway system ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003eThe book is divided into 11 chapters:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA Day on the Eugowra Branch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMemories of Old Eveleigh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA Rough Trip\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA Tale of Two Garratts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eModifying the 34 Class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA Fast Ride\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Aramac Tramway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA Day Trip to Yass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFast Shunting - SMR Style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA Tale of Two Shunters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDays on the Hawkesbury River Bank.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eveleigh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42911512035376,"sku":"ESSAYSINSTEAM","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9781\/8416\/files\/essays-in-steam.jpg?v=1775438121","url":"https:\/\/eveleighpress.com.au\/products\/essays-in-steam","provider":"Eveleigh Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}