| Postcards of the Past |
Custom Search
| Southern Railway (SR) |
| The Southern Railway was formed as part of the 1923 grouping. Rail links which were absorbed were from London Victoria and Waterloo to the Channel Ports, Kent and south and south-west England. For a history of the company, please follow this link. |
| The Brighton Belle, which in 1933 was the world's only all-electric Pullman multiple unit train. |
| Scour the internet for more about the Southern Railway. |
| We'd be delighted if you would sign our Guest Book ! We welcome suggestions, corrections and constructive criticism - or just say "Hello !" and tell us where you come from. |
| Some books about the Southern Railway - click on the relevant advertisement to see more about the book, and to buy it should you wish. |
| A Merchant Navy Class Engine, "Channel Packet". |
| The Bournemouth Belle, a Pullman train which ran from Waterloo to Bournemouth. |
| A "West Country" Class Engine, "Ilfracombe". |
| A Southern Electric train crossing the Ouse Valley Viaduct on the London to Brighton Line. |
| The L and SWR Bournemouth Express - a double header ! |
| Did You Know........that the Waterloo and City Line (the Drain) was built by the L and SWR in 1898 so that its passengers could access the City of London more easily ? The Bank Station had a pair of "travolators" installed in 1959 - I travelled daily on the Drain, and well remember the disruption and the dust, and the suppressed smiles of the passengers as they rode the moving walkways for the first time. |
| A London, Brighton and South Coast train emerging from Clayton Tunnel, about 5 miles north of Brighton. |
| And Did You Know........that in 1861 two trains collided in the Clayton Tunnel, killing 23 and injuring 176 passengers ? Charles Dickens was involved in a train crash, at Staplehurst in 1865, and it is thought that he based his tale "The Signalman" on both incidents. |
| The Atlantic Coast Express which ran from Waterloo to Devon and Cornwall from 1926 until 1964. |
| The Atlantic Coast Express leaving Waterloo, drawn by "Lord Nelson", engine number 850. |
| Another postcard of the Atlantic Coast Express. |
| A 2-6-0 Mogul, number 351. |
| Yet another postcard of the ACE, again hauled by Lord Nelson. |
| The Plymouth Corridor Express at Wimbledon. |
| And Did You Also Know........that at 2.40am on 1st July 1906 a London and South Western Railway train collided with a milk train at the eastern end of Salisbury Station, killing 28 people ? Follow this link for more about the accident. |
| Not much information on this postcard - it just says "Southern Railway" ! |
| I think this is engine No 421 "South Foreland", pulling the LB and SCR Southern Belle. |
| The Golden Arrow leaving Sevenoaks Tunnel. |
| The L B and S C R Southern Belle. |
| "Mr Billinton's Four Coupled Express, L B & S C R " |
| Another postcard of the LS and WR Bournemouth Express. |
| The Dover Boat Express. |
| The Hastings Express. |
| The Southampton Boat Express. |
| Dover Boat Express. |
| Schools Class Engine No 908, "Westminster". |