Odd Corners of the Southern from the Days of Steam

In his new book Alan Postlethwaite has brought together a collection of facts and photographs to shed new light on the long history of the Southern Region of BR and its predecessors.The age of Southern steam was made of more than locomotives and trains - it also consisted of rolling stock, paperwork and all the infrastructure of a complex transport system. The book aims to illustrate these often overlooked aspects of the railway, as observed during the 1950s and the 1960s but with origins identified as early as the mid-nineteenth century.The book features rare and commonplace examples of station architecture, yards, sheds, signal types, signal-boxes, trackwork, bridges, coaches, wagons, electrification, signs, lamps, maps, tickets and notices, as well as ordinary railwaymen and their work.Odd Corners of the Southern will be entertaining and informative reading for the general enthusiast and for modellers, preservationists and historians who wish to unravel the background of the Southern and its predecessors.