Southern Way Issue 4 (2008)

H16 No. 30519 at Clapham Junction

Bournemouth Central at 14.15 on a day in July 1951 with passengers waiting on Platform 3 for up service.  2-3

Ivatt 2-6-2T at Swanage in 1965 (Rod Hoyle). 4

Kevin Robertson. Editorial introduction. 5

Alan Postlethwaite. The 150th anniversary of the London, Chatham & Dover Railway:the development of the LCDR system — a photographic tribute. 6-19

LCDR Map 1: System at opening of the East Kent Railway —  1858

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LCDR Map 2: System at opening to Victoria via Crystal Palace — 1860

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Battle of Britain class No. 34087 145 Squadron at Victoria

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N class No. 31413 at Platform 2 at Victoria with empty stock for Eardley sidings: Platform 1 had been built to accomodate broad gauge trains

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King Arthur No. 30727 Sir Lamial awaits right of way from Victoria (signal box behind)

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LCDR Map 3: System at opening of the Metropolitan Extensions to Victoria — 1863

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W class No. 31912 on freight taking the Catford Loop line at Brixton en route to Hither Green (closed signal box still in situ)

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Battle of Britain class No. 34088 213 Squadron passing under former LBSCR South London line at Brixton en route to Channel ports 10
N class No. 31419 and Q1 0-6-0 approaching Herne Hill on heavy freight 10
D1 class 4-4-0 emerging from Penge Tunnel at Sydenham Hill; also shows repeater semaphore distant signal 10
Schools class No. 30938 St. Olaves on crimson & cream stock for Ramsgate passing Sydenham Hill signal box 11
Viewed from Ludgate Hill island platform looking towards Holborn Viaduct station and descent to Snow Hill also LCD lattice post acting as yard lamp 11
E1 class 4-4-0 No. 31507 waiting to take over RCTS special from Liverpool street to Gravesend at Blackfriars photographed from train 12

The 1932 Brighton Line resignalling. Part 2. 20-7
Part 1 appeared in Issue No. 3 and presumably gives information about the Westinghouse photographs and the power signalling which appears rather old fashioned when one considers what was going on at Thirsk.

U class 2-6-0 No. 794 with Eastbourne express which included two Pullman cars 20
K class 2-6-0 No. 32343 on freight off Horstead Keynes branch: both main line & branch line electrified 20
New signal cabin at Brighton 22
Brighton station: inner platform signal for departing trains from Platform 4 and inner platform signal for arriving trains at Platform 3 23
Cantilevered signal gantry at Brighton with colour light signals and route indicators for arrivals 24
Doplicate colour light signals indicating junctions (pre iindicator lights) near Preston Park 24
Shunt signal at Preston Park 24
Doplicate colour light signals for Main or East branch at Brighton 25
Diagram of signal boxes between Coulsdon and Brighton showing, active, abolished and switched out 25
King Arthur class No. 802 Sir Dunmore waiting departure with manual semaphore signals 27

The legacu of Mr. Price. 28-31.

From Ringwood to Christchurch: an almost forgotten railwy. 32-9.

Ray Chorley. 40-1

Questions, questions...? 41

British Railways — Southern Region Magazine. 42-51

John Cox. Along the Sussex Coast — 80 years agto. 52-9

Wainwright D class with trio set plus four-wheel brake/luggage van at  Galley Hill, Bexhill with Ashford-Brighton service 52
C2X 0-6-0 No. 440 with trio set at Glyne Gap with eastbound train for Hastins 52
Gladstone 0-4-2 No. 191 with three coach birdcage set 53
L1 class 4-4-0 No. 782 passing Glynde with westbound three car set SECR set 54
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Certainly not an essay in concrete, perhaps more of a sentence. 60-1

'Burning Bulleids': a definitive precursor to the article that follows.......64-5

Eric Best. Memories of a South Hampshire and a railway career,,, 66-87
Eric saw A12 Jubilee class 0-4-2 No, 637 with tender from No. 625 in Winchester station at head of a pick up goods

J class 4-6-2T No. 2526 on scrap line  at Eastleigh in 1945  66
Marsh 4-4-3 No. 2040 on scrap line  at Eastleigh in September 1945 66
A12 0-4-2 No, 637 with tender from No. 625 on scrap line  at Eastleigh 69
0-6-0ST No. 0332 Daphne on scrap road  at Eastleigh 70
Remains of Drummond Bug used to move long items around works 71
Two of four ex-LNWR tenders lettered LMS with new tanks fitted in connection with oil-firing prpgramme 72
Merchant Navy No, 35030 under construction in Eastleigh Works 73
X6 4-4-0 No. 657 on scrap road  at Eastleigh 75
0395 0-6-0 being dismantled for scrap with asbestos lagging all over the place in 1958 77
H2 4-4-2 No. 32424 on 26 May 1958 78
N15 4-8-0 No. 30774 being dismantled for scrap in snow 79
B4 0-4-0T being rerailed by breakdown crane (it had derailed during being broken up) 80
USA class 0-6-0T being dismantled in May 1962 with Eric sitting on smokebox 81
Lord Nelson 4-6-0 No. 30860 being cut up in autumn 1962 83
H16 4-6-2T No. 30519 being cut up in November 1962 83
Withdrawn Schools class 4-4-0 No. 30957 in June 1963 84
Light Pacific No. 34055 in use as stationary boiler in May 1963 86
Stanier Jubilee class No. 45699 at Eastleigh coaling stage when en route for Barry from which it escaped 89

Wokingham station sign. Jeffrey Grayer. rear cover
Southern Electric (green with lightning flash) and note on frequent trains to Reading..."