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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 A Train Driver's Story
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'The autobiography of a train driver, who grew up living beside a railway line in Tasmania, spent his early days ferreting for rabbits, became a Station Porter on the railways, eventually becoming a shunter before learning to drive trains and eventually becoming the senior trainer of new drivers.' 

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Tasmania,: Grant Youd , 2023 .
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      Extent: 164p.
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      • Published April 2023
      ISBN: 9780646871752
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Works about this Work

Train Driver's Story of Life on Tasmanian Railways, from Wrecks and Near-misses to Opera and Stunning Beauty Rick Eaves , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2023;
— Review of A Train Driver's Story Grant Youd , 2023 single work autobiography

'Some days were literally a train wreck. Most days though, driving a train in Tasmania seemed the best job in the world.'
Train Driver's Story of Life on Tasmanian Railways, from Wrecks and Near-misses to Opera and Stunning Beauty Rick Eaves , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2023;
— Review of A Train Driver's Story Grant Youd , 2023 single work autobiography

'Some days were literally a train wreck. Most days though, driving a train in Tasmania seemed the best job in the world.'
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