What a Journey: Life in the Victorian Railways 1948-1987 (AAVI-BK5)

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Product No.: AAVI-BK5Title: What a Journey: Life in the Victorian Railways 1948-1987Author(s): Yates, Thomas E.Illustrator(s): N/APublisher: A.R.H.S (VIC Division)ISBN: 0858490455Condition: NewBinding: Laminated Pictorial Boards (Hard Cover)Dust Jacket: NoneEdition: 1st EditionPublication Year: 2004Features: 223 Pages with Black/White Photos. What a Journey is a fascinating social history of the Victorian Railways from 1948 to 1987. It describes a momentous period in the railway’s 150 years of operation which witnessed the end of the steam train era, the slashing of the organization’s size, and the attempt to build a modern commercial organization while working with technology up to 80 years old. It tells the story through the eyes of Tom Yates who started as a 16 year old Lad Porter and ending up as the Station Master of the busiest Victorian Station – Flinders Street Station.