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Edited by Andy Maciver ISBN 978-0-473-27968-4. Published by Steam Incorporated, P O Box 4, Paekakariki. 36 pages, colour and black and white photographs, plan, card covers, A4 portrait, price $20.40, including postage. Available from the publisher.When A~B608 was dedicated on Anzac Day, the event brought a conclusion to one of the most ambitious locomotive restoration projects in New Zealand. After the locomotive comes the book. Steam Incorporated has produced a delightfully illustrated book about the locomotive named Passchendaele.The book is in two parts - the first deals with the locomotive's history up to the time of being written off by N Z Railways and being gifted to N Z Railway and Locomotive Society, and the second part deals with the long restoration job.The first part is a well-written account of the life of the locomotive when based in Christchurch and Dunedin and the modifications made during that time.