Index of articles in Live Rail

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