New Zealand Steam Spectacular

Cross, Derek D.B.Barton, England & New Zealand, 1976. Hardcover. 1st Edition.96pp- Illustrated with b&w photographs and maps, very minor wear only, clean and sharp

New Zealand is a land of great mountain ranges, vast snow-fed rivers, lush pastures and blue seas. It also possesses a network of 3' 6" gauge railway lines ranging from the sub-tropical north of the North Island to the rain-swept hills of the west coast of the South Island.

This is the largest such system in the world and certainly the most spectacular - with long gruelling grades, relatively heavy traffic and during the last three decades of steam some of the largest and most powerful non-articulated locomotives on this gauge anywhere. This is what this book is about, the gradients and the gorges, the mountains and the mighty engines that worked over and through them

Introduced in 1973, publishers D. Bradford Barton, Truro, Cornwall produced many pictorial books of rail interest, each hardback book was almost square in shape (21cms wide by 22cms tall) and eventually covered virtually every aspect for the rail enthusiast. Over one hundred and fifty different titles were produced in this square format, all are very uniform in appearance and size and were lavishly illustrated with black and white photographs from private collections, many published here for the first time in book form.

One of three ‘Bradford Barton’ titles I have up for sale at present

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