Twenty-four Inches Apart. The two-foot gauge railways of The Cape of Good Hope
by Moir, Sydney M
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0620054603
- ISBN 13
- 9780620054607
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(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 or layman could desire." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13387
- Title
- Twenty-four Inches Apart. The two-foot gauge railways of The Cape of Good Hope
- Author
- Moir, Sydney M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0620054603
- ISBN 13
- 9780620054607
- Publisher
- (Kempton Park: Janus Publishing, 1981) 0620054603
- This edition first published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Narrow gauge railways. Railways. Trainspotting Transport
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transport;
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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