Sydney & Wellington: IPL Books, 1991. 900 g; 145 pages, end page maps, verso of each free endpaper is illustrated with a photograph, the book is printed on glossy paper and is profusely illustrated with colour photographs, some being full-page some being double page. Includes a further reading list. Colour illustrated dustjacket. Light rubbing of the base edge of the boards, the top front fold over tip, and slight scuffing of both front and rear panels. Digital image available upon request. "In this book, the best-selling railway author Colin Taylor describes the way Railways in Australia have developed over the last 1 1/2 centuries, the single-mindedness of the different administrations and the anomalies and peculiarities that they have been responsible for, some of the Railways' folklore, and the nature of present day operations." Front fold over blurb. First Edition. Green Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Photographic. Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Railways.