The LBSCR Elevated Electrification: A Pictorial View of Construction

With the growing interest in early railways and the similar desire for something a'bit different, author Stephen Grant tells the tale of the LBSCR in all its glory. The origins of this book date from a century ago-aa time when electrification was being seriously considered for suburban railway use in an effort to counteract the success of the various street tramways that had started to make considerable inroads into the income of the railway companies. How this affected the London, Brighton andSouth Coast railways on their suburban lines around London has been told in words elsewhere-but not in pictures, and certainly not in pictures taken by the LBSCR at the actual time the work was in progress! This sixty-four-page album is a stunning series of images originating from the collection of the late R. C. (Dick) Riley purchased by the publisher from his estate some years ago.