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The southern approach to Brisbane presents a striking picture: rounding a bend on the Pacific Motorway you see weatherboard stilt houses with red tin rooves on leafy hills, with the thrusting towers of the Central Business District (CBD) beyond.

Crossing Captain Cook Bridge, you catch glimpses of the serpentine Brisbane River, bordered by skyscrapers on one side and lush parkland on the other. It's hard to believe that, only a few decades ago, this impressive waterway was polluted and neglected. Today's sparkling river is at the hub of city life and is the pride of Brisbane inhabitants.

It serves as an aquatic highway for ferries connecting riverside suburbs and is the focal point for festivals and celebrations. The motorway follows the river's edge, swooping above the bank and through luxuriant mangroves - an unexpected sight deep in the heart of Australia's third-largest city.

Nearly half of Queensland's population of four million lives within Brisbane's statistical boundaries - a sprawling 4,700 sq. km (1,800 sq. miles) - one of the reasons why the city's reputation as the "world's biggest country town" lingered for so long. Brisbane is the third largest city in the world after Tokyo and Los Angeles and has a budget larger than the state of Tasmania.

The catalysts for change were the 1982 Commonwealth Games and the Expo '88 which put Brisbane on the cultural map. These games were a catlyst for the introduction of fast and clean electric trains, late night trading and city malls. Inevitably, something of the city's laid-back character has been lost in transition from sleepy backwater to cosmopolitan hub.

The new Queenslander may wear board shorts but, in business, he or she is as hard-nosed as anyone from Sydney or Melbourne. More than likely, the new Queenslander is from Sydney or Melbourne. Yet there remains some truth to the old saying: "In Melbourne they ask what school you went to, in Sydney, they ask how much you earn, in Brisbane they ask if you'd like a beer."

Rough edges remain, but there's a new sophistication, as evidenced by a healthy restaurant culture and the number of people able to spout knowledgeably about wine. Add Brisbane's hip young generation to the mix and you have a sassy, confident city.

Young people no longer feel the imperative to leave. This, plus a surge of interstate migration, has caused Brisbane's population growth to outpace that of every other Australian capital. This fast growth has caused it's own problems including water shortages, traffic jams and rocketing property prices.

The climate -subtropical summers and mild, sunny winters has undoubtedly played a part but the reasons for Brisbane's rise are many and complex.

Brisbane's recognition of the value of its architectural heritage came too late to save many iconic buildings destroyed during the development frenzy of the 1980s. Still, enough historic architecture remains to show what used to be. Many of the city's distinguished colonial-style residences were wrenched from their stumps in leafy Ascot or Hamilton and relocated, iron-lace and all, to exclusive outer suburbs like Brookfield and Pullenvale.

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Southern Pacific Railroad $26.57 A colorful look at the great American railroad - the Southern Pacific. The Southern Pacific Railroad is one of the most important railroads in the US. In its heyday, Southern Pacific operating revenues were overshadowed only by the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad. Southern Pacific is famous for participating in the building of the transcontinental railroad, its fleet of Daylight streamlined passenger trains, and its 200 "Cab-Forward" steam locomotives. Information-packed

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Southern Pacific 2479 $101.96 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) 2479 is one of six heavy 462 Pacific type steam locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923, designated the P10 class. 2479 was retired from service in 1956 and is currently undergoing restoration to operating condition; it is one of three surviving Southern Pacific 462 steam locomotives. The six locomotives in 2479s class were designed to pull such trains as the Overland Limited between Sparks, Nevada, and Ogden, Utah, a total 568 miles, without changing engines. Average speed was 35 mph including stops. This would require road speeds of about 60 mph. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 18 Publication Date: 2011/04/20 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.02 x 0.04 inches

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RailWorks 3 Donner Pass: Southern Pacific $39.95 Donner Pass: Southern Pacific puts you to the test on this world–famous railroad where engineers deal with steep grades, tight curves and seriously heavy trains as part of a day’s work. With more than 140 miles of track between Roseville and Reno and the dramatic Sierra Nevada landscape of the Donner Pass itself, there are hours of pleasure to be had driving through this incredible part of North America.  The first railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains was...

Southern Pacific Daylight Steam Locomotive (TrainTech) $24.09 Southern Pacific Daylight Steam Locomotives covers the Daylight's inception and glory years, the Warbaby era, the Western Pacific versions, the American Freedom Train, and the modern-day adventures of the 4449. It includes full technical details, specifications, and complete historical data on all the Daylights. Variations in the appearance of the engines, a "Daylight Spotter's Guide," numerous first-person accounts from the people who ran the Daylights, and a thorough index make this a book you'll refer to time and time again. This book is the story of "the most beautiful trains in the world." The aesthetic qualities that made the Daylights stand out are documented in words and more than 250 photographs. The photos in this edition are black & white.

Outbound Trains: In the Era Before the Mergers $14.64 "From the early 1960s through the 1970s." Outbound Trains features distinguished photographer, writer and rail magazine editor Jim Boyd's best images, with emphasis on the colorful first-generation diesel railroads. A lively text and scores of incomparable photographs take the reader coast to coast with most major American railroads and provide a sampling of interesting short lines and restored steam or main-line steam. There are spectacular photographs of aging roundhouses, country stations, busy interlocking towers and the great stations of Chicago; pre-Amtrak passenger trains, from the "Twentieth Century Limited" and the "Midnight Special" to lowly locals, mail trains and branch-line doodlebugs; N&W Geeps and SDs in the West Virginia coalfields, the "California Zephyr" threading through the Feather River canyon, and slant-nose, stainless-steel-paneled Burlington E5s racing across the Illinois prairie; Pennsylvania GG1 electrics, Milwaukee Road boxcabs and Little Joes; and the historic steam of Southern Pacific Daylight and Union Pacific Challenger 3985, the world's largest operating steam locomotive. Outbound Trains is an absolute must for every railfan's bookshelf.

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Missouri Pacific Passenger Trains: The Postwar Years $24.78 Ideal for passenger train buffs, MoPac fans and modelers, this overview of Missouri Pacific passenger trains and service tells the complete story since the first streamlined trains to travel the line, to the arrival of Amtrak in 1971. Nicknamed the Route of the Eagles, it spanned from the Midwest all the way to Mexico and operated a diverse fleet of colorful passenger trains in the years between World War II and Amtrak. Photographs, car diagrams, drawings, maps, timetables and consists, and advertising material round out this colorful history.

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Southern Pacific Transportation Company $89.22 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Southern Pacific Transportation Company (reporting mark SP), earlier Southern Pacific Railroad (18651885) and Southern Pacific Company (18851969), and usually simply called the Southern Pacific, was an American railroad. The railroad was founded as a land holding company in 1865, later acquiring the Central Pacific Railroad by lease. By 1900, the Southern Pacific Company had grown into a major railroad system which incorporated many smaller companies, such as the Texas and New Orleans Railroad and Morgans Louisiana and Texas Railroad, and which extended from New Orleans through Texas to El Paso, across New Mexico and through Tucson, to Los Angeles, throughout most of California including San Francisco and Sacramento. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 140 Publication Date: 2010/05/19 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.32 inches

Named Passenger Trains of Australia: Spirit of Progress, the Ghan, Indian Pacific, the Overland, Traveltrain $19.52 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Spirit of Progress, The Ghan, Indian Pacific, The Overland, Traveltrain, List of named passenger trains of Australia, Great White Train, Silver City Comet, The Sunlander, The Westland, Transwa Prospector, The Southern Spirit, Gulflander, Intercapital Daylight, Vinelander, Spirit of the West, Transwa AvonLink, Newcastle Flyer, Southern Aurora, Spirit of the Outback, Caves Express, The Westlander, The Gippslander, The Savannahlander, Transwa Australind, Tea and Sugar Train, Sydney/Melbourne Express, Great South Pacific Express, Albany Progress, The Inlander, The Mullewa, The West Coaster, The Alice. Excerpt: The Spirit of Progress was the premier express train passenger service on the Victorian Railways in Australia, running from Melbourne to the Victorian border, and later through to Sydney. From its introduction in November, 1937 until April, 1962 the train service ran on 5 ft 3 in (1600 mm) broad gauge tracks out of Melbourne's Spencer Street Station and terminated at Albury, on the New South Wales - Victorian border, where passengers changed to a New South Wales Government Railways train (the Melbourne Limited Express), running on in (1,435 mm) standard gauge track to complete their journey to Sydney. From the introduction of standard gauge passenger services between Melbourne & Sydney in April, 1962 until the demise of the Spirit of Progress in 1986, the service ran the complete distance between the two capital cities. Victorian Railways promotional poster advertising the new Spirit of Progress service. The Spirit of Progress racing an Airco DH.4 aeroplane between Melbourne and Geelong, on 17 November 1937.The Spirit of Progress ushered in a standard of passenger train speed and comfort not previously seen in Australia. Its introduction in November, 1937 marked the culmination of many years of preparatory work by...

Sacramento Southern Railroad $95.59 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Sacramento Southern Railroad is a heritage railroad owned by the California State Railroad Museum which operates excursion trains on it. The railroad extends from the museum property located in Old Sacramento south along the east bank of the Sacramento River levee. The original Sacramento Southern Railroad ran south 24.3 miles to Walnut Grove, California via Freeport and was a nonoperating subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 138 Publication Date: 2010/08/10 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.32 inches

Southern Pacific/Zuma $17.99 2 LP's on 1 CD: SOUTHERN PACIFIC (1985)/ZUMA (1988).Personnel: David Jenkins (vocals, guitar); Tim Goodman (vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, background vocals); Kurt Howell (vocals, keyboards); Emmylou Harris, Stu Cook (vocals); John McFee (electric guitar, dobro, violin, background vocals); Huey Lewis (harmonica); Glen D. Hardin (piano, electric piano, synthesizer, background vocals); Jerry Scheff (upright bass, electric bass, background vocals); Keith Knudsen (drums, percussion, background vocals).In 2003, Wounded Bird released Southern Pacific/Zuma, which contained two albums -- Southern Pacific (1985, originally released on Warner Bros.) and Zuma (1988, also originally on Warner Bros.) -- by Southern Pacific. ~ Tim Sendra

Southern Railway: Diesel Locomotives and Trains 1950-1980 $26.69 Curt Tillotson takes a close and personal look at the Southern Railway through his own photography in the period 1960-1982, with some photos from others going back to about 1950. He treats every class of diesel owned by the Southern from beginning to end. Some "roster" or "portrait" type photos are included but the bulk of the book comprises superb action photography with the locomotives and trains in a variety of settings. His extended captions capture the feel of the era of transition.

Southern Pacific Class GS6 $103.56 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The GS6 is a semistreamlined 484 Northern type steam locomotive that served the Southern Pacific Railroad from 1943 to 1958 and the Western Pacific Railroad from 1943 to 1953. They were built during World War II for the Southern Pacific Railroad by the Lima Locomotive Works and were numbered 4460 through 4469 for Southern Pacific and 481 through 486 for Western Pacific. GS stands for Golden State or General Service. n 1943 when the Southern Pacific Railroad placed an order for fourteen new Daylight locomotives from Lima, it was World War II and the US government had taken over all locomotive manufacturers. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2011/04/20 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.02 x 0.30 inches

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