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Australian Railwayman : From Cadet Engineer to Railways Commissioner.

Ron Fitch was born in 1910 into a railway family. He began his career as a 16-year-old engineering cadet and completed it, 46 years later, having worked at various times for two state railways and the Commonwealth, as Commissioner of South Australian Railways. In this book Fitch gives a vivid accoun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fitch, R. J. (Ronald John), 1910- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : Rosenberg Pub., 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Author's Note; 1 A Lifetime of Memories; 2 A Railway Family; 3 Home Town Memories; 4 School Days; 5 Academe; 6 Western Australia, 1927-49; 7 Building Railways The Hard Way; 8 Commonwealth Railways,1949-54; 9 South Australian Railways, 1954-73; 10 My Standardisation Story; 11 Perambulations:Train, Trolley and Armstrong; 12 A Special Breed; 13 Mentors, Superiors and Colleagues; 14 Reflections; Index.