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Today's privatised railway industry has created for itself a whole new range of jargon to be added to that already in use in an industry whose history now spans two centuries.\" \"In this book the reader is guided through the terminology that is in present use, reflecting the new railway structures that have replaced the old. The organisation of the railway itself is explained and its relationship with other bodies. 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Victorian entrepreneurs tried to build their dream railway only to become embroiled in a financial crisis that almost bankrupted their fledgling company. Accidents, typical of Britain's railways at the time, pepper the history, while the inevitable staff problems and infighting with other railways in the Island added spice to the proceedings. Financial stability slipped away during the Great War so the company's absorption by the Southern Railway in 1923 became both desirable and inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first time that a serious attempt has been made to chart the history of the Isle of Wight Railway Company in detail. The book includes maps showing both the railway as built and what might have been, extracts from company documents, maps, drawings of stations, signalling, locomotives and rolling stock. 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