The Ovens Valley Railway: The Story of Its Inception, Building and Running [signed]

173 pages, list of illustrations, index. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. "Describes to inception, building and running of the Ovens Valley railway." Printed on the front paste down: "Prominent Melbourne Doctor's Health Warning: Melbourne, 12th September, Dr. Matthew McPhillips, prominent physician commented on today's rail opening with a strict health warning. 'Aged and infirm would do well to avoid rail travel', the good doctor said 'the intoxicating speed attained by these iron monsters could provoke a vaporous attack. For the sake of the Colony of Melbourne and the British Empire, I pray rail travel is a momentary fad' This might explain our goverments', state and federal, visceral dislike of public transport.