376 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 30 cm
Contents
Foreward -- Acknowledgements -- Route map -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Developing the concept and securing the funding -- Chapter 2. The Melbourne - Sydney interstate rail service and its competitors in 1935 -- Chapter 3. A railway enthusiast's trip between Melbourne and Sydney in the mid-1930's -- Chapter 4. Building the new train -- Chapter 5. The S class locomotives -- Chapter 6. The September 1937 timetable and the test runs -- Chapter 7. Launching the new train and its early years of operation -- Chapter 8. The Spirit of Progress between 1937 and 1939 -- Chapter 9. The war and post war years -- Chapter 10. Modifications to the S class locomotives between 1938 and 1950 -- Chapter 11. The Spirit of Progress - 1951 to 1961 -- Chapter 12. Evolution of the standard gauge Spirit of Progress -- Chapter 13. The positioning run and the last run of the broad gauge Spirit of Progress -- Chapter 14. The standard gauge service -- Chapter 15. Brief notes on overnight relief trains -- Chapter 16. Celebrations to mark the anniversaries of the Spirit of Progress entering service -- Appendicies -- Index -- Endnotes
