Tim Fischer's very personal guide to the great transcontinental railways of the world.
Tim Fischer is the former deputy prime minister of Australia and a train enthusiast. He is the author of The Boy from Boree Creek and Tim Fischer's Outback Heroes.
Preface
From Gough Whitlam
xv
From John Howard
xvii
Great Australian railway gauges
xx
Great world railway gauges
xxi
Introduction
The railway realms
3
(8)
Gauge battles
11
(16)
PART ONE: AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATIONS
Green light to Darwin
27
(14)
Record-breaking construction
41
(10)
Australia revamps rail
51
(20)
PART TWO: GLOBAL RENAISSANCE
Great Britain: the birthplace of rail
71
(10)
Europe: leading in high-speed rail
81
(10)
North America: a bittersweet view of rail
91
(12)
South America derails
103
(8)
Africa: agony and lunacy
111
(10)
China, India, Russia, Japan: curious connections
121
(12)
Greater Asia: up the Khyber
133
(10)
The top twelve grand stations
143
(14)
PART THREE: DARWIN AT LAST
First freight train to Darwin
157
(18)
The First Ghan to Darwin
175
(16)
PART FOUR: THE FUTURE
A rail renaissance
191
(10)
Bibliography
201
(4)
Glossary of railway terminology
205
(4)
Acknowledgements
209
(2)
Index
211
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