TWENTIETH CENTURY SOUTHERN STEAM

An evaluation of Practice and Performance on passenger trains in Southern England at the end of the nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth

Michael J. Rowe

This work is dedicated to the Railwaymen who designed, built, maintained, drove and fired the steam locomotives, those who recorded their performance and my wife Kim who endures and supports my enthusiasms

The right of Michael Rowe to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act 1988

CONTENTS

VOLUME I : The Pre 1923 Grouping Railways Page Preamble J.Pearson Pattinson 1 Chapter 1 The London and South Western Railway pre 1900 2 2 The South Eastern Railway pre 1900 16 3 The London Chatham and Dover Railway pre 1900 32 4 The London Brighton and South Coast Railway pre 1909 46 5 Beginning of the New Century 66 6 The London and South Western Railway 1900-1914 68 The London Brighton and South Coast Railway 1900- 7 99 1914 8 The South Eastern and Chatham Railway 1900-1914 133 9 The June 1914 Passenger Timetables 161 10 A Review at the Outbreak of War 177 The London and South Western Railway from the 11 181 outbreak of War to the 1923 Grouping The London Brighton and South Coast Railway from the 12 204 Outbreak of War to the 1923 Grouping The South Eastern Railway from the outbreak of War to 13 227 the 1923 Grouping Volume one Index 264

VOLUME II : The Southern Railway 1923- 1947

The Southern Railway, ten years locomotive design, 1923- 14 274 32 two years performance, 1924-1925 15 The Southern Railway 1925-1932 293 16 The Southern Railway from Recession to War 1932-1939 345 17 Scheduled Services August 1939 420 The Southern Railway from the Outbreak of War to 18 428 Nationalisation 1939-1947 Volume II Index 461

CONTENTS

VOLUME III : The Nationalised Railway British Railways, Southern Region 1948-1967

Page Chapter 19 Introduction 473 20 Eastern Section, Coast Services 479 Eastern Section, the South Eastern Main Line and 21 495 Hastings branch 22 Central Section, The Lines 507 23 Central Section, 18.10 ex Victoria 526 24 Central Section, The Main Brighton Line 531 Central Section, to Reading and other 25 534 routes 26 Western Section, 1948-1962 536 27 Western Section, Waterloo to Weymouth 1963-1967 565 28 Residential Services 616 29 Inter-Regional Services 629 30 Special Events 661 31 Alternative Routes 670 32 Boat Trains 676 Epilogue 2000 691 Volume III Index 693