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The LBSCR Elevated Electrification: A Pictorial View of Construction, by Stephen Grant, published 15 September 2011 (62 pp., Southampton: Noodle Books, ISBN-10: 1906419655 & ISBN-13: 9781906419653) accessible at: British Library

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. A time when electrification was being seriously considered for suburban railway use, in an effort to counteract the success of the various street tramways which had started to make considerable inroads into the income of the railway companies. How this affected the London, Brighton & South Coast railway 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 64 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.. Stephen has breathed life into the photographs, identifying locations and providing detail only a true expert would be able to identify

The Brighton Belle, by Stephen Grant and Simon Jeffs, published 1 September 2012 (2nd revised edition, 80 pp., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 185414362X & ISBN-13: 9781854143624) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

To travel on the Brighton Belle was to travel in style, a style more closely associated with the Orient Express on extended ventures overseas than a journey between London and Brighton that took less than an hour. Businessmen used it, but so too did many people in radio, television and the theatre. Indeed it was a campaign to keep it running organised by a group of celebrities that saved it (albeit not for long) from the axe in the mid-1960s. It last ran on the last day of April 1972, by which time its magic had faded to some extent, but it is still remembered with affection today.