Southern Railway




Dates

19/08/1921Railways Act
Act passed to create London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Great Western Railway and Southern Railway by grouping smaller companies into bigger units. This was due to financial problems the railway companies were having in the aftermath of the Great War.
  /  /1923London Brighton and Southcoast Railway
Southern Railway
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway merged into the Southern Railway.
  /  /1923Lee-on-the-Solent Railway
Southern Railway
Lee-on-the-Solent Railway absorbed by the Southern Railway.
  /  /1934Railway Air Services
London, Midland and Scottish RailwayLondon and North Eastern Railway
Great Western Railway
Southern Railway
Imperial Airways
Railway Air Services formed by the LMS, LNER, GWR, SR and Imperial Airways. Airport opened at Renfrew Airport.
01/01/1948British Railways Forth Bridge Railway London, Midland and Scottish Railway London and North Eastern Railway Great Western Railway Southern Railway
Britains railways are nationalised.

Books


A Chronology of the Constituent Locomotives of the Southern Railway: Pt.1: SECR (1899-1923) LBSCR, LSWR Locomotive Origins, Lifespan, Name Details

A Footplateman Remembers the Southern

A Pictorial Record of Southern Electric Units: Drawings and Plans (Closed Lines of Britain)

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: VOLUME 2 Southern England

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Southern England v. 2 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Southern Wagons: Southern Railway v.4: Southern Railway Vol 4

An Illustrated History of the North Cornwall Railway: The Southern Railway Route Between Okehampton, Launceston, Wadebridge and Padstow

Around the Branch Lines: Southern No. 1

Aspects of Southern Steam

Charing Cross to Orpington (Southern main line railway albums)

Directory of British Engine Sheds and Principal Locomotive Servicing Points: 1: Southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales Vol 1

George Heiron's Southern Collection: Waterloo to Ilfracombe

Haywards Heath to Seaford (Southern main line railway albums)

LBSCR and Minor Companies: L.B.S.C.R. and Minor Companies v.2: L.B.S.C.R. and Minor Companies Vol 2 (Illustrated History of Southern Wagons)

Leader and Southern Experimental Steam (Transport/Railway)
LNER Wagons: Volume 1: Southern Area, Ex-Great Northern, Ex-Great Central and Ex-Great Eastern Wagon: Southern Area, Ex-great Northern, Ex-great ... Eastern Wagon Absorbed by the LNER: v. 1
London Bridge to East Croydon (Southern Main Line)

Main Line to the West: Basingtoke to Salisbury Pt. 1: The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke and Exeter

Memories of Southern Railways

Modelling the Southern: Ideas and Inspiration

More Odd Corners of the Southern from the Days of Steam

More Southern Steam: South and West

Nothing Like Steam: Footplate Work on Southern Region

Orpington to Tonbridge: Including the Branch Line to Westerham (Southern Main Line)

Pictorial Record of Southern Signals

Private Owner Wagons of the South East: The Lines of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway (Eastern Division)

Profile of the Southern Moguls

Railway Walks: Great Western Railway and Southern Region

Railways and Recollections: 1967 - Farewell to Southern Region Steam (Railways & Recollections)

Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Southern England v. 2 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)

Scenes Around the Southern

Seventies Spotting Days Around the Southern Region

Southern and TfL: Bk. 5 (Railway Track Diagrams)

Southern Branch Line Steam: v. 1

Southern Branch Line Steam: v. 3

Southern Coaches in Colour

Southern Infrastructure 1922 - 1934: A Second Selection: Photographs from the E Wallis Collection

Southern King Arthur Family ([David & Charles locomotive monograph])

Southern Locomotives to Scale

Southern Mainline Cameraman

Southern Railway (A Miscellany)
Southern Railway Branch Line Trains (Locomotion Papers)
Southern Railway Branch Lines in the Thirties (Locomotion Papers)

Southern Railway Halts: Survey and Gazetteer (Locomotion Papers)

Southern Railway Passenger Services 1947: October 6th 1947, Until Further Notice (Timetables)

Southern Railway Route Map: from London to Ilfracombe and Padstow

Southern Railway Working Timetable Appendices: Western Section

Southern Region Flashback: The South Western Main Line Through Hampshire

Southern Rolling Stock

Southern Steam from Lineside

Southern Steam in Action: v. 2

Southern Steam in the South and West

SOUTHERN STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SURVEY : THE URIE CLASSES

Southern Vans & Coaches in Colour

Southern Wagons in Colour

Southern Way - Special Issue No 10: Special issue no. 10: SC Townroe's Journey in Steam (Southern Way Special Issue 10)

Southern Way - Special Issue No. 3: Wartime Southern: Preparation, ARP and Enemy Action (Southern Way Series)

Southern Way Special Issue: Southern Way Special No 12: A Third-Rail Centenary

SR 150: A Century and a Half of the Southern Railway

Steam Memories 1950's-1960's Locomotives Awaiting Disposal: No. 39: Locations Include the Eastern ,Midland, Southern, Western, North East and Scottish Regions

The Last Days of Steam on the Southern: London, Brighton and South Coast Lines and the Isle of Wight (Transport/Railway)

The Last Days of Steam on the Southern: South Eastern and Chatham (Transport/Railway)

The Regular Volume for the Southern Devotee (The Southern Way)

The Southern Pacifics: Bulleid's Radical Design

The Southern Railway (Images of Rail)

The Southern Railway Victoria Station - A Unique Perspective

The Southern Railway, 1923-47: Steam on the Portsmouth Direct Line (Transport)

The Southern Way (Southern Way Series)

The Withered Arm: The Southern West of Exeter (Railway World Special)

Through the Ranks on the Southern: A Career in the Nationalised Railway Industry (Reminiscence)

Waterloo to Woking (Southern Main Line)

Yeovil to Exeter: Featuring Exeter Central in Its Heyday (Southern Main Lines)