Chasing the sunshine : the story of Queensland's sunshine express
Burke, David, 1927-2009
Books, Manuscripts
Details the story of one of Queensland's most loved and most eventful rail services, the Sunshine Express, which travelled from Brisbane to Cairns from 1935 to 1953, and includes many historical photographs of the train, and the locations that it visited. In telling this story, the book follows the construction of the North Coast Line or 'Sunshine Route' which took over 35 years to complete and stretched over 1,600 kilometres.
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Imprint:
South Brisbane, Qld. : Queensland Museum, c2009.
Collation:
iii, 154 p. : ill. (some col), facsims., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index."The sunshine route through Queensland to Cairns"-- Cover.Bibliography: p. 152.
ISBN:
9780980569230
Dewey class:
385.09943
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4656
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