{"product_id":"south-maitland-railways","title":"South Maitland Railways","description":"\u003cp\u003eA history of a century of railways on the South Maitland coal fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eSouth Maitland Railways is a 128 page, hard cover book which chronicles the last decades of steam operations of the South Maitland Railways Pty. Ltd., the operator of the last major privately run steam-hauled railway in Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eThis book is divided into three distinct sections. The first acquaints the reader with the history of the development of the coal mining industry in the vicinity of Maitland and the various railway companies that were established to haul their output to the wharves. The second section details the operations of the SMR from the mid-1960s through until June 1983when the State Rail Authority assumed control of train operations over the former SMR network. The final section reviews SRA workings and the current status of the fleet of SMR 10 class tank engines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eA wide variety of topics are covered from a detailed description of the types of locomotives employed by the SMR, the company facilities at East Greta Junction, train operations, passenger services, ticketing, rollingstock, safe working, together with a description of each of the remaining mines and much more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eFeatures include:\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style-type: disc; direction: ltr;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eA4 portrait format, 128 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eHard bound with colour cover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eOver 140 black and white photographs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eMore than 50 colour photographs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eLine drawings of the 10 class 2-8-2 tanklocomotives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eTabulated history of the mines of the South Maitland Coal Fields\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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