“Railways of Sri Lanka” book now available
The “Railways of Sri Lanka” book written by Dr. David Hyatt (published by COMRAC) in 2000, which is considered as an encyclopedia about Sri Lanka Railways, has more then 400 pages of data on all aspects on SLR, which covers the history of the various lines from inception to the present day(2000) in great detail. Numerous maps, diagrams, station layouts and tables suppliment the text and there are sections on signalling, timetables, operating methods, locomotives etc, all incorporating a wealth of information. Locomotive history is covered with details of all steam and diesel power used between 1864 & 1998, together with engineering drawings of all the main steam locos and railcars. and a lot more.
The book is now available for purchase in Sri Lanka, which is sold at a special price for Sri Lankans, only a very limited number of copies were imported to Sri Lanka. those are interested in purchasing the book can contact us on the following telephone number: 0712882646,
The book is also available for sale in foreign countries, please follow the link here to: Amazon website to purchase online(expensive).
Sri Lanka Railways Forum
June 25th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Can you please provide another telephone number, or another way of contacting you, as the number given here appears to be permanently “switched off”. I am interested in purchasing a copy of the book. Thank you.
June 27th, 2009 at 1:19 am
hello,
i checked and the numbers seems to be working, please try the following numbers: 071-2882646, 071-4947600, 072-6145124
please let us know if there is any problems