Brisbane Dropcentre Type Cars: Bogie Combination Cars [Tramcar Guides]. by Electric Railway, South Pacific - 1974

Sydney: South Pacific Electric Railway, 1974. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, black & white text-photos, staples lightly rusted, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, tiny biro annotation front cover. 10 pp. This book is a history of the Sydney & Newcastle "L/P" Class Bogie Crossbench tram cars. This book will interest anyone who wants to learn about an important part of Australia's past. (No date, but 1974, Trove.).

The South Pacific Electric Railway Co-Op Limited, Sydney. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. To many people the trams of Sydney all appeared to be similar to one another, with only vaguely noted & dimly remembered differences between the various types. The corridor cars, of course, were distinctive, but few noticed the variations between the crossbench types, better known to Sydneysiders as "footboard" or "toastrack" Cars. This booklet has thus been written not only to describe the trams preserved by the South Pacific Electric Railway, but also to help explain the pattern of development followed by the tramways in their tramcar designs..." Includes information on cars sch as, Rail Motor powered by a Cadillac V*, Counterweight dummy car, Grass burning trailer, Prison car, Freight car, etc... No date given but circa. 1960s. Unpaginated. Stapled Card Covers. Size: 180mm - 250mm. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few marks,… Read More