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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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PREFACE; 1. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES; 2. ADELAIDE RAILCARS; 3. MELBOURNE Z3 TRAMS; 4. FREIGHT WAGONS AND OTHER PROJECTS; 5. PROJECTS AND TENDERS 1978-1980; 6. CT22 BOGIES; 7. THE XPT STORY- Part 1; 8. THE XPT STORY- Part 2; 9. THE XPT STORY- Part 3; 10. THE XPT STORY- Part 4; 11. DANDENONG FORGES AHEAD; 12. ROCKLEA CONTRACTS -- 1; 13. ROCKLEA CONTRACTS -- 2; 14. CHANGES, PROJECTS AND NEW IDEAS 1980-1984; 15. MORE ELECTRIC LOCOS; 16. OTHER COMENG HOLDINGS COMPANIES; 17. THE ANI TAKEOVER; 18. COMENG GRANVILLE 'RESTRUCTURED'; 19. DANDENONG CONTRACTS; 20. UNION CARRIAGE & WAGON 1977-1983. |
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21. qr electric locos22. projects and contracts 1983-1985; appendix-1; appendix-2; appendix-3; appendix-4; appendix-5; appendix-6; index. |
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This volume takes up the account of Comeng's history from 1977 and carries the story through to 1985. This period of the company's history was highly productive though unquestionably turbulent. One of the highlights in the NSW branch was the design and construction of the XPT trains for the State Rail Authority in the early 1980s. Their introduction represented a quantum leap in the development of modern long-distance passenger trains in this country. Readers can gain some idea of the political. |
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Commonwealth Engineering Co. -- History.
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Engineering -- Australia -- History.
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Engineering. |
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Australia. |
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History. |
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Corporations -- Australia -- History.
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Corporations. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Dunn, John. Comeng: A History of Commonwealth engineering - Volume 4, 1977-1985. Sydney : Rosenberg Publishing, ©2013 9781922013514 |
| ISBN |
9781925078039 |
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1925078035 |
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