Here is an index of the articles appearing in Live Rail from issue 1 to 287
2 Bil appeal. Inaugural meeting 01
4Cors still on Central Division 01
Southern Electric Modelling 1 01
Southern Electric Quiz 01
Report on Inaugural meeting 02
Southern Electric Modelling 2 02
The Five Fifty-Three 02
The Dartford Power Box Scheme 02
Southern Electric Quiz Results 02
The Last 4Gri Tour – booking details 02
Man of Kent Railtour – booking details 02
My Three Years as Signalman at Amberley 1967-1970 pt1
03
History and Development of the 4Sub pt1 03
1971-2 SR Timetable 03
EMU liveries 1971 03
Central Section 4Cor & 4Gri mainline workings
03
Current Allocations of De-icing units 03
My Three Years as Signalman at Amberley 1967-1970 pt2
04
The 2Bil Units 04
Log of Brighton Belle 29/12/70 1245 IG>VIC
04
First Regional Review 04
Letter re 4Subs – correction 04
New generation suburban stock (PEP) editorial
05
History & Development of the 4Sub pt2 05
My Three Years as Signalman at Amberley 1967-1970 pts 8-10
05
How the SER Reached the North Bank of the Thames pt1
05
Chromonomerty Corner – 18.40 Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour 3x4Sub and 3x4Cor
05
2Bil Farewell Railtour 9/1/71 report 06
Man of Kent Railtour 11/4/71 report 06
Push-pull trials a decade ago 06
Letter re 2Bil controller 06
The Purbeck Piper Railtour 1/172 report 07
History & Development of the 4Sub pt3 07
How the SER Reached the North Bank of the Thames pt2
07
Letter/diagram, re Master Controller 07
The South Eastern Gricer Railtour report 08
A Train Journey Down the Brighton Line pt1
08
From Wimbledon to Croydon pt1 08
Southern Region Stock Allocation May 1972 08
Oct 1st 1972 last day of general service for 4Cor
09
SEG becomes a preservation group 09
Southern Electric Group (Preservation) Ltd 09
Farewell to the Belle 09
A Train Journey Down the Brighton Line pt2
09
From Wimbledon to Croydon pt1 09
Belle Timing 17/07/71 2045 IG>VIC 09
LR now bi-monthly
Preservation Report & Appeal 10
Report on Visit to Victoria Signal Boxes 10
A Train Journey Down the Brighton Line pt3
10
History & Development of the 4Sub pt4 10
Golden Arrow Timing 30/09/72 1805 Marine >Vic
10
Index to LR 1-9 10
SEG Model Railway Layout 11
Branches Proposed 11
Report of the Visit to Selhurst Depot 11
Nelson to Waterloo – 4Cor Farwell Tour report
11
An Outline History of Southern MU Liveries 11
Report of Visit to Charing Cross Signal Box 12
SEG Railway Quiz no2 12
Preservation Bulletin 12
BR(S) MU Vehicle codes pt1 12
Letter: corrections to MU liveries 12
Nelson to Ashford 13
Answers to SEG Railway Quiz no2 13
Classification of Repairs to coaching stock from 1966
13
BR(S) MU Vehicle codes pt2 13
First Impressions of the PEP 14
Preserved Cors and Associated Stock 14
South Eastern Steam Centre 14
London Bridge proposed layout 1976 15
IoW Car Ferries 15
Southern Electric Units 1915-1972 15
BR(S) MU Vehicle codes pt3 15
To A5 size
The Brighton Overhead Electrics pt1 16
History & Development of the 4Sub pt5 16
The VAB 16
Southern Electric Units 1915-1972 Notes 16
Locomotive Renumberings (TOPS) 16
Chunnelling 17
The Brighton Overhead Electrics pt2 17
An Hour at Portsmouth on a Summer Saturday 1957
18
Log of 15.38 Weymouth-Waterloo 3rd February 1973
18
The Brighton Overhead Electrics pt3 18
Southern Electric Units 1915-1972 Notes 18
Down the (SEG) Branches 19
How Grim Was My Valley 19
Opinion : Return to the Overhead 19
Clapham Junction & Stewarts Lane Map (cover)
19
Accident Report Horsham January 8th 1972 20
SR EMU Control Systems pt1 20
Returning to the Overhead 20
The 2Nol Unit 20
SR EMU Control Systems pt2 21
Early Southern Electric 21
Letter re 2Nol units 21
The 2EPB Unit (57xx type) 21
Relocation of 4Cor required 22
Acccident report Copyhold Junction December 16th 1972
22
Further Notes on 2Nol Units 22
Vestiges to Spot pt1 22
Down at the Old Buf and Bush 23
Vestiges to Spot pt2 23
Further notes on the 57xx 2EPBs 23
SEG – the First Five Years 24
Where They Ran 1: Nol, Bil and Hal 24
Vestiges to Spot pt3 24
Walkabout London Bridge area Report 24
Portsmouth Visit Report 24
West Worthing 24
Cors, the Last Stop 24
Dorset Dawdler railtour report 25
SR Incidents 1973 25
Log for 3142 8th October 1938 17.20 Portsmouth Harbour – Waterloo
25
Where They Ran 2: The SR 3Subs 25
Duties of a Station Announcer 25
Belle Resting Places 26
Strawberry Hill Scene 26
Vestiges to spot part 4 26
The Byways of Southern Region pt1 27
A Week’s Rove 27
Brighton at War 27
South Western Electrification Diamond Jubilee pt1
27
Where They Ran 3: Pul, Pan, Cit & Bel 27
3142 to go to the Nene Valley 27
Last Chance Trips 28
The Byways of Southern Region pt2 28
South Western Electrification Diamond Jubilee pt2
28
Where They Ran 5: Cor, Res & Buf 28
More Notes on the Lavs 28
Map of Portsmouth area on cover 29
The Byways of Southern Region pt3 29
South Western Electrification Diamond Jubilee pt3
29
H for Headcode, O for ‘Ounslow 29
3142 move to Nene Valley imminent 29
Log, Last Cor to London 12th August 1972 30
The Race and Bank Holiday Scene 30
3142’s Longest Journey (to the Nene Valley) 30
Preservation Progress 30
Nene Valley Railway New Home for 3142 31
South Western Electrification Diamond Jubilee pt4
31
Look Back with Interest Nicholas Owen 32
One Journey Only 32
SEG’s Isle of Wight Visit Report 32
Members’Queries Brighton Belle Formations
33
The Hastings Diesel Units 33
Colour Lights to Brighton 33
Preservation Progress 34
Visits Reports – Wimbledon A Box and Slade Green Repair Shop
34
The Suburbs a Generation Ago 34
Electric Workings at Ore on a 1939 Summer Sunday
34
More about the Hastings Diesel Units 34
De-Icing Unit Formations 35
The Modernisation of the Bournemouth Line pt1
35
Eastleigh: Eleven Shillings Return 35
Brighton Branch – Devil’s Dyke 35
Accident Report: Clapham Junction/Wandsworth Town 19th December 1975
36
Seasoned Travellers 36
The Society for the Preservation of Old Buildings in London
36
The Southern and the Jubilee 1935 36
The Modernisation of the Bournemouth Line pt2
36
Log: 12Cep Victoria to Hove via Dorking & Littlehampton (due to engineering work at Redhill) 15th March 1975 36
Rep Running 36
Preservation News – Preston Park Saga 37
Preservation News – 3142 back in service 37
Nelson to Orton 37
North Downs Branch excursion to Exeter 37
Query – Kent House Curve 37
The Modernisation of the Bournemouth Line pt3
37
Southern Motive Power and Depots 2nd May 1977
37
Reading : The South East & Chatham’s Outpost
38
Reading Southern – cover illustrations 38
The Modernisation of the Bournemouth Line pt4
38
Preservation News 39
Accident Report – Shortlands Junction 12th February 1976
39
Accident Report – Southerham Junction 15th June 1976
39
Victoria Re-signalling 39
Stores Train Workings 39
The Modernisation of the Bournemouth Line pt5
39
Operation Red Carpet 39
Preservation News – Nene Valley and NRM 40
Bank Holidays on the Central Division in the 1950s
40
Southern Electric Modelling 40
The Modernisation of the Bournemouth Line pt6
40
3142’s Maintenance Record 40
onto litho printed/electric typrewriter production!
Preservation News 41
The First Generation of Southern Electric Main Line Stock
1: the 4Lav units 41
The Modernisation of the Bournemouth Line pt7
41
Bournemouth Line Postscript 42
The Eastleigh Motor Luggage Vans 42
Southern Maintenance, Practice and 3142 42
reduction of font size by photo reduction – increased content
The First Generation of Southern Electric Main Line Stock
2: The Pul, Cit and Bel Units 43
Unusual Electric Workings 4 Years Ago 43
Regional review Item – Station Signs Target & Totem in 1978
43
Modelling Notes 44
Photo Spot 44
Riots of Autumn Leaves 44
The First Generation of Southern Electric Main Line Stock
3: The 2Nol Units 44
Diagram: Battersea following abolition of Longhedge Junction signal box 23rd July 1978
44
Southern Statistics 1977/78 44
Preservation News 3142/Brighton Belle 45
Channel Tunnel Revival 45
The First Generation of Southern Electric Main Line Stock
4: The 2Bil Units 45
Multiple Working on the Southern 45
Maintenance & location codes 46
Log : 12Cep Portsmouth Harbour to Victoria 27th May 1974
46
The Reading extension Electrification 1939 46
The First Generation of Southern Electric Main Line Stock
5: The 6Pan Units 46
Some Notes on Thyristors and Electric Brakes
46
Southern Listed Buildings 46
New Year Quiz 46
Answers to New Year Quiz 47
Accident Report Borough Market junction 6th May 1977
47
Accident Report Mottingham 11th October 1977
47
Parliamentary Report 47
The First Generation of Southern Electric Main Line Stock
6: The Portsmouth Line Express Stock 1937-1964
47
I for Ice 47
Fire damaging 4Buf car 12529 at Wansford 48
Accident Report near New Cross 3rd August 1977
48
1879-1979: 100 Years of Electric Railways 48
Prospects of Electro-Magnetism as a Prime Mover
48
The Inter-Village Express Railtour 49
Centenary of Electric Railways Exhibition 49
Chronology Corner – techniques and tips 49
The Southern Railway Company’s Last Electrification
49
The First Generation of Southern Electric Main Line Stock
7: The 2Hal units 49
Southern Region Vans 49
Southern Freight Depots 49
3142 Re-electrification 50
Centenary of Electric Railways Holiday 26th May – 2nd June 1979
50
ChronometryCorner – Brighton-Manchester service
50
Accident Report Guildford 19th August 1976 50
I for Information 50
The Southern Railway Goes to War 50
The First Generation of Southern Electric Main Line Stock
8: The Last Years of the “First Generation” Express Stock
50
Opera-going Difficulties 50
Elevated Electric 70th Anniversary 51
National Railway Museum Electric Railways Exhibition
51
North Downs Branch Electric Roundabout Railtour
51
Brighton Branch Traveltour No.1 51
Memories of the Elevated Electric 51
Preservation 3142 report 52
Visit Report Southampton Central Signalbox
52
South Hampshire Electrification 52
The Southern Double Deck Stock 52
Canterbury & Whitstable Sesquicentenary 52
Postal Rail Treasure Hunt 52
Preservation Appeal 53
Answers to Postal Rail Treasure Hunt 53
SEG Corporate Plan 53
Modelling Secretary’s Notes 53
Southern Region Train Planning 53
I for Information 53
Southern Stabling Points 53
SEG Ten Years Old
Members’ Queries – 508 Destination Blinds 54
Chronometry Corner 9th February 1980 2×508 Waterloo to Woking
54
Anniversary Quiz 54
The Nelson Touch – 10 Years of the SEG 54
Anniversary Quiz Answers 55
Visit to East Wimbledon TMD 19th April 1980
55
Accident Reports West Byfleet 30th March 1978
55
Accident Reports Hampton Court Junction 23rd February 1979
55
A Quick Change on the Brighton Line 55
Let’s Go For Green 55
Modelling Notes – Drawings 56
Running the Train Service 56
Subs-by-Sea 56
Foreign Freight Workings 56
Preservation News – 3142 Re-electrification Fund
57
Modelling Notes – more on drawings 57
Accident Report Preston Park/Hassocks 19th December 1976
57
Further Down the Brighton Line 57
Bon Soir Night Ferry 57
Southern Forum 58
Southern Electric Modelling 58
The Steyning Line 58
Preservation Notes, from Wansford, 11187 up for sale, 2090 damaged
59
Selhurst Open Day 21st September 1980 59
The Cross-London Tunnel 59
The Barnes Collision 1955 59
Postal Rail Treasure Hunt 59
Postal Rail Treasure Hunt Result 60
News From Marsham Street 60
Accident Report Waterloo 8th September 1978
60
Accident Report Milford Level Crossing 22nd December 1976
60
Accident Report Hilsea/Fratton 25th February 1979
60
A Southern Parting 60
Memorable Southern Electric Last Runs 60
The 3H and 3D Diesel Units 61
4 Bep workings 1981 62
Southern Electric closures 62
Southern & The Royal Wedding 63
Modelling Building a Bil 63
Saints & Steamers 64
Supplement to SR MU trains 2nd ed 65
De-Icing units 65
Brighton Line resignalling 1982 65
Modelling Mk1s to Cep 65
EMU bogies 65
Headcode changes 1982 67
Where the Juice comes from 1982 67
VSOE schedules 1982 68
Cannon St Signal box fires 1957 68
SR 2 coach trailer sets 68/69
Southern Line speeds Sept 1982 70
Operation of SR Ac lines 66/69/70
Serpell and the Southern 72
Half century of Brighton Electrics 71/72
Building a 2Bil 72
1983 unit allocations 73
Southern Region Freight Traffic 1983 73
1983 headcode alterations 74
Brighton Jubilee Express 74
Semaphore signals 1983 75
Coach allocation 1983 75
EMU & DEMU average 4 weekly mileages 75
Rolling stock Refurbishing 75
4 Sub farewell tour 76
Gatwick Express 77
blue units with small yellow panels 75/77
Last SR design units 2Haps & 2EPBs 77/78
4 Sub story corrections 78
Clapham Junction running line designations 1984 79
Waterloo Platform lengths 1984 79
SR change of frequency scheme 79
4 Sub overhauls 79
EMU drawings accuracy & details 80
Train vs Tram a reassessment 80
Gatex Fire details 81
Second generation Subs 81
4 Sub disposals 81
73 electric modifications 82
South Western Electric 1912-23 81/82
More on 4 Subs 84
4 Sub story 84
SR 2 character headcodes amendments 1985 85
LSWR suburban electric stock 83/84/85
EE, GEC, AEI, BTH & all that 86/87
Kent Coast Electrification Scheme 71/74/75/77/80/84/87
Weymouth Quay tramway 1985 87
Gatex painting dimensions 87
Even more on 4 Subs 87
EMU roof boards 89
The Hastings Line goes electric 90
Building a GLV 89/90
Tyneside EPBs 90
Hastings line electrification 1986 91
4 Sub overhauls 79/89/91
NSE launch 92
Hastings DEMU biographies 92
Maidstone Barracks layout 92
Class 33s 93
SR Freight services 1987 95
Special Events services 96
1987 revised smoking accommodation 97
Depot allocations May 1987 97
Unusual train services 1987 98
High Speed push pull trains 100
Dave Smith EMU drawings list 100
Metropolitan Junction single line details 101
Newspaper traffic 98/100/102
33s and 4TCs Weymouth -Castle Cary 102
Putney flyover closure 102
Reformation of compartment EPBs following murder 23/3/88 103
Augmented Sub formations 103
Class 33 passenger workings 1988
inc TC/33 working with EMUs 104
Genesis of Yellow warning panels 105
Modelling a 5Vec 105
Destination boards 106
Brighton & Bournemouth stock (renumbering) 106
Obit Sir John Elliott 106
Classified repair details 107
Clapham Collision unit details 107
3 Sub units 107
Eardley Sidings 108
Electricity Supply Industry pt1/ pt2 107/108
Headcodes 1909-1988 102/104/106/108
3 Subs postscript 108
Sprinter classes on SR 109
Early route brandings 109
SR 2 coach trailer sets 109
1st new 483 IoW unit arrives 110
WARs update 1989 112
IoW unit refurbs details 112
“SL, 2Wim 2Nol 112
Solent Link electrification 12th March 1990 details 115
6 Rep formation and details 115
SR depot allocations May 1990 115
319 blind info 117
Modelling a MTK 442 pt1/pt2 116/117
Victoria area resignalling 118
4 Vec & 3 Tis numbering 118
De Icing Unit number details 119
Charing X trackwork alterations 1990 120
NSE Divisional survey (sub sectors) 120/1
Wrong sort of snow Feb 91 120
Chris Green SEG meeting speech 121
East Wimbledon depot 120
WARS implementation 121
NSE London Bridge Easter Parade 1991 line up 121
Organising for Quality 26/4/91
note not the same as business sectors 121
Southern depot allocations May 1991 121
NSE livery explanation 121
Cheam Sutton and elevated electric pt1 120
Cheam Sutton and elevated electric pt2 121
Southern depot allocations July 1991 122
6 Rep diagrams/details 122
EMU whistles 122
From 10202 to 50 050 pt1 (diesels on SR) 121
From 10202 to 50 050 pt2 122
Brighton/Eastbourne 1991 headcode changes124
Lav/Buf queries 124
RIP Reps 124
4 Buf interior layout 125
Sr diesel shunters pt1 123
SR diesel shunters pt 2 124
SR diesel shunters pt3 (incBR classes) 125
Chessington branch 126
SR diesel shunters – departmental 127
steel augmentation trailers 127
TOPs unit classifications 1992 128
Modelling a 4EPB 128
483 unit details 129
Modelling a 2 Bil 129
25 yrs of Bournemouth line electrification 128/129
Modelling a MLV 130
Motor Bogies 131
Ratings of Motors 131
Headcode update 1992 131
Modelling a 319 (MTK) 131
455 blind information 132
TC story 132
DEMU operation in Hampshire 132
SWD headcode changes (Windsor lines) 133
SR loco allocations 1993 133
2 coach trailer sets 133
482 details 134
8 Dig details 134
1st 4 3 Ceps 134
SR MU working pt1 133
SR MU working pt2 134
Wloo & City – last day of old trains 134
Details of 159 1st class interiors 135
8 Mig details 135
E5001 and overhead wires 135
Bournemouth Depot 135
West of England Services (talk) 135
Bel, Pul, Cit, Pan traction motors 136
4 EPBs a valedictory 136
Brighton Belle details 137
NSE sub sectors 137
DEMU reminisces (inc Portmouth-Bristol) 137
Differences between makers units 465 138
Eastleigh Works 138
The day Clapham A fell down 138
SR loco allocation 1994 140
Ro rail bus Victoria-Waddon 1932 140
4Pep query details 140
English electric Traction Motors 140
Portsmouth Line memories 140
Southern Electric Locos pt1 139/141
Waterloo area resignalling 142
Southern Electric Locos pt2 142
EDLs 142
Closure of Dover Western Docks services
station closed 24th Sept 1994 (LR 141) 143
Large EDLs 143
Conductor rail indices 144
Chris Green leaves railway 144
Ticketing problems Gatwick services 144
Picture of 455 with experimental plug doors 145
750v dc versus 25kV ac 145
6 Pul query answer 146
S London Line & trams 146
Departmental/sandite units 147
MU allocations (Roscos) 1995 148
Carriage construction and job number 148
Locomotive allocations 1996 149
Bils & Hals on the central section 149
4 Rep article – Nick Lawford 150/151
Power to 1925 SE Electrifcation 150
8 Vab (within 4 Rep pt 2) 151
Long route Brighton to Hastings 152
Hals on Gatwick duties 152
SEG/SEmG confusion starts 152
8 Vab letter 152
8 Vab letter 153
SWT Cig failures 153
Regenerative rolling stock 154
LSWR & LBSCR headcodes 154
Dig/Mig article – Nick Lawford 156
Last train to Addiscombe 158
Electric Train Development 158
Longest EMU runs 158
Cor motor bogie 158
TOC review 159
4dd unit/coach numbers 159
Overhauling a 1938 power bogie 160
Guildford-Dorking units 1925 160
South London (Connex) Metro 160
Carriage refurbishing until 1960s 161
3 car units back (article/history) 161
Cop unit numbers 161
SWT Veps exchanged for Ceps 161
319 refurbs 161
Airstream Ventilators 162
31s on SR article 162
origin of Sub nomenclature 162
report of 100 years of W&C meeting 162
Run on a 365 163
Carriage Interior Designs 163
Multi track layouts 164
Visit to Slade Green Depot 166
What Price Channel Tunnel Rail Link? 167
Cluster Type Colour Light Signals 167
Onix, Electrostar & Juniper 167/8
Folkestone-Dover 168
SEG website 168
Gatwick Express 169/170/171
EMU Preservation Survey 170
Slam Door stock to go 171
3 Cep performance 171
4th Rail 171
Juniper Project 172
Trains Across the Thames 172
East London Extension 173
Gatwick Nostalgia 173
EMU Mk3/4 bogies 174
Collision at Waterloo 174
More Trains through London 174
33 Years ago/Victoria project 174
Construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
175
Loughborough Junction – a mystery 175
Croydon Tramlink Opens 175
Kent Coast service erosion in 38 years 176
Railtrack Network Management Statement 2000
176
Loughborough Junction – more 176
RIP Connex South Central 177
4 Cig variations phase 1 stock 177
The EPB preservation Group 177
Cor 3146 shunt crash at Woking 1968 177
6 coach RB sets 125/126 query answer 177
South Eastern Train Performance 177
New Southern railway Franchise 177
Wessex Franchise – + changes to SWT 177
Renumbering and Reforming 178
EP Brakes on the Southern 178
Vehicle 3925/76275 178
EMU Motor Car Designs 178
Double Deckers and Tubes 178
4 Cig variations phase 2 stock 179
EMU Motor Car Designs – letter PEPs 179
An EMU named DESIRO UK 179
A Waste of Resources (cupping & coning) 180
Cleaning Model Railway 180
Geyhound Cig Units 180
Numbering, starting sequence with 0 or 1 180
Franchise News 180
Glory Days (editorial) 181
Ceps and Beps on SWD 181
Cup and Cone deadline 31/12/02 181
Q&A SR renumbering to BR 181
More Milepost Curiosities 182
Q&A 319 Route Availability 182
Southern Numbering part 1 182
Railtrack Organisational Changes (SR) 182
TPWS System Authority Established 182
Franchise News NSR 182
Bluebell Railway Carriage Restorers W/E 183
Southern Numbering part 2 183
Was It Ever Different 183
New Metro Trains for Connex 183
Isle of Wight Strategic Review 183
SE Traction Supply Problem 183
Further Impressions of Class 375 184
SR Carriage Renumbering (letter) 184
New Connex Livery standard for all sliding door stock
184
Development of Southern Electric System part 11a
185
40 years Ago 185
Brighton Line resignalling 1932 (letter) 186
Earth Fault (letter) 186
An Hour at Byfleet and New Haw (16/2/02) 186
Cup & Coning (now unlikely) 187
Eastleigh Class 47s 187
Reigate – Will It Ever Get a Through Service? 187
SWT Franchise bid outline 187
South Central Train Service Specification 188
Redhill to Reading – more milepost curiosities 188
Portsmouth – Gillingham Service (query answer) 188
Rumours about an Electrified Preserved Line 189
Southern Electric Suburban Stock Pt1 LSWR units 1914-17
189
4 Cor Traction Equipment 189
Stagecoach 20 year SWT franchise cut to 7 189
No more SC livery to slam door units 189
Train Reliability 190
Southern Electric Suburban Stock Pt2 LSWR units 1914-17
190
Power Supply Problems 190
SWT Three separate liveries 190
Southern Electric Suburban Stock Pt3 LSWR units 1914-17
191
Power Supplies – Southern upgrade update 191
Cep Salute Railtour report 192
Last 12 Cep to Ramsgate 192
Power Supplies – Southern upgrade another update 192
Greyhound Performance (Letter) 192
73/0s at Dean Forest Railway (Letter) 192
The Future of SEG Preservation 192
Cycles in rolling stock spec :Reinventing the Wheel 192
SR Electrification “Not Quite as Planned” part 1 193
New Stations For The Southern 194
SR Electrification “Not Quite as Planned” part 2 194
New Home for 3142 Progress Report 194
SEG Museum West Worthing, update 195
SR Electrification “Not Quite as Planned” part 3 195
SC suburban slam door workings 195
End of Connex franchise 195
Integrated Kent franchise – latest 195
Trying to Make the Grade (new units vs old) 196
Higham Tunnel closes for re-lining 196
Networker performance (Letter) 196
Power Supplies and Substations 196
New stock samples 196
Class 442 Power bogies 196
Too Tight? (seating) 197
Southern Railway Electric Unit Numbering 197
Class 483 unit returns to service in historic livery 197
Integrated Kent Franchise trains per hour plans 197
SR Rolling stock – Dennis Hooker opinion 198
The Southern Railway and Periscopes 198
Electric Services on the Brighton Main Line Winter 1934/35
199
New Train Deficiencies 199
Mk1 storings and withdrawals May-July 2004 199
Working on the “Southern” 200
South West Trains Slam Door Gala 200
A Modelling Retrospective 200
Mk1 hauled stock exchanges for EMU construction 200
LSWR Electric Locos 74s and 75s 200
SR trailer bogies 200
LR 200 Supplement – Southern Electrics 2004 200
Mk1 stock in remaining service mid September 2004
200
Brighton Line RUS 200
The suburban 2 Coach Trailer Sets part 1 201
Farewell to the Ceps – A Personal View 201
A 4 Cor Mystery from 1952/3 201
SWT anticipated Mk1 withdrawals 201
The Cep Tribute Railtour 202
NFRIP’S 2004 Train Performance 202
The suburban 2 Coach Trailer Sets part 2 202
Mk1 stock withdrawals and movements 202
SWT new off peak timetable patterns 202
SET remaining Cep and Vep diagrams 202
Are you sitting comfortably (seats)? 203
The Southern in 2005 203
Rep Menus (Q&A) 203
Tep units (Q&A) 203
From the front end (cab front design) 203
Mk1 stock withdrawals and movements 203
SWT new timetable 203
Integrated Kent Franchise tph 203
A Look at Dover Marine Station in 2004 204
Class 71 A Southern Enigma and Lost Opportunity 204
More on Rep Menus (Q&A) 204
Mk1 Withdrawals March-May 2005 204
Start of last Mk1 workings detailed by lines 204
SET Vep diagramsMay 2005 204
SN Cig & Vep diagrams May 2005-06-26 204
Thameslink/GN Franchising 204
Shared Stations 205
Level Crossings 205
What Price the CTRL – 2? 205
Class 71 on the Golden Arrow 205
Class 71s – misc letters 205
A personal perspective on working in 11201 206
Southern Belle Railtour Report 206
Third Rail Amps still in short supply 206
A tale of two (historic) journeys 206
Customer Information 206
Timings – Last scheduled slam door working from Victoria
206
London to Brighton High Speed Runs 207
Loughborough Junction –
A Signalling Mystery Solved 207
Cab It 2005-12-29 207
Curiouser and Curiouser – power upgrade inadequate?
207
South West Main Line RUS 207
Megatrain 207
Cover photos – early Vep, Cig and Cep shots 207
Farewell to St Leonards 208
Another Cross London Alternative 208
Masterminded 208
Brighton Main Line RUS 209
By Turbostar to Paris 209
Kingswood & the EPBs 209
Thameslink Two? 209
Information 209
Our 4 Cor on the move 209
A Muddle of Acronyms 210
An Interview with Michael Welch 210
Rail Development in Kent 210
Civil Engineering – Routes and Earthworks 210
Preservation Issue 211
Our Vision and Long-Term Preservation Plans 211
The Move from Woodpax to the East Kent Railway 211
Preservation Plans – Work to Do 211
Brighton Belle and 6Pul Pullman Cars 211
Running Rings Around Berlin 211
Stations – portals to the railway 212
Farewell to the Class 458s? 212
The Reading to Tonbridge Line 212
Conductor rail de-icing 212
Pictures 456 refreshed interior 212
South West Trains strike 29th August 2006 212
The Great SWT Stock Reshuffle 213
The NRM and EMU Preservation 213
Surviving 4Rep Vehicles 213
EPBPG, EKR, and Bob Baines 213
Abinger Observatory (letter) 1 213
No Farewell to the Class 458s 213
Higher Speeds and More Capacity 214
A History of the Class 442 Units part 1 214
Wessex Memories 214
Abinger Observatory (letter) 2 214
A History of the Class 442 Units part 2 215
The Class 442 Units – An Improved Performance 215
CTRL: Focus on Stratford 215
LED Signals Part 1 216
Days Out with Daysave 216
The Durnsford Road Shunters 216
Brighton Line Changes 216
Gordon’s Holiday in Swanage 217
The Return of E5001 217
Preservation Report Summer 2007 217
40 Years Ago at Guildford 217
Editorial : Franchises and New Services 218
A Survey of Class 508 Electric Units part 1 218
A Heathrow-Ebbsfleet Service? 218
South London Route Utilisation Strategy 218
Crossrail South or Thameside Line 218
Letter: London West EMU workings May 1948 218
Thameslink 2xxx Approved and Funded 218
An Interview with Vic Mitchell 219
The Class 395 “Olympic Javelin 219
A Survey of Class 508 Electric Units part 2 219
Editorial – Marketing the Railway 220
Preservation Report: Winter 2007-8 220
SEG Visit to Selhurst Simulator 220
Musings on Cross-London links and HS1 220
A Day Out Fifties Style 220
After West Worthing – a Statement 221
Editorial – The End of Privatisation? 221
Return to Durnsford Road 221
Diary of a Travelling Nobody 221
Class 450/5s Arrive 221
Railtour Timings 221
Thameslink 2015 222
Mid-Kent Memories 222
Brighton Line Anniversary 222
South London RUS 222
Class 376/378 Fleet Survey Part 1 class 376 223
1970s Southern Rover 223
Preservation Report Summer 2008 223
The Brockenhurst to Lymington Branch 224
Kentish Town to Kentish Town part 2 224
Introduction to Electricity and Electronics part1 224
Bring Back the Brighton Belle 224
Class 376/378 Fleet Survey Part 2 class 378 225
Introduction to Electricity and Electronics part2 225
Loco Hauled Passenger Trains on the SR in 2008 225
Spotting at Isfield and Three Bridges, Summer 1968 225
Waterloo Sunrise 226
From Plastic Pigs to Bacon Belles 226
Thameslink Project Gathers Pace 226
Preservation Report Winter 2008-2009 226
Southern Abandons Service to fit in Brighton Line Trains 226
Reigate Direct (letters) 226
Electricity and Electronics – corrections 226
Editorial – The Big Freeze 227
Gordon Goes to the Bluebell 227
Life at Orpington Running Shed 227
Farewell to Milton Range Halt 227
More corrections to Electricity and Electronics 227
Commuting in the Snow 228
Southern Electric Workings 1933-4 228
Film Liveries (vinyls) 228
CC1 & CC2 – Liveries & Headcodes 228
Thameslink Project Update 228
Eastleigh 100 229
An EE Man at Large pt1 229
Preservation Report August 2009 229
CC1 & CC2 – The Definitive Livery & Headcode Story
229
Letter: Electrification in the Blackfriars Area 229
Letter – Milton Range Halt & Hundred of Hoo Branch
229
South Central Franchise 229
4Big Unit at the Great Central Railway 230
Memories of the Drain 230
An EE Man at Large pt2 230
What’s in a Name? 230
Sandilands Spider Report 18th October 2009 231
SouthEastern’s High Speed Services 231
Surrey Iron Railway Walk 27th June 231
Bevois Park & St Denys Modelled in N 231
Bringing Back the Brighton Belle 231
The 66 minute hour (letter) 231
4mm scale Modelling edition 232
Bachmann 4 Cep Review 232
Hornby Class 395 Review 232
EFE 1938 IoW stock Review 232
Making the Marc Models 4Cor 232
Preservation Report Winter 2009-10 232
The Summer of 1939 232
M7 falling down W&C lift shat – original newpaper clipping
232
Review of Southern Electric – a New History 232
River Crane bridge collapse report 232
Winter weather report 232
Sussex and Kent RUSs 233
SEG Preservation Strategy 233
SEG Corporate Plan 233
The 6Cit Units, History and 1930s Workings 233
The East London Line – The Forgotten Southern Electric
233
The Summer of 1939 pt2, The Portsmouth Direct and Alton M-F services
233
Review of Brian Golding Book 233
Letters re voltage 233
Javelin Falls Short 234
Swalerail 150 234
Amberley – A Rare Survivor 234
The Summer of 1939 pt3, The Portsmouth Direct and Alton M-F Up services
234
The East London Line Extension – A Pictorial Journey
234
The Ruby Rover Railtour 234
40th Anniversary Issue 235
40 Years On, Over 40% More (review of services) 235
The Early Days of the SEG 235
From Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier – Driver’s Trip
235
40 Years of Preservation 235
(Friday the 13th part) ELLX 236
Rebuilding Blackfriars 236
The Summer of 1939 pt4, The Portsmouth Direct and Alton Saturdays and Sundays services
236
The Lost Railtour (The Sussex Venturer 4/1/69) 236
Letters – Ac – v – DC 236
(40 Years of) SEG Railtours 237
Return to the Southern Electric 237
Where the train will divide (portion working) 237
Nick Owen’s Fragments and Memories 237
Bil Bogies (letter) 237
Answers re Queries on Southern Electric – A New History (letter) 237
The Ealing Broadway Parliamentary (letter) 237
The ICE at St. Pancras International 237
Editorial 5 Year Gone 238
Preservation Report 238
Isolated Continental Ramblings 238
My Southern Electric 1982 238
Nick Owen’s Fragments and Memories 2 238
Letter (Laurie Mack) Bogie Wheelbases 238
TOC Emergency Timetable details 238
Where to Ride on and See Preserved Southern Electric EMUs 239
Editorial – end of the Third Rail? 239
History of the Class 460 Units, part 1 239
The Oxted Line 6TC and 7TC Trailer Units 239
My Southern Electric 1983-84 239
Nick Owen’s Fragments and Memories 3 239
Book Review David Brown Southern Electric Vol 2 239
SEG Driver Training Experience Selhurst 240
PLEG Shunter Haulage Tour Report 240
History of the Class 460 Units, part 2 240
Southern EMU Bogies 240
My Southern Electric 1985-87 240
The Summer of 1939: The Waterloo to Reading
and Windsor Line Services 240
100mph with Underside Third Rail 240
Query Guidelines 241
Lost Railways of London: Holborn Viaduct
to Loughborough Junction 241
The East Kent Resignalling Scheme 241
A memorable day out January 23rd 1960 241
Of Couplings and Corridors (and Gangways) Pt1 241
Farewell to Preservation 241
Nick Owen’s Fragments and Memories 4 241
Book Review – The Riverside Electric 241
Memories of the Hounslow Loop 242
Of Couplings and Corridors (and Gangways) Pt2 242
Ashford, Eastleigh and Lancing Carriage and Wagon Works part 1
242
Nick Owen’s Fragments and Memories 5 242
Letters – shelving in Cor Guard’s Van 242
Letters – East Kent Resignalling 242
1980s posters uncovered at Richmond 243
Old Simon’s almanac 2012 243
My Southern Electric Years – An Occasional Return to the Past – 1988-1991
243
The Summer of 1939: the Waterloo and South Suburban Services
243
Ashford, Eastleigh and Lancing Carriage and Wagon Works part 2
243
Class 73 Locomotive – Where are they now? 243
Preservation Report Spring 2012-02-28 244
Ten ‘til Four on a Cor 244
Through Rose-Tinted Lenses, ‘60s Commuting in the Snow
244
Southern Main Line units 1932-1937 (letter) 244
4Vep 7756 (letter) 244
Preserved EMU Guide 245
Visit to Sussex Route Control Centre Croydon 245
Hornby Brighton Belle review 245
The Electric Phoenix 23/09/84 245
LB51 Saturday 3rd December 2011 245
The Summer of 1939 – South Eastern Suburban 245
Evaluating the PEPs part 1 245
EMU Preservation Issues 246
Evaluating the PEPs – part 2 246
Gatwick Express Stocks on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 246
DC “Heritage” Electric Traction – a primer pt1 246
Southern Electrics on the Big Screen 246
2012 EMU Running Diary 247
Members’ Visit to Three Bridges Signalling Centre 247
Stranded on a 377/5 247
Preservation Report Spring 2012 247
DC “Heritage” Electric Traction – a primer pt2 247
The Summer of 1939 – Chatham line Services 247
Future Franchising and Rebuilding London Bridge 247
HLOS 2014-2019 247
Olympic Games train planning, etc 247
Obituary: Kit Wingate 248
The HLOS – What’s In It for the Southern Electric 248
The Olympics & Paralympic Games: Going It Right 248
The Dartmoor Railway 248
Modifications to the Hornby 4Vep First Class Compartments
248
The Aftermath of the Purley Rail Crash 248
S11187S moves to the East Kent 249
Farewell to the South London Line 249
The South London Line: good times and bad on an urban railway
249
Walton on Thames in the Fifties and Sixties 249
4 Lavs on the Brighton Line 249
Stranded on the New Line 249
Drawings of LBSCR SLLMotor car 249
Jeff Cousins’ Obituary 250
Blackfriars Train Road 250
Preservation Report Autumn 2012 250
Vintage Southern Suburban and Semi-Fast EMUs 250
Southern Electric, 1923-25 Behind Closed Doors 250
My Southern Electric Years – An Occasional Return to the Past – 1988-1992
250
East Coastway Signalbox Visits 23rd February 2013 251
Modelling News- 2Bil and Thumper Reviews 251
2013 EMU Running and Gala Diary 251
Where to ride on preserved SE EMUs 251
Editorial: Investment on the Southern 251
Photographing the smaller Brighton Line stations 251
Where are they now? Class 33 251
The last railway coach service 251
My Southern Electric Years – An Occasional Return to the Past – 1993 & 1995
251
2013 AGM Report, Restructuring and the Future of the SEG
252
SEG Corporate Image Competition 252
Southern Saturday at Barrow Hill 252
Addiscombe: A Personal Reflection of a Railway Station
252
The Blue Belle Railtour 252
Preservation Report – Spring 2013-06-16 252
Class 455 cab window on 77634 – mystery solved 252
Return of the 2Cor 253
New and Nearly New EMUs for the Southern Electric
253
Southampton’s Railways Today 253
Adrian Willats takes the Vulcan Van Train 1986 253
Pigs in their Sty – A Visit to Stewarts Lane Depot 253
Preparing S1187S for Passenger Service 254
Class 377/6 arrives 254
The Thumper Chronicles: Weymouth Envoy 254
Converting Hornby’s 2Bil to P4 254
Train Crash on south London Line 1971 254
SEG EGM Details 255
Northam Open Day 12th October 2013 255
Message to ERS Members reading Live Rail 255
Arun Valley Resignalling 255
Expanding New Cross Gate Depot 255
The Thumper Chronicles 2: The Oxted Line 2000-2004
255
Crossrail 2 255
EGM Report 256
New Footbridge at East Croydon – opening report 256
East Coastway Resignalling 256
The Class 456 Story 256
The SECR Electrification – Part 1 256
An Unhappy Christmas (weather carnage) 256
The Challenges of a Railway Upgrade Scheme 257
The Class 700 Thameslink Units 257
Platform Numbering 257
The SECR Electrification – Part 2 257
Class 456 letter 257
Regional Review classes 377/7, 387, 458/5 and 700 numbering details
257
AGM and Membership Survey 2014 report 258
Editorial – DC vs AC the Engineers View 258
150 Years of the Railway to Seaford 258
Turbostars to Uckfield 258
Class 73 Rebuilds for the Twenty-First Century 258
Regional Review TSGN Franchise 258
Regional Review SET London Marathon services 258
Preservation News and Appeal for Funds 259
Editorial – The TSGN Franchise Deal 259
Preservation Report Winter 2013/Spring 2014 259
The Bels and Lavs Remembered 259
The SECR Electrification – Part 3 259
My Southern Electric Years 1996-1998 259
Letters – DC to AC conversion 259
Hastings Diesels Crewe Railtour Report 259
Preservation and EMU Days Gala 2014 Report 260
Editorial – The Annual Fare Rise 260
The Thameslink Programme – Recent Developments 260
Re-opening Lewes-Uckfield – as it was in 1967 260
The SECR Electrification – Part 4 The Battle of Angerstein Wharf 260
Letter – LAV couplings 260
Wessex Area Route Strategy 261
Editorial – 3rd Rail 100 and 2015 261
The Demise of the Oldest Colour Lights on the Southern Region 261
The North Kent Line 261
The SECR Electrification – Part 5 Three into One will not go 261
SEG Constitution proposed 6th Version 261
Sussex Area Route Strategy 261
Letters – suburban first class and Ladies compartments 261
Editorial – Railways and Politics 262
Class 387/1 into Service 262
Chaos at London Bridge 262
`The SECR Electrification – Part 6 Electrification at Last! 262
Letter – Suburban First Class 262
Letter – Double Deck Memories 262
Sussex Branch AGM Report 263
2015 EMU Running and Gala Diary 263
Editorial – Preservation Issues 263
Preservation Report: Winter 2015-Spring 2015 263
150 Years on the Downs 263
Developments in East Sussex 263
Sussex Rail Summit Hastings 20th January 2015 263
Editorial: The Joy of Railtours 264
The Juniper Factor 264
It Was Twenty Years ago Today 15th April 1995 264
The North Kent Line: An Electric Journey
From Charing Cross to Rainham (Kent) part 1??? 264???
Out and About with the Green Machine 264
Special Trains in the South East Today 264
Letters – DC Supply Issues 264
Book Review – The Booster Locos CC1/CC2/20003 264
Southern Electric Diversity 265
An Overview of Developments in AC Electric
Traction Technology part 1 265
EMU Preservation at the Mid Norfolk Railway 265
The North Kent Line: An Electric Journey
From Charing Cross to Rainham (Kent) part 2 265
Double Thumpers Gala on the Spa Valley Railway 265
London Bridge – The Aftermath 266
An Overview of Developments in AC Electric
Traction Technology part 2 266
Who Wins, Who Loses? Victoria-Ramsgate 266
Preservation Report – Summer 2015 266
Coastway Crawler Railtour 266
Quick & Quicker Still (North Kent Line) 267
The North Kent Line: An Electric Journey
From Charing Cross to Rainham (Kent) part 3 267
The Highsted Third RailElectric Quarry Railway 267
South Western Route Study 267
TfL Takes Over? 268
The 18 Plus Specials – Class 33s to Cornwall 268
The North Kent Line: An Electric Journey
From Charing Cross to Rainham (Kent) part 4 268
2016 Rolling Stock Review 268
Crossrail 2 – The Plan 268
Where to Visit Preserved Southern Electric EMUs
In 2016 269
GTR’s Ticket Office Plan 269
The Rise and Fall of Gatwick Express 269
The North Kent Line: An Electric Journey
From Charing Cross to Rainham (Kent) part 5 269
Brighton Belle – 2016 update 269
The TfL Takeover 269
The East Kent Railway Trust & 3142 270
The Big Plan for EMU Preservation 270
Preservation Report: Winter 2016-16 270
Class 700 Launch Event 270
Bakerloo Line Extension to Hayes Kent 270
Developments at Redhill 270
Brighton Bias? 271
Class 700 – A Personal View 271
Govia Thameslink Railway – The Good(ish) News 271
A Tramway for the Isle of Wight 271
A Bridge Too Far Railtour 271
The Swiss Train Set 272
Class 458 and Class 460 are United 272
The Weybourne Wanderer Railtour 272
South West Trains’ Rolling Stock Workings 272
The Networker Classic Project 272
Visit to Raynes Park Electrical Control Room 273
The Regency Javelin Railtour 273
Sparse Services 273
South Eastern Overground 273
Preservation Report Summer 2016 273
The Change from Tightlock to Dellner Couplers on Southern & Southeastern
273
Genesis of the Class 376 Fleet 273
Christmas Quiz 273
Govia Problems 273
Brexit issues 274
Advertising 450s – The Artist’s Story 274
South Eastern Overground – part 2 274
Isle of Wight – a way forward – perhaps 274
HST workings to Weymouth – Summer 2016 274
Govia Problems 274
South Western Franchise – A Live Rail Supplement 275
442 Farewell 275
Where to Visit Preserved Southern Electric EMUs in 2017
275
Dorking to Horsham: A Rural Railway 275
Southern Train Services Since Privatisation: The First 20 Years Part 1
275
The Horsted Keynes Electrification: Part 1 275
South Eastern Future 275
The Fawley Forester Railtour 276
Southern and Related Train Services Since Privatisation: The First 20 Years Part 2
276
The Singular Case of the Horsted Keynes Electrification: Part 2
275
Southern Freight – Part 1 276
Editorial – Consultations 277
GTR 2018 Timetable Consultations – Results (phase one)
277
Preservation Report – Winter 2016-17 277
Southern Freight – A review of Traffic Today Part 2
277
The Gibb’s Report 277
Finmere 2017 278
The Thameslink Toilers – Class 319 278
Waterloo Blockade – the details 278
Mapping the Southern Electric 278
Visit t Eastleigh Electric Control Room 279
Three Bridges Traincare Facility Open Day 279
Glass Conductor Rail Insulators for 3rd and 4th Rail Electrified Lines
279
The Passchendaele Javelin Railtour 279
NAO Report on TSGN Franchise 280
North West Kent – A Question 280
The SR Third Rail Position – A Look at History 280
Network Rail’s Strategic Plan 2019-24 281
Where to See Preserved EMUs 2018 281
Govia Thameslink’s May 2018 Timetable 281
Editorial – BMUs and TMUs 282
Class 455 – The Long Farewell 282
All Change in the Suburbs (SED and CD) 282
Class 39s and 769s – An Update 282
Modelling Edition 283
Guest Editorial – Modelling the Southern Electric 283
Reviews – Kernow 10203 and Heljan 07s 283
Beyond Ready to Run Units 283
Thameslink Turmoil (in Regional Review) 283
Guest Editorial – Thameslink 284
Dover Marine part1 284
One year of SWR part 1 284
Absent Friends 284
Bi-modes as a means to
expanding third rail networks (Mersyrail) 284
Railtour Report – The Victory Javelin 285
Dover Marine part 2 285
One year of SWR part 2 285
Weymouth Boat Trains Stock 1980 – Part 1 285
Editorial – Safety Issues 286
Bringing Cars to the Brighton Line 286
Weymouth Boat Trains Stock 1980 –Part 2 286
Southern Signal Boxes 286
Reliability of Third Rail Fleets 286
Preservation Special overall 287
Editorial – SR EMU Preservation 287
Southern Electric EMU Preservation Survey 2019 287
Preservation Report Autumn to Winter 2018-2019 287
Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme Update 287
Letters – two letters about fares/ticketing/routing and seating 287
Letter – letter about longest non-stop EMU runs 287
