Our 2024 impact report is here! Read now
Abridged
Great Australian Railway Stories - Abridged by Bill 'Swampy' Marsh
  Send as gift   Add to Wish List

Almost ready!

In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.

      Log in       Create account
Phone showing make the switch message

Limited-time offer

Get two free audiobooks!

Now’s a great time to shop indie. When you start a new one credit per month membership supporting local bookstores with promo code SWITCH, we’ll give you two bonus audiobook credits at sign-up.

Sign up today

Great Australian Railway Stories - Abridged

$3.99

Length 1 hour 17 minutes
Language English
Narrators Bill 'Swampy' Marsh, Chris Pitman, Roger Cardwell & Heather Steen

This audiobook uses AI narration.

We’re taking steps to make sure AI narration is transparent.

Learn more
  Send as gift   Add to Wish List

Almost ready!

In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.

      Log in       Create account

In these frustrating days of diesel and electric trains it is hard to remember the smell of coal smoke, the hiss of steam, and the sting of cinders flying into your eyes.

With his passion for the olden days and his famous ear for a good yarn, Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh has brought together another enthralling collection of funny, dramatic and hilarious stories from drivers and gangers, firemen and guards, their families and everyone in between.

Just as he did in Great Flying Doctor Stories, Great Australian Shearing Stories and Great Australian Droving Stories, Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh helps us remember who and what we were as a nation on this journey you’ll never forget.

Bill ‘Swampy' Marsh is an award-winning writer/performer of stories, songs and plays. Based in Adelaide, he is best known for his successful Great Australian series of books published with ABC Books: More Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories (2007), Great Australian Railway Stories (2005), Great Australian Droving Stories (2003), Great Australian Shearing Stories (2001), and Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories (1999).

Bill is an award-winning writer/performer of stories, songs and plays. He’s a teacher and mentor through TAFE SA and runs workshops in schools and communities.

Chris Pitman is an actor residing in Adelaide, South Australia. He has narrated several audio books and worked extensively in theatre, having worked for every major theatre company around Australia. His credits include Cloudstreet, Belvoir St Theatre, Don's Party, Sydney Theatre Company, Toy Symphony, Queensland Theatre Company, and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, State Theatre Company of South Australia.

Roger Cardwell's name has been associated with the Adelaide media for more than 50 years. Throughout the 1960s he was the host and performer of the Australian national TV show Country and Western Hour and Adelaide ADS7 TV show Country Style. Roger was also one of Australia's leading TV news anchor men for over 20 years. His voice was heard regularly on radio, and though it has been a while since he has graced our screens, his listeners at Adelaide’s Burnside Library – where he took part in their book reading program supported by the Royal Society for the Blind – hung on every word.

Audiobook details

ISBN:
9781743162484

Length:
1 hour 17 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Publication date:

Edition:
Abridged

Phone showing make the switch message

Limited-time offer

Get two free audiobooks!

Now’s a great time to shop indie. When you start a new one credit per month membership supporting local bookstores with promo code SWITCH, we’ll give you two bonus audiobook credits at sign-up.

Sign up today

Reviews

'Where explorers and settlers went in Australia, the railways followed. Small towns were linked like beads on a string by the railways: it was the way these communities stayed alive. Bill' Swampy' Marsh has brought together another enthralling collection of first-hand accounts, of tales from the tracks and the railway sidings, from the engines and the guard boxes, the pubs and the carriages.' Expand reviews
Our 2024 impact report is here! Read now