Australian Model Railway Magazine - Standards In Steam: 53 & 55 Class

Covering the 2-8-0 goods engines introduced between 1912 and 1925.

Features include:

• Why some engines came ahead of others, some withsuperheaters, some without.
• The many changes and improvements made over theyears.
• Examination of the traffic the 310 engineshauled on many lines in New South Wales.
• The many problems that affected the locos andthe conversion of many 55 class to burn oil.
• A look at the related K class of theCommonwealth Railways.

Written in the author's entertaining and authoritative style.

Fully illustrated with over 296 photographs, numerous drawings and diagrams, poems, data tables, full index.