The Southern Handbook

The Southern Handbook PDF Author: David Wragg
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750985062
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
The Southern Railway may not have been the most glamorous of the ‘Big Four’ companies that emerged from the grouping of 1923, but it was the great innovator. In the 1930s the Southern pioneered the first main-line electrification and created the largest electrified suburban railway network in the world. It was also one of the few to offer regular departures and the first to run true international services, introducing the ‘Night Ferry’ through-trains from London to Paris using special ferries. Forming part of a series, along with The GWR Handbook, The LMS Handbook and The LNER Handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the Southern Railway.

The Brighton Line

The Brighton Line PDF Author: Simon Jeffs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445619601
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
Explores the various forms of traction used on the Brighton Line.

The London to Brighton Line Through Time

The London to Brighton Line Through Time PDF Author: Simon Jeffs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445637081
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the London to Brighton Line has changed and developed over the last century.

Alfred Raworth's Electric Southern Railway

Alfred Raworth's Electric Southern Railway PDF Author: Peter Steer
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526778424
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 703

Book Description
The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.

A Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles

A Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles PDF Author: David Wragg
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1781596654
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 654

Book Description
Railways played a key role in Britain's social, economic and industrial history. These companies have long since gone, but all over the country relics remain to remind us of that pioneering age. David Wragg's Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles is a comprehensive, single-volume reference guide to the old railway companies and their heritage. He provides brief histories of the companies and their many-sided activities, and he gives biographies of the men who created the rail network. He covers what is now the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland as well as the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. His book is essential reading and reference for enthusiasts of every region and period of railway history.

The World's First Railway System

The World's First Railway System PDF Author: Mark Casson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199213976
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 556

Book Description
This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done.
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