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- 1 2 "Railway Cruising in Australia", Railway Gazette , 24 August 1934, pp.305-307
- ↑ "Train Cruises Resumed", Railway Gazette, 17 October 1947, p.433
- ↑ "Resources Train Tour", Railway Gazette, 1 May 1959, p.504