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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561073676580 |
| SKU: | A5/2609/U332 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR984 |
| Category: |
Biographies: New Zealand Trains / Trams / Rail |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
MOUNTAIN ENGINEMEN
by Tom Masterson
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardback with dust jacket
Published: Collins 1973, 1st edition
Size (mm): 155 w x 220 h x 25 d
Pages: 207
SKU: A5/2609/U332
ABOUT
An autobiographical memoir detailing Masterson's experiences as a young railway footplate worker and New Zealand steam engine driver from 1925 to roughly 1936
The author tells of his experiences during a decade on the footplate during the depression years, living in the Railway Company huts in the North Island high country. The narrative focuses heavily on his decade working the challenging, isolated, and steeply graded mountain sections of the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) railway line.
There is a wealth of information about the various types of coal-fired steam locomotives in use then.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome images and maps.
CONDITION
First three images for illustrative purposes only—not actual item. Immaculate with only light wear on dust jacket, faint mark on end paper, otherwise as new.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
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