GREAT AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY STORIES

In these frustrating days of semi-automated electric trains it is hard to remember the smell of coal smoke the hiss of steam and sting of cinders flying into your eyes as you hung out a window. there was romance then in working and travelling on the Australian railways and hardship. With his passion for the olden days worn on his sleeve and his famous ear for a good yarn well pricked Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has found stories from drivers and gangers stokers and crossing guards their families and everyone in between to create a collection of adventures that tell in their authentic voices of the funny dramatic and hilarious times of a world long past.