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Table of Contents
Chapter 7

I The First 100 Years 1788-1888

II Railways
i Location of the Railway
ii Track
iii Bridging and Tunnelling
iv Dams for Engine Water
v Locomotives and Rolling Stock
vi Signalling and Telecommunications
vii 1900/1988-The New Century
viii The Garratt Locomotive
ix Steam Locomotive Practice
x Motor Railcars
xi Signalling
xii Electric Tramways
xiii Electric Railways - Direct Current
xiv Electric Railways - 25 kV ac
xv Diesel Traction
xvi Alignment and Track
xvii Operations

III Motorised Vehicles

IV Aviation

V Modern Shipping

VI Innovative Small Craft

VII Conclusion

VIII Acknowledgements

IX Contributors

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11 Two GM1-class diesel-electric locomotives of Australian National Railways powering the Indian Pacific between Port Augusta and Port Pirie (photo courtesy Leon Oberg, Goulburn, New South Wales)

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12 Early model Clyde-GM diesel electric locomotive QR 1400 class built in Australia for the Queensland Railways (photo courtesy Queensland Railways)

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