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- PublisherAustralian Railway Historical Society (NSW)
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0909650047
- ISBN 13 9780909650049
- BindingPaperback
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The Shale Railways of NSW
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The fascinating story of the short-lived mining industry to the north-west of Sydney. With fold-out plan. Seller Inventory # 13/519
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Covers have some edge wear, corners a bit lifted, spine creased from reading. Map in rear pocket is pristine. Internally nice and clean throughout. A very nice, solid copy. All of our books are individually inspected and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such. Seller Inventory # 2203-4457
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The Shale Railways of NSW
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Original red cloth boards. Black lettering to front cover and spine. Minor wear to edges of dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 40451
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The Shale Railways of NSW
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint. 244 pages b/w photos works plan in envelope at rear of book - previous owners name neatly inside - spine taped - Most of the shale railways and their attendant mining and processing works occured in truly spectacular mountainous scenery, which added to the interest and difficulty of their operations. All suffered various changes of ownership, far too numerous to list here. However, the main players were the Australian Kerosene & Mineral Co., NSW Shale & Oil Co. Ltd., Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd., John Fell & Co. Ltd. and the British-Australian Oil Co. Ltd. The two major lines were those owned (initially) by the AKOM Co. at Joadja and the COC Ltd at Newnes. The former was operated in two sections : the lines serving the mines and retorts deep in the Joadja Valley and that from the top of the 1 in 2 incline out of the valley, a gently undulating line of some 9 miles (based on the map; a contemporary account quotes 16 miles) to the Mittagong interchange with the NSWGR. En route it met and crossed the private standard gauge line to the Box Vale Colliery. The latter operation, at Newnes, was perhaps the most spectacular of all the railway lines in Australia, including the NSWGR's Lithgow Zig Zag. Its winding course of 32 miles, with a maximum gradient of 1 in 22.5, included two tunnels and sections that were literally a ledge carved in the mountainside, overhung by vertical cliffs. A passenger service with two imported carriages was operated from a "proper" station provided at Newnes to Newnes Junction on the NSWGR's Great Western Railway. Seller Inventory # UB-04442
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 244 Pages with Black/White Photos. - Most of the shale railways and their attendant mining and processing works occured in truly spectacular mountainous scenery, which added to the interest and difficulty of their operations. All suffered various changes of ownership, far too numerous to list here. However, the main players were the Australian Kerosene & Mineral Co., NSW Shale & Oil Co. Ltd., Commonwealth Oil Corporation Ltd., John Fell & Co. Ltd. and the British-Australian Oil Co. Ltd. The two major lines were those owned (initially) by the AKOM Co. at Joadja and the COC Ltd at Newnes. The former was operated in two sections : the lines serving the mines and retorts deep in the Joadja Valley and that from the top of the 1 in 2 incline out of the valley, a gently undulating line of some 9 miles (based on the map; a contemporary account quotes 16 miles) to the Mittagong interchange with the NSWGR. En route it met and crossed the private standard gauge line to the Box Vale Colliery. The latter operation, at Newnes, was perhaps the most spectacular of all the railway lines in Australia, including the NSWGR's Lithgow Zig Zag. Its winding course of 32 miles, with a maximum gradient of 1 in 22.5, included two tunnels and sections that were literally a ledge carved in the mountainside, overhung by vertical cliffs. A passenger service with two imported carriages was operated from a "proper" station provided at Newnes to Newnes Junction on the NSWGR's Great Western Railway. Seller Inventory # UB-04438
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