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    The Melbourne Tram Book
    The Melbourne Tram Book
    The Melbourne Tram Book
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    The Melbourne Tram Book

    By Randall Wilson and Dale Budd

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    This fully updated new edition of The Melbourne Tram Book is a colorful and compact tribute to Melbourne's famous trams, one of the city's most enduring symbols. This book is a unique record of more than a century of what is now the largest and longest-standing tram network in the world. More than 200 photographs and illustrations show trams in the streetscapes of today and yesterday, with detailed commentary from tram experts Randall Wilson and Dale Budd.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateMar 18, 2015
    ISBN9781742247083
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      Mostly photographic review of the history of Melbourne tramways. The text doesn't delve into any great detail, but as a short and colourful intro to Melbourne trams this is pretty good (if a little out of date now).

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