SKU: B-000532

The Southern Aurora: Story Of Australia's Greatest Express Train

Author: Mark Tronson

Condition: The cover has light scuffing. The first 14 pages have a light crease to the bottom page corners. At least 6 page edges have light minor stains. The closed book page edge has a minor stain. No writing. Tight binding. From a smoke free home.

Transport & Engineering Biography & Memoir Local & Regional History

Australia Australian History Local History Transport Technology Railway Trains

Mark Tronson’s The Southern Aurora chronicles Australia’s most glamorous passenger express, tracing the 1962–1986 blue-and-gold streamliner that overnighted between Sydney and Melbourne. In 160 fast-moving pages this 1989 first edition gathers driver memories, rolling-stock details and route panoramas to celebrate the train that redefined comfortable rail travel across the continent.

Ideal for railway buffs, transport historians and collectors of Australiana, the narrative blends technical specs with human stories from crews, stewards and regular travellers. Vintage photographs and period timetables evoke the diesel-era glamour of sleeper cars, dining lounges and the whistle-in-the-night romance now vanished from Australian mainlines.

This vintage paperback remains solidly readable: light corner creases to the first fourteen pages and minor edge stains are noted, the binding is tight and no marks or smoke odours intrude. A modest copy that still invites armchair journeys along the old Southern Aurora corridor.

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