{"product_id":"odd-corners-of-the-southern-9780750919395","title":"Odd Corners of the Southern","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his new book Alan Postlethwaite has brought together a fascinating collection of facts and photographs to shed new light on the long history of the Southern Region of BR and its predecessors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. It covers the whole of the Southern area, from Kent to Cornwall, including the Isle of Wight and a selection of closed lines and stations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. The author has drawn on hitherto untapped sources and has chosen to highlight many aspects of the Southern that have been overlooked in other works devoted simply to steam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOdd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 144 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sutton Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (294)","offer_id":39462159417453,"sku":"9780750919395","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/products\/9780750919395.jpg?v=1626877797","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/odd-corners-of-the-southern-9780750919395","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}