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The Southern Handbook: The Southern Railway 1923-1947
David Wragg
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Description for The Southern Handbook: The Southern Railway 1923-1947
Paperback. The Southern Railway 192347. Series: RAILWAY HANDBOOK. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: WG. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
RAILWAY HANDBOOK
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750982757
SKU
V9780750982757
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About David Wragg
DAVID WRAGG has written many books on railway, aviation and defence subjects, including Wartime on the Railways, The Southern Railway Story, The LMS Story, the LNER Story and The GWR Story for The History Press. He has also written on these subjects for The Sunday Telegraph, The Spectator and The Scotsman. He lives near Edinburgh.
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