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(Kempton Park: Janus Publishing, 1981) 0620054603. 8vo; original brown rexine, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp.182, incl. index; plates; plates; excellent technical drawings of locomotives and rolling stock, plus maps of the railway lines. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn. Very good condition. First published in 1961, this book is especially uncommon in this more recent edition. "This is the interesting story of a group of two-foot gauge railways which helped to open up the south-west tip of Africa. Some grew up to become broad-gauge lines; the longest, the Avontuur, is still in full commercial operation as a narrow-gauge railway, with the magnificent 2-8-2 Class 15 hauling heavy trains over 177 miles of heavily graded route. Mr. Moir has provided a stirring narrative which combines information on the sources of traffic and methods of operation with accurate techical information, and the 79 maps and drawings complete the most carefully documented history that enthusiast…
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24 Inches Apart - the Story of the Narrow-guage Railways of the Cape Province of South Africa Hardcover - 1981
by Moir, Sydney M
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- Title 24 Inches Apart - the Story of the Narrow-guage Railways of the Cape Province of South Africa
- Author Moir, Sydney M
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2nd Edition
- Publisher JANUS PUBLISHING
- Date 1981
- ISBN 9780620054607
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