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Single Deckers From Newcastle
The Cars Built at Walsh Island
Volume 2 - The Power Cars C3251 to C3300

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Bow River Publishing's newest book is now available.

Single Deckers From Newcastle
The Cars Built at Walsh Island
Volume 1 - The Power Cars C3171 to C3220

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Copies are no longer available for mail order but may be available from selected retailers such as Alcoworld, ARHS Bookshop and Bergs Hobbies

Our biggest, longest researched and highly anticipated project yet!

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Cover	Frontispiece	C3215

Snapshots from the Book Launch Saturday 3 May 2014 Click on images for larger version

Single Deckers from Newcastle book launch Saturday 3 May 2014 A big thank you from the team at Bow River Publishing to those supporters who attended the book launch at Redfern. A formal head count was not taken, but it is believed that more than three hundred plus people attended. More importantly, the authors presented Historic Electric Traction Society a donation towards valuable electric train preservation.

The Leeds Forge Cars C3101 to C3150

Leeds Forge Cars

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The definitive study of Sydney’s iconic single-deck suburban power cars has now been published in book form. This hard covered book of 152 pages explores the history of the Leeds Forge plant in the UK, the construction of the cars and includes a photographic profile of each of the fifty cars. The book includes numerous black and white and colour photographs of the cars.

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C3103	C3107	Component Diagrams	Drawings

Snapshots from the Book Launch Saturday 24 July 2010 Click on images for larger version

Co-authors Roy Howarth (left) and Glenn Ryan (right) sign copies of The Leeds Forge Cars at the book launch on board the South Steyne on Saturday 24 July 2010		Co-author Glenn Ryan (left) is congratulated by Peter Van Gessell from the printer, Printciple Source Pty Ltd

Fall of the Bar
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FALL OF THE BAR IS THE INTOXICATING LOOK AT CHANGE

Join the author on his often dry, beer tap journey along New South Wales’ forgotten beer byways as he discovers the history of many humble working-class pubs. Many of these old watering holes are under threat from redevelopment or have been displaced by a changing society.

The pubs studied include:

The White Bay, The Bridge and the Terminus Hotels in Inner Sydney.
The Railway, Commercial and Signal Hotels at Werris Creek.
The Star, The Empire and the Bellevue Hotels at Newcastle.
The Imperial and the Central Hotels at Tamworth.
The Hotel Dorrigo and the Commercial Hotel Dorrigo.
The Royal, the Post Office, the Court-House and the Imperial Hotels at Manilla.
The Railway Hotel at Boggabri.
The Railway Hotel at Warialda Rail.
The Loftus Hotel at Junee.

FALL OF THE BAR is a soft covered book of two-hundred pages and includes historic Tooth and Co. black and white photographs, as well as including contemporary colour photographs of these iconic watering holes.

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Price: $29.00 posted anywhere in Australia

End of an Era
New Release in Hard Cover!

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The Final Years of Sydney's Single-Deck Electric Trains

A NEW book by Glenn Ryan on "THE END OF AN ERA" - The Final Years of Sydney Single-Deck Electric Trains. This book of 80 pages has many colour photographs of the different combinations of the various versions of the suburban fleet.

This is must for all who are interested in the Sydney Suburban Electric sets. Read some readers' comments.

Limited copies available by mail order but may be available from selected retailers such as Alcoworld, ARHS Bookshop, Australian Modeller and Bergs Hobbies

Price: $30.00 posted anywhere in Australia

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