Tag Archives: Southern Electric

1971 – February – Same old problems?

Posted on March 6, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

The 1971 editions of Railway Magazine have some familiar articles. Alleviating Borough Market Fundamental changes to the track layout, combined with resignalling, in the London Bridge area is planned by the Southern Region of British Railways to overcome the notorious … Continue reading →

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Hindsight is perfect….

Posted on February 28, 2017 by snitchthebudgie

A few quotes from the February 1975 Modern Railways show that a lot can happen in 40 years, most of it beyond one’s wildest dreams.  From an article on the “London Rail Study”, a government appointed team looking at railways … Continue reading →

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Book review – ‘The LBSCR Elevated Electrification’

Posted on December 30, 2016 by snitchthebudgie

A present to myself this Christmas was this little book…. Between 1909 and 1929 there was an overhead electric commuter service on parts of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.  It didn’t get as far as Redhill – we … Continue reading →

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Just like the real thing….

Posted on October 16, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Allan sent me this little gem… Did you see or hear about this yesterday?  A Southern 455 EMU comes apart between second & third coach.  Luckily was an ECS movement into Victoria. For ECS read ’empty coaching stock’?  When the same … Continue reading →

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Detailed London transport map

Posted on September 12, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

If you love maps and trying to see how real track layouts could be made into a model, and you’ll happily spend hours poring over Ordnance Survey maps, archive maps, route diagrams and rail maps, this is a wonderful resource.  … Continue reading →

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Travel, post-war style

Posted on September 4, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Continuing my loft turnout, I came across a little treasure trove of my late mother’s.  It’s difficult to know what to throw away, but it’s important to be a little realistic.  Telegrams (a historic oddity in themselves) addressed to the … Continue reading →

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London Bridge rebuild

Posted on August 3, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Our local paper the Sorry Error, whoops, Surrey Mirror published these aerial photos of the London Bridge rebuilding project.  This rebuild will increase the capacity of the through tracks that feed the Thameslink lines through to north London.  It will … Continue reading →

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Up the Junction

Posted on August 1, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Just before we went on holiday, I made my last visit to offices in Kew Bridge, reviewing designs of the river crossings for a gas pipeline in Turkey.  This has been a regular trip, from Redhill to Clapham Junction and … Continue reading →

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Another old favorite

Posted on May 3, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Cha(i)rman Allan semt me this shot taken by Sean on 18 March from the cab of his train.  These ‘Hasting’ DEMUs are another favourite from my early train spotting days, as they also ran on the line between Petts Wood … Continue reading →

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Class 71 memories

Posted on May 1, 2015 by snitchthebudgie

Some of my earliest railway memories are seeing the ‘Golden Arrow’ as I was coming home to lunch from infants school.  In those days, it was steam-hauled, a 4-6-2 ‘Britannia’ and Pullmans to follow.  Some years later, my first solo … Continue reading →

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