EPRPS

Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society Inc.

Books and Souvenirs

 

The Port Lincoln Railway Museum has several current items for sale. Please email president@eprps.org.au to arrange purchase. Postage will be at cost. Bank deposit and credit cards accepted (do not send credit card details by email - we will phone you).


Adelaide was Far Away
80 pages b&w
$30
* New book - just released! *
 
Ian Manning spent two weeks in January 1961 travelling on all the railway lines on Eyre Peninsula. Luckily for us, he took his camera and faithfully recorded many scenes which disappeared within a few years of his visit. His keen eye for observation and detail combine with his entertaining writing style to give us a delightful snapshot of the isolated Port Lincoln Division of the SAR.
 
This was the era of T and Yx steam locomotives and Fageol and Brill railcars, just prior to the transformations which came with the diesel era. The first 830 class diesel appeared on the scene just four months later.
 
Railwaymen on the West Coast worked under harsh conditions, far away from the gaze of Head Office. Operations frequently didn’t quite match up to the rules, but the resourcefulness of the crews meant that the trains still served the local communities satisfactorily.
 
The book is edited and published by the Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society. It is A4 size, 82 pages, perfect bound, and includes 95 of Ian’s excellent photos. All proceeds go to the Museum.

Peninsula Pioneer Revisited
384 pages colour and b&w
The definitive history of the railways and tramways on Eyre Peninsula
$65

Peninsula Memories
170 pages b&w
Companion volume to Peninsula Pioneer Revisited
$25

Rail on Eyre
106 pages
Desktop-printed collection of stories and photographs
$20

Grain Handling: the way it was
70 pages
Jim Cronin's book describing the grain lumper's way of life
$23

A Stupid Undertaking
88 pages b&w and colour
Ralph Holden's entertaining story of his Eyre Peninsula model railway exploits
$15
 
Folder of Plans - Set 1
Henry Pattenden's plans of the SAR locomotives and railcars of Eyre Peninsula. Includes U, V, W, Wx, Y (2 versions), Yx, Z, T (2 versions) and 830 Class locomotives, Fageol, Brill 101 & 103, Brill 105, Brill 487 railcars.
$30 A3 size or
$25 A4 size

Folder of Plans - Set 2
Henry Pattenden's plans of the SAR brakevans and passenger stock of Eyre Peninsula. Includes 'Blue Brake', 4w pass brake, goods brake, bogie pass brake, 'Long Tom' pass brake, short and long fish brakes, 'Dolly Varden' goods brake, CGN goods brake, 'Short Tom' goods brake, 'Short Tom' parcels trailer, 'Short Tom' coach (3 versions), 'Wandana', car 114 (3 versions) and regular Port Lincoln ship MV Minnipa.
$30 A3 size or
$25 A4 size

A History of Grain Handling (DVD)
Jim Cronin's amazing colour movie footage of grain lumping on Eyre Peninsula in the 1950s
$23

Fridge Magnets
$3.50 each or
2 for $6