The Southern Railway Story

by David Wragg

The Southern Railway was the only mainline railway to embrace electrification wholeheartedly, creating what was at the time the world's largest electric suburban network. It was the only railway to use passenger train ferries allowing its night sleeper service between London and Paris to operate as a true through service. Its "Golden Arrow" all-Pullman day express even had its own luxury channel ferry. These achievements would have been noteworthy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075248804X
• ISBN13: 9780752488042
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 5.1"