The Prince Regent first popularised Brighton as a pleasure
destination in the eighteenth century, and the town acquired a
reputation for pleasure for the masses after the coming of the
railway. From these beginnings the railway grew to cover large
parts of Surrey and Sussex, and went some way to establishing the
railway commuter. The bowler-hatted city gent on the 07.10 to
Victoria became a national stereotype. These intensively worked
lines were early converts to electric traction in the 1920s and
1930s and, consequently, much of its mechanical signalling was
removed then. However, some mechanical signalling remained in
seaside resorts other than Brighton and on other routes not seen as
a modernisation priority. Massive investment in recent years has
rendered or will shortly render the remaining mechanical signalling
and signal boxes redundant, but the LB&SCR will live on at the
Bluebell heritage railway. The Isle of Wight railway continues in a
proud independent tradition; much of it was concerned with
providing a conveyor belt for holidaymakers off the ferries in the
summer months. Allen Jackson uses an array of photographs to
illustrate lavishly the story of signalling in the principal
constituents of the Southern Rail region - focusing here on the
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway and Isle of Wight
routes.
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