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Report, or essay, to illustrate the advantages of direct inland communication through Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Hants, to connect the Metropolis with the ports of Shoreham, (Brighton) Rochester, (Chatham) and Portsmouth, by a line of engine rail-road, and to render the Grand Surrey Canal, Wandsworth and Merstram rail-road, Shoreham harbour, and Waterloo Bridge shares, productive property: with suggestions for diminishing poors-rates, and relieving agriculture, by William James, published 1823 (31 pp., London: published for the Author, No.3, Thavies Inn, Holborn, by J. and A. Arch, Cornhill) accessible at: British Library

Plan of the proposed line of engine rail-road to connect the ports of London, Shoreham, Rochester and Portsmouth, as designed by W. James.

Brighton Railway Bill: minutes of evidence taken before the Lords Committee to whom the bill intituled "an act for making a railway to join the London and Southampton Railway near London, and to form a communication between London and Brighton by way of Shoreham", was committed, by House of Lords, published 1836 (London: Vacher & Son)

Report of the Committee of the House of Commons on the London and Brighton Railway Bills, Stephenson and Rennie's Lines, by House of Commons, published 1836 (London: Vacher & Son)

The direct London & Brighton Railway, Session 1836. Speech on the summing up of the evidence of traffic, given before the Committee of the House of Commons, in support of Sir John Rennie's, or the direct line., by Sir David Pollock, published 1836 (London: W. Lewis)

Railroads; statements and reflections thereon; particularly with reference to the proposed railroad without a tunnel, and the competition for the line between London and Brighton, edited by A Shareholder, at the request of other shareholders, published 4 June 1838 (London: James Moyes)

The London and Brighton railway guide: containing a correct description of the railway, historical and topographical notices of the places contiguous to the various stations and the official map and section of the line to which is added a complete list of hackney coach and cab fares, with the distances to all parts of London and Brighton., by London and Brighton Railway, published 1841 (London: J. R. Robbins)

Bradshaw's descriptive guide to the London & Brighton Railway: containing a full and accurate account of all the various places and objects of interest along the line, together with their historical and general associations, and a compendious topographical description of all the admired places of resort in the vicinity of Brighton , by E. L. Blanchard and George Bradshaw, published 1844 (London: W. J. Adams)

Account of a swing bridge, over the River Rother at Rye, on the line of the Ashford and Hastings Branch of the South Eastern Railway, by G.P. Bidder, C. May and P.W. Barlow, published 1852 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 11, article)

The Official Illustrated Guide to the Brighton and South Coast Railways and All Their Branches, Including a Description of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, and a Topographical Account of the Isle of Wight , by George S. Meason, published 1853 (vi + 120 pp., London: H. G. Collins) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

London, Brighton, & South Coast Railway and the South Eastern Railway Company: Heads of agreement of 12th November, 1847; and agreements of 10th July, 1848. , by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway & South Eastern Railway (Great Britain), published 1855 (McCorquodale & Co.)

Brighton and South Coast Railway. Everybody's guide to Brighton, Hastings, and South Coast. A descriptive supplement to the Penny Time Tables, published 1861 (19 pp., London: W. J. Adams) accessible at: British Library

An Act for making a Railway from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway at Uckfield in the County of Sussex to Tunbridge Wells, in the County of Kent, and for other purposes, published 1861 (ii + 20 pp., J. B. Nichols & Sons) accessible at: British Library

The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. Its position and prospects, by a Proprietor, published 1875 (London) accessible at: British Library

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Panoramic Guide. A description of the principal objects of interest, edited by Robert Kemp Philp, published 1876 (44 pp., London) accessible at: British Library

The Truth about the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, its accounts, its working, and its assailants. Second edition, with notes in reply to criticisms, etc., by John Monteath Douglas, published 1882 (16 pp., London: Effingham Wilson) accessible at: British Library

The true position and prospects of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company: being facts and figures disclosed in their official statements, from 1868 to 1882, by John Fraser, published 1882 (London: Everett & Son)

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company: being a further critical review of its financial position, by James P. Lythgoe, published 1882 (London: Wertheimer Lea)

History and Guide to East Grinstead and Its Environs. Together with a Series of Routes for Tourists in the Neighbourhood and a Guide to the New Line of Railway, by W. R. Pepper and Farncombe & Co., published 1884 (126 pp., Farncombe & Company) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503814]

The construction of locomotive engines, with some results of the working of those on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by William Stroudley, published 1885 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. (vol. 81, article)

A bill for making a railway in the county of Sussex to be called the Bexhill Direct Railwayand for other purposes, by Parliament, published 26 February 1885 (iii + 22pp, London) accessible at: British Library

Selsey Railway and Pier Bill, published 1888 (George Kelly & Co.)

The official guide to the London, Brighton & south coast Railway: and the Newhaven route to Rouen, Paris and the continent., by London Brighton and South Coast Railway, published 1893 (London: Cassell & Co.)

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: Its passenger services, rolling stock, locomotives, gradients, and express speeds, by John P. Pearson, published 1896 (56 pp., Cassell)

The locomotives of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, 1839-1903, by Frank Burtt, published 1903 (Locomotive Publishing Co.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The South-Eastern and Chatham and London, Brighton and South Coast Railways, by G. E. Mitton, published 1912 (Adam & Charles Black)

Coleman's Railway Guide and Descriptive Guide to Bognor and District, published 1916 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4017]

The Channel Island service of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by Alfred R. Bennett, published 1 September 1916 in Journal of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers (vol. 6, no. 9, article, pp.308-317)

From Newhaven, later from Littlehampton.

Locomotive and Train Working on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway: From Locomotive and Train Working in the Latter Part of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. Five, by Ernest Leopold Ahrons, published 1919 in Railway Magazine (article) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506447]

The locomotives of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway , by W. G. Tilling, published 1920 (56 pp., published by the author) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Electric traction on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by H.W.H. Richards, published 1923 in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. (vol. 215, article)

The locomotives of the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, 1903-1923, by J. N. Maskelyne, published 1928 (Locomotive Publishing Co.) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

How the Railways came to Sussex, by C. S. Holder, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 11, article, pp.500-504) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

The first main line electrification in England: completion of stage I of the Southern Railway's electrification to Brighton. , published 1932 (Railway Gazette)

The locomotives of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway , by W. G. Tilling, published 1932 (3rd edition, 56 pp., published by the author)

Railways in Sussex. I - Rye & Camber Railway, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 4, article, pp.227-229) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. II - The West Sussex Railway, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 5, article, pp.321-323) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. III - Kent and East Sussex Railway, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 6, article, pp.387-390) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. IV - Southern Miniature Railway, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 7, article, pp.427-428) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. V - Volk's Electric Railway, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 8, article, pp.511-514) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. VI - The First Railway in Sussex, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 9, article, pp.584-588) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. VII - The Brighton Main Line, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 11, article, pp.734-736) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

Railways in Sussex. VIII - The Development of a Great System, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1932 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VI no. 12, article, pp.793-797) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9325] & The Keep [LIB/500175]

The Brighton Line Signalling, published 1933 (pamphlet, Westinghouse Brake and Signal Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7260]

The Brighton main line: a retrospect, by O. J. Morris and E. R. Lacey, published 1933 in Railway Magazine (vol. 11, article, pp.54-66)

Electrification on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, published c.1933 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.514-519)   Download PDF

Electric Traction and Brighton, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 2, article, p.96) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

A Royal Saloon in Sussex, by Charles F. Klapper, published 1933 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. VII no. 5, article, p.313) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2312] & The Keep [LIB/500176]

History of the Southern Railway, by C. F. Dendy Marshall, published 1936 (708 pp., London: Southern Railway Company) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 197] & The Keep [LIB/506437] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Stephenson's London and Brighton Railway: speech of W.P. Wood, Esq. on summing up the engineering evidence given in support of the bill for Stephenson's line of railway before the Right Hon. Committee of the House of Lords, 22d July, 1836, by William Page Wood, published 1936 (Westminster: Vacher)

The Railway Age, by Cyril Bruyn Andrews, published 1937 (Country Life)

The First London to Brighton Railway, 1841, by Cyril Bruyn Andrews, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 4, article, pp.248-249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

Southern Railway electrification extension: Arundel, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Chichester and district, published 1938 (x + 19 pp., London Transport Ltd) accessible at: British Library

West Sussex electrification, Southern Railway, published August 1938 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.102-109)   Download PDF

Resignalling of Portsmouth, Mid-Sussex and Coastal Lines, Southern Railway, published 1939 (17 pp., Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co. Ltd.)

Roman Pottery near Pevensey and Westham Railway Station, by I. D. Margary, published August 1940 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 3, note, p.84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Repairs to railway viaduct over London Road, Brighton, after damage by enemy action in May 1943, by Armand Huon Toms, published 1945 in Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 24, no. 8, article, pp.353-367)

L.B. & S.C.R. Locomotives: An Up-To-Date Survey from 1870 , by Frank Burtt, published 1946 (57 pp., Ian Allen)

War on the Line: The story of the Southern Railway in war time, by Bernard Darwin, published 1946 (iv + 215 pp., The Southern Railway Company) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Locomotive engineers of the Southern Railway and its constituent companies, by Ben Webb, published 1946 (Ian Allan Publishing)

The L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section, by G. A. Sekon, published January 1946 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.14-)   Download PDF

Abandoned Lines of the L.B.S.C.R., by G. A. Sekon, published November 1946 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.346-366)   Download PDF

Smart Work by Brighton Semi-Fast Units, by F. S. Bond, published March 1947 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.79-81)   Download PDF

The S.R. at Midhurst, published July 1947 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.245-)   Download PDF

Steam Working in the Brighton District, by B. K. Cooper, published November 1947 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.381-382)   Download PDF

The Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramways, later known as the West Sussex Railway, 1897-1935, by Edward C. Griffith, published 1948 (pamphlet, 42 pp. & illus., Haslemere: E. W. Langham) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4704] & West Sussex Libraries

The L.B.S.C.R. East Coast Section, by the late G. A. Sekon, published May 1948 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.146-)   Download PDF

The Rother Valley later the Kent & East Sussex Railway 1896-1948, by M. Lawson Finch, published 1949 (published by the authors) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506101]

Brighton Line Time-Keeping and Recovery, by F. S. Bond, published March 1949 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.89-91)   Download PDF

Single-Drivers of the Brighton, published March 1949 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.92-93)   Download PDF

From Paddington to Brighton, by H. A. Vallance, published July 1949 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.221-223)   Download PDF

The Lewes Station Mystery, by Charles E. Lee, published January 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.44-)   Download PDF

The Lewes Station Mystery (continued), by Charles E. Lee, published January 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.50-)   Download PDF

Settlement in Sussex, 1840-1940, by W. H. Parker, published March 1950 in Geography (vol. 35, no. 1, article, pp.9-20, Geographical Association)   View Online

The Brighton Direct Schemes of 1883, 1901 and 1902, by R. A. Savill, published March 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.188-193)   Download PDF

From Tunbridge Wells to Eastbourne via Heathfield, by C. F. Wells, published May 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.291-307)   Download PDF

The Horsham-Guildford Line, Southern Region, by H. A. Vallance, published September 1950 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.584-597)   Download PDF

The Railway Battle of Hastings, by R. A. H. Weight, published June 1951 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.407-408)   Download PDF

The Ouse Valley Railway, by H. A. Vallance, published September 1951 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.629-631)   Download PDF

L.B. & S.C.R.: A collection of photographs, by Owen James Morris, published 1952 (Ian Allan Publishing)

Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago, by J. Pelham Maitland, published February 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.82-84)   Download PDF

The Centenary of Brighton Works, by E. J. Tyler, published May 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.291-309)   Download PDF

A Memorable Run by a Brighton "Terrier", by J. Pelham Maitland, published c.August 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.346-347)   Download PDF

The Brighton Line Resignalling, Southern Region, published December 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.829-831)   Download PDF

By Rail to Kemp Town, by R. C. Riley, published December 1952 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.832-836)   Download PDF

The Brighton Electrification - A Twenty-Year Retrospect, by P. H. S. Martin, published January 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.48-52)   Download PDF

To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap, by H. A. Vallance, published February 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.75-83)   Download PDF

Arundel and Ford Junctions, Southern Region, by Norman Crump, published July 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.476-482)   Download PDF

On the Brighton Line Fifty Years Ago, by F. S. Bond, published September 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.579-583)   Download PDF

Railway Development at Eastbourne, by H. R. Stones, A.M.Inst.T., published November 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.723-726)   Download PDF

Railway Development at Eastbourne (continued), by H. R. Stones, A.M.Inst.T., published November 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.727-730)   Download PDF

A Last Journey on the Chichester-Midhurst Line, by H. M. Madgwick, published November 1953 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.774-775)   Download PDF

Railway Development at Worthing, by H. C. P. Smail, published July 1954 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.494-500)   Download PDF

The Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, by R. C. Riley, published November 1954 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.664-673)   Download PDF

The Brighton Radials, by B. G. Worsfold, published December 1954 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.863-865)   Download PDF

Railways at Midhurst, by Jeoffry Spence, published March 1955 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.155-160)   Download PDF

The First Railway to East Grinstead, by Jeoffry Spence, published July 1955 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.461-467)   Download PDF

The Arun Bridge at Ford, by J. M. Dunn, published August 1955 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.517-521)   Download PDF

The Genesis of the South Coast Lines, by H. C. P. Smail, published October 1955 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.665-672)   Download PDF

Tunbridge Wells West as a Railway Centre, by F. S. Bond, published January 1956 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.51-53)   Download PDF

Last of the Brighton "D3" Tanks, by H. C. P. Smail, published March 1956 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.157-161)   Download PDF

Slip Coaches on the L.B.S.C.R., by H. M. Madgwick, published December 1956 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.853-854)   Download PDF

Some "Brighton" Reminiscences, by C. R. L. Coles, published April 1957 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.238-243)   Download PDF

The Hellingly Hospital Railway, by H. R. Stones, A.M.Inst.T., published December 1957 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.869-872)   Download PDF

The Evolution of the Railway Network of South-East England, by E. A. Course, 1958 at University of London (Ph.D. thesis)

Mocatta's Stations for the Brighton Railway, by David Cole, published 1958 in Journal of Transport History (vol. 3, article, pp.149-157) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 1825/p149-157]

The Last British Atlantic at Newhaven, published June 1958 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.383-385)   Download PDF

The Bexhill West Branch, by P. J. Norris, published July 1958 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.496-498)   Download PDF

By Pullman to Brighton, by Charles E. Lee, published November 1958 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.739-745)   Download PDF

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: A mechanical history of the London & Brighton, the London & Croydon, and the London, Brighton & South Coast Railways from 1839 to 1922, by C. Hamilton Ellis, published 1960 (271 pp., Ian Allen Publishing)

From Lewes to Newhaven and Seaford, by H. R. Stones, A.M.Inst.T., published March 1961 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.149-154)   Download PDF

The Brighton and South Eastern Grouping Proposal, 1888, by Michael Robbins, published April 1961 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.242-245)   Download PDF

The Bluebell Line, by R. C. Riley, published April 1962 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.223-230)   Download PDF

Between Ashford and Hastings, by H. A. Vallance, published September 1962 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.589-598)   Download PDF

The Kent and East Sussex Railway, by David J. A. Cole, published 1963 (35 pp., Union Publications, ISBN-10: 0900764139 & ISBN-13: 9780900764134)

Guidebook to the Bluebell Railway, by T. C. Cole, published 1963 (24 pp., The Bluebell Railway Company) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Suburban tanks of the L.B.S.C.R., by J. Pelham Maitland, published January 1963 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.1-)   Download PDF

The Brighton Inspector, by J. H. Wootton, published July 1963 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.493-495)   Download PDF

For Brighton Line Expresses, published December 1964 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.1-)   Download PDF

Horsham and Guildford Direct: Last completed line serving Horsham, closed in 1965 after a century of service across the Sussex-Surrey border, by David Sillince, published March 1966 in Railway Magazine (article, pp.227-231)   Download PDF

Rails to Tenterden: Being a pictorial record of the Kent and East Sussex Railway as an independent venture, later under British Railways ownership and finally in the hands of a preservation society, by John Leslie Smith, published 1967 (80 pp., Lens of Sutton)

Brighton Line Album, by R. C. Riley, published 1 January 1967 (112 pp., Ian Allen, ISBN-10: 0711003939 & ISBN-13: 9780711003934) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramways, later known as the West Sussex Railway, 1897-1935, by Edward C. Griffith, published 1968 (revised pamphlet, 64 pp., published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 4703] & West Sussex Libraries

The Brighton Terriers, by C. J. Binnie, published 1969 (50 pp. with 24 illus. on 16 plates, Ravensbourne Press)

Potted histories of the Brighton Terriers (with scrapping details) and 22 pages of scale drawings (mostly 7mm/ft, detail drawings at 14mm/ft). Also covers Highland Railway predecessors and Terriers sold to other companies.

Locomotives and Stock on The Farmers' Line: Stockbook of the Kent and East Sussex Railway, by Alan Dickson and Arthur Loosley, published 1970 (Tenterden: Kent and East Sussex Railway)

Life at Brighton Locomotive Works, 1928-1936, (Locomotion papers 54), by A. C. Perryman, published 1971 (67 pp., Lingfield: Oakwood Press) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506069] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Railway Stations: Southern Region, by Nigel Wikeley and John Middleton, published 1971 (vii + 181 pp. with 443 illus., Peco Publications, ISBN-10: 0900586311 & ISBN-13: 9780900586316) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The architecture of stations in the south-eastern counties of England, photographed between 1968 and 1970.

Magnus Volk of Brighton, by Conrad Volk, published 1 October 1971 (352 pp., Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., ISBN-10: 0900592850 & ISBN-13: 9780900592850) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506442] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Volk's electric railway, and how it is worked: particulars of the Brighton Electric Railway , by Magnus Volk, published 1972 (7th edition, 8 pp., Farnborough: Eltrac Publications, ISBN-10: 0900433469 & ISBN-13: 9780900433467) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries   View Online

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by C. Hamilton Ellis, published 20 March 1972 (new impression edition, 272 pp., Littlehampton Book Services, ISBN-10: 071100269X & ISBN-13: 9780711002692) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12382] & The Keep [LIB/506446] & East Sussex Libraries

Brighton Belle, by Nicholas Owen, published 1 March 1972 (24 pp., Southern Electric Group, ISBN-10: 0950237604 & ISBN-13: 9780950237602) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Rails Across the Weald, by Surr Carl Newton, published 1 April 1972 (24 pp., Lewes: East Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0900348046 & ISBN-13: 9780900348044) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504702] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Brighton Line Album, by R. C. Riley, published 21 August 1972 (new impression edition, 112 pp., Littlehapton Book Services Ltd., ISBN-10: 0711003939 & ISBN-13: 9780711003934) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506435] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Mid-Victorian Littlehampton: The Railway and the Cross-Channel Steamers, by John H. Farrant, published 1973 (Littlehampton Papers, No. 4, 27 pp., Littlehampton Urban District Council) accessible at: British Library

The "Brighton Baltics", by A. C. Perryman, published 1973 (65 pp., Lingfield: Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853611246 & ISBN-13: 9780853611240) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Loco Profile 32: The Brighton Gladstones, by Brian Reed, published 1973 (24 pp., Windsor Profile Publications)

Railway Architecture in Sussex, by John Hoare, published 1973 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 6, article, pp.15-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/6] & The Keep [LIB/506524]   Download PDF

Railway Architecture, as a theme for study, may seem to possess an inherent contradiction. There is a self-evident functionalism in the structures associated with the engineering of the permanent way; signal-boxes, tunnels, bridges and viaducts all fulfil a specific purpose. The same distinctiveness is not apparent in those structures which have graced our stations since the earliest days of the railways in a wide variety of sizes and styles.
In the early period, whether stations are humble or grand, their design is only in a limited sense related to specifically railway functions. Their characteristics tend to be either domestic or expressive of monumental achievement. Although few English stations were built and owned by anyone other than the operating companies, the resulting buildings generally still fail to develop a distinctive railway appearance. The high level of staffing of stations in the Victorian period, an obvious reflection of the social and economic life of the age, normally ensures that a house accompanies the passenger platform, with either a single-storeyed booking hall attached or the use of part of the ground floor as offices. It is these domestic quarters which tend to be the main constituent of our railway architecture, at least in the small stations. Frequently the house is the only permanent and surviving structure of rural stations of the early period. The small awning for passenger cover, as seen in Sussex in the extension of the eaves of some South Eastern Railway stations of 1851, slowly develops into a lavish provision for passenger comfort, typified by the lengthy canopies and waiting and refreshment rooms erected by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in the 1880s. Growth in both scale and number of station structures summarises the Victorian picture. The recent contraction of the 20th century is equally obvious, as a reduction in service in all respects tends to reduce those stations left open to a status barely superior to that of a bus stop. In a sense this can be seen as a development towards a stricter functionalism in railway architecture at the expense of other considerations.

Southern Steam - South and West, by Tony Fairclough and Alan Wills, published 1974 (96 pp., Truro: Bradford Burton, ISBN-10: 0851531539 & ISBN-13: 9780851531533) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Bluebell Railway: A Pictorial Impression, by Mike Esau, published 1975 (17 pp. & 80 plates, Boydell Press, ISBN-10: 0851150624 & ISBN-13: 9780851150628) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

More Southern Steam - South and West, by Tony Fairclough and Alan Wills, published 1975 (96 pp., Truro: Bradford Burton, ISBN-10: 085153211X & ISBN-13: 9780851532110)

The Railways of Mid-Sussex, by Adrian Gray, published 1975 (86 pp., Blandford: Oakwood Press, ISBN-13: 9780853611752) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6150] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Steam on the Brighton Line: A Pictorial Survey, by A. C. Perryman, published 1975 (96 pp., Cornwall: Bradford Barton, ISBN-10: 0851531806 & ISBN-13: 9780851531809) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Horsham-Guildford Direct Railway (Locomotion Papers 87), by H. R. Hodd, published 1 June 1975 (54 pp. with 17 illus., 2 diagrams & 4 maps, The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 085361170X & ISBN-13: 9780853611707) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Carriage Stock of the L.B. & S.C.R., by P. J. Newbury, published 1976 (80 pp. with 31 illus. on 12 plates & 90 line drawings, Dorset: Oakwood Press) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Railway Development in the Midhurst Area, by F. H. Smith, published 1976 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 7, article, pp.2-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/7] & The Keep [LIB/506524]   Download PDF

Until fairly recent times the small country town of Midhurst was served by a remarkable network of branch lines in the shape of the letter 'T', The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) ran westwards to Petersfield and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) ran south to Chichester and eastwards to Pulborough. In addition there was a proposal for a line from Midhurst to Haslemere and, as late as 1902, the redoubtable H. F. Stephens of light-railway fame drew up plans for a light railway between Selham, Cranleigh and Ockley.
One reason for this state of affairs was that each of the three lines constructed was envisaged as part of a through route - not merely as a branch to serve Midhurst. The Chichester-Midhurst line was, for example, first proposed as part of the Guildford, Chichester, Portsmouth and Fareham Railway's main line and was revived many years after the GCPF scheme had been abandoned. Railway politics were also responsible as Midhurst lay on the border between the LSWR and the LBSCR territories and was thus served by both companies.
All that remains of this system today is a two-mile spur from Chichester to a gravel pit near Lavant.

Southern Steam Locomotive Survey: The Drummond Classes, by Tony Fairclough and Alan Wills, published 1977 (96 pp., Truro: Bradford Burton, ISBN-10: 0851532764 & ISBN-13: 9780851532769) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The London to Brighton Line, 1841-1977, by Adrian Gray, published 1977 (127 pp. with 33 illus. on 16 plates, 4 maps, 7 layout plans, 9 appendices & a bibliography, Blandford: Oakwood Press) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by John Howard Turner, published 1977 (three volumes , London: Batsford) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Southern steam in works: Brighton-Ashford-Eastleigh, by Tony Fairclough and Alan Wills, published 1978 (96 pp., Truro: Bradford Burton, ISBN-10: 0851533426 & ISBN-13: 9780851533421)

Old Bridges at Newhaven, by A. J. Haselfoot, published 1978 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 8, article, pp.5-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/8] & The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

From the 13th to the 18th Century the only means of crossing the River Ouse at Newhaven was by a ferry, from the bottom of High Street across what is now the old arm of the river, to the West of Denton Island. In 1783 the inhabitants petitioned for a bridge to be built and an Act was passed by Parliament in 1784 authorising the building of a bridge on the site of the ferry. Thirteen Trustees, headed by the Earl of Surrey, were appointed and allowed to charge a toll on the bridge. The owner of the ferry, Henry Bates, was willing to the bridge to be built and was handsomely compensated for the loss of the ferry dues.
As the Ouse was navigable above Newhaven and there were several shipyards above the site of the ferry it was decided to make a wooden drawbridge with a 40ft (12.2m) opening in the middle. The fixed approach bridges were 35ft 5 ins (9.9m) on the West side, where a toll house was erected on the quay, and 60ft (18.3m) to the bank on the East side. The two leaves of the centre section were lifted up towards the sides to open the channel for shipping. A sketch of the bridge, which also shows the toll house, is in the Burrell Collection at the British Museum.
In 1847 the L.B. & S.C.R. reached Newhaven by way of a branch from Southerham Junction on the Lewes - Eastbourne line. As the railway was on the East bank of the river, while Newhaven was on the West bank, this resulted in a considerable increase in traffic over the bridge and in 1863 plans were prepared for a new bridge lower down river. This was to be a swing bridge and would be built in conjunction with a new cut across the large S-bend through Denton which would straighten the channel and improve the scour at the harbour mouth. The works were estimated to cost £31000, of which the Railway Company would contribute £5000. In 1864 the old drawbridge was purchased for £4000 by the Trustees of the Newhaven Harbour Board and the Lower Ouse Navigation, and work was started on the new bridge with Henry Grissell as civil engineer and Mr. Jacomb as the Railway Company's engineer.

The Chichester and Midhurst Railway, by Paul Clark, published 1979 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12357]

Volk's Railway, Brighton, 1883-1968, by Alan Arthur Jackson, published 1979 (20 pp., London: Light Railway Transport League for the Borough of Brighton, ISBN-10: 0900433760 & ISBN-13: 9780900433764) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Newhaven and Seaford Branch, by R. W. Kidner, published 1979 (Locomotion Papers No. 117, 32 pp. with 32 illus. on 16 plates & 8 maps, Oakwood Press) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Tracks of the Past: The Chichester to Midhurst Railway, by R. B. Towle, published 1979 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7962]

Sussex Railway Architecture, by John Hoare, published 15 March 1979 (109 pp., Hassocks: Harvester Press, ISBN-10: 085527249X & ISBN-13: 9780855272494) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15128] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

An excellent and much-needed historical survey of the railways of Sussex, which, at their greatest extent in 1928, afforded a closely-knit network of communications over the whole of the County. After defining the main aspects of railway architecture the author deals with the development of railways in Sussex from the original. London-Brighton line, authorised in 1837, through their peak in the first quarter of this century, to their subsequent present day decline. The architecture of the two principal early railway companies, the London & Brighton and the South Eastern, is then dealt with followed by a detailed consideration of the several architectural phases which can be identified from the 1850's up to the present day, and the architects and engineers who have influenced their styles. A great deal of research has plainly been undertaken in the writing of this book and the author is to be congratulated on the logical arrangement of his material and the very readable text; a useful and comprehensive classification of stations is a valuable addition. One of the delights of the book is the large number of photographs, both old and new, which illustrate various aspects of the subject, but here I must enter a protest - there are 101 illustrations but none of them are referred to in the text and there is no list of illustrations. This last appears to be a recent gimmick of some publishers and it can be exasperating to the reader - I found myself continuously searching the book to find a picture of the station being described, and which I felt sure I had noticed earlier on. In spite of this criticism the book is well worth possessing, being a first-class record of the architectural history of Sussex railways, much of which has already passed away and which is still disappearing at an alarming rate.

Bluebell Line Historical Album, 1879-1965, by Klaus Marx, published 1 December 1979 (64 pp., Uckfield: Bluebell Railway Ltd., ISBN-10: 0903899027 & ISBN-13: 9780903899024) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Journey Remembered. An illustrated colour journey on the Bexhill-Sidley-Crowhurst branch line, by Paul Clark, published c.1980 (pamphlet) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Southern Branch Line Steam - 2, by Tony Fairclough and Alan Wills, published 1980 (96 pp., Truro: Bradford Burton, ISBN-10: 0851533159 & ISBN-13: 9780851533155) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Southern Branch Line Steam - 3, by Tony Fairclough and Alan Wills, published 1980 (96 pp., Truro: Bradford Burton, ISBN-10: 0851533833 & ISBN-13: 9780851533834) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Brighton to Portsmouth Line (Locomotion Papers 133), by N. Pallant, published 1980 (booklet, 44 pp. with 32 illus. on 16 plates, Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 085361279X & ISBN-13: 9780853612797) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13966] & West Sussex Libraries

Growth of a Railway - London to Brighton: A Collection of Contemporary Documents, published March 1980 (80 pp., DCL Publications, ISBN-10: 0907103006 & ISBN-13: 9780907103004) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Chichester and Midhurst Railway, by Paul Clark, published May 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 16, article, p.1) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/16] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

Bluebell Steam in Retrospect, by Michael Welch, published 1 July 1980 (112 pp., Bluebell Railway Preservation Society, ISBN-10: 0903899035 & ISBN-13: 9780903899031) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Man of the Southern: Jim Evans Looks Back, by Jim Evans and edited by Peter Grafton, published 3 October 1980 (96 pp., George Allen & Unwin, ISBN-10: 0043850782 & ISBN-13: 9780043850787) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Rail Centres: Brighton, by B. K. Cooper, published 1981 (144 pp., Ian Allen Publishing) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Bygone L.B. & S.C.R. Steam: Vol. 1, by A. C. Perryman, published 1981 (64 pp. & 61 photos, John Hallewell Publications, ISBN-10: 0905540654 & ISBN-13: 9780905540658) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Changing Southern Scene, 1948-81, by Michael H. C. Baker, published 1 May 1981 (112 pp., Ian Allen Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711010900 & ISBN-13: 9780711010901) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bygone L.B. & S.C.R. Steam: Vol. 2, by A. C. Perryman, published 1982 (64 pp., John Hallewell Publications, ISBN-10: 0905540808 & ISBN-13: 9780905540801) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

When Steam was King at Brighton: a nostalgic glimpse into the old Brighton works, the machines and the men of the age of steam , by A. C. Perryman, published 1982 (64 pp., Rochester Press, ISBN-10: 0946379009 & ISBN-13: 9780946379002) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Recollections of Hillman's Brickyard, Partridge Green, by H. J. Paris, published 1982 in Sussex Industrial History (No. 12, article, pp.31-33) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

This article was compiled by J.F.S. Blackwell from a tape recording of an interview with Mr. Paris made by Messrs. Blackwell and R.G. Martin.

London, Brighton and the South Coast Album, by Klaus Marx and John Minnis, published 1 June 1982 (112 pp., Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, ISBN-10: 0711011877 & ISBN-13: 9780711011878) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

South Coast Railways: Branch Lines to Horsham, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 1 June 1982 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520029 & ISBN-13: 9780906520024) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8371] & West Sussex Libraries

Recollections of a Sussex Railwayman: John James Savage, by Dick Bourton, published June 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 2, article, pp.46-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Haywards Heath: How the Railway Created a New Town, by Vida Hebison, published 1983 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8750]

South Coast Railways: Brighton to Worthing, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 18 March 1983 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520037 & ISBN-13: 9780906520031) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8631] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Religious Dissent and Railways, by Neil Caplan, published March 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.124-127) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Railway of Devil's Dyke: Minor railways of Britain series, by Paul Clark, published April 1983 (69 pp., Turntable Publications, ISBN-10: 0902844350 & ISBN-13: 9780902844353) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502526] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Branch Line to Selsey, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 1 July 1983 (96 pp. & 120 photographs, Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520045 & ISBN-13: 9780906520048) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8747] & West Sussex Libraries

This album shows in pictorial form the story of the local line whose coming brought about the greatest period of development and prosperity the locality had ever known. It illustrates a quaint and unique tramway, portraying fully its charm and eccentric methods of operation. Every locomotive and type of coach is shown, together with track plans of each station.

The Brighton Line, by G. J. Eddolls, published 25 August 1983 (48 pp., David & Charles, ISBN-10: 0715382519 & ISBN-13: 9780715382516) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Road and Rail in Sussex, by Levan L. L. Griffiths, published 1 September 1983 in Sussex Environment Landscape and Society (pp.235-249, Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0862990459 & ISBN-13: 9780862990459) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8831] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells (Locomotion Papers), by David Gould, published 1 October 1983 (64 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853612994 & ISBN-13: 9780853612995) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

South Coast Railways: Worthing to Chichester, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 1 December 1983 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520061 & ISBN-13: 9780906520062) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8842] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

How the Railways came to Hastings, by Hastings Area Local Studies Project, published 1984 (38 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242250 & ISBN-13: 9780904242256) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Heathfield - The Railway & After - A Century of Change, by V. M. Taylor, published 1984 (70 pp., Heathfield: Heathfield and Waldron Community Association) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Impact of the Railway on Uckfield in the 19th Century, by Sally A. Pearce, published 1984 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 122, article, pp.193-206) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9140] & The Keep [LIB/500309] & S.A.S. library

South Coast Railways: Branch Lines to East Grinstead, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 10 March 1984 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 090652007X & ISBN-13: 9780906520079) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Industrial Railways of the South East, by Chalk Pit Museum, published 1 April 1984 (96 pp. & 120 photographs, Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520096 & ISBN-13: 9780906520093) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8993] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

In the first half of this century most heavy industrial concerns had their own distinctive railway systems. The lesser known oddities are included amongst the more rugged forms of steam and diesel motive power, and are illustrated working in varied locations from Kent to Hampshire.

War on the Line: The story of the Southern Railway in war time, by Bernard Darwin, published 1 April 1984 (reprint, 215 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-13: 9780906520109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8992] & West Sussex Libraries

The Southern Railway achieved remarkable transport feats after Dunkirk and suffered dreadfully in the Blitz, but its greatest wartime undertaking was the movement of supplies of the Normandy landing. All this and more is recounted in detail in this reprint of the 1946 official story of the Southern in war-time.

Down the Line to Hastings, by Brian Jewell, published 1 October 1984 (194 pp., Tunbridge Wells: Baton, ISBN-10: 085936223X & ISBN-13: 9780859362238) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A pictorial history and lineside anthology of a busy railway route which is not without its problems.

South Coast Railways: Chichester to Portsmouth, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 1 December 1984 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520142 & ISBN-13: 9780906520147) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9159] & West Sussex Libraries

The Harbours of Sussex as part of an Inland Transport System in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, by John H. Farrant, published 1985 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 15, article, pp.2-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/15] & The Keep [LIB/506525]   Download PDF

The stretch of coast within the bounds of the ancient county of Sussex has no intrinsic significance in transport history. Since the silting of Rye harbour in the seventeenth century, it has lacked a major natural harbour, for Chichester was and is accessible only to small craft. None of the harbours had more than a local hinterland (with one exception mentioned below): although the hinterlands cannot be defined with much precision, and varied over time and for different commodities, in general they probably did not reach beyond the limits of the county because of the proximity of Southampton to the west, London and the Medway to the north, and Dover to the east.
Furthermore, 'harbour' has to embrace any place frequented by shipping, whether or not graced by harbour works, because much cargo was landed from vessels run aground on the beach until the 1820s and continued to be at Hastings and in Chichester harbour until about 1880.

South Coast Railways: Brighton to Eastbourne, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 22 March 1985 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520169 & ISBN-13: 9780906520161) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

South Coast Railways: Branch Line to Tenterden, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 15 August 1985 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520215 & ISBN-13: 9780906520215) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

A Railway Incident, by Judy Middleton, published September 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 2, article, p.54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Steaming through East Sussex, by Peter Hay, published 1 October 1985 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520223 & ISBN-13: 9780906520222) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Pictorial survey of steam locomotives in East Sussex. The black and white photos bring back an era when the steam locomotive reigned supreme as the mass mover of people and bulk haulage of merchandise.

South Coast Railways: Eastbourne to Hastings, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 14 March 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520274 & ISBN-13: 9780906520277) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southern Main Lines: Epsom to Horsham, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 14 April 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520304 & ISBN-13: 9780906520307) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Down the Line to Brighton, by Muriel V. Searle, published May 1986 (160 pp., London: Baton Transport, ISBN-10: 0859362396 & ISBN-13: 9780859362399) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Hastings Diesels Story , by G. D. Beecroft, published 7 June 1986 (100 pp., Southern Electric Goup, ISBN-10: 0906988209 & ISBN-13: 9780906988206)

Branch Lines to Tunbridge Wells from Oxted, Lewes and Polegate & Includes the Cuckoo Line, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 12 July 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520320 & ISBN-13: 9780906520321) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southern Main Lines: Crawley to Littlehampton, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 2 August 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520347 & ISBN-13: 9780906520345) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9665] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southern Main Lines: Three Bridges to Brighton, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published October 1986 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520355 & ISBN-13: 9780906520352) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9666] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

East Sussex Railways in Old Postcards, by Kevin Robertson, published 1987 (48 pp., Meresborough Books, ISBN-10: 0948193220 & ISBN-13: 9780948193224) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Mineral Transport by the Telpher System - The Pioneering Work of Prof. H. C. F. Fleeming-Jenkin (The Story of the Glynde Aerial Railway), by M. I. Pope, published 1987 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 17, article, pp.13-20, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/17] & The Keep [LIB/506526]   Download PDF

This is the story of the Telpher aerial electric railway at Glynde, Sussex; also of its inventor and promoter, Prof H C Fleeming-Jenkin. Both are largely forgotten today, yet in their time the construction and operation of this aerial railway created immense interest, which was widely reported in both the technical and popular press.
The most striking evidence of its existence now surviving is the wood-cut engraving shown, which once served as a book illustration. When the Telpher Line opened on 17 October 1885, it became the first electrically powered aerial railway in the world. Even then it incorporated an automatic system of absolute block working, making it physically impossible for two Telpher trains to enter the same section of track. To put this achievement into perspective, it should be remembered that the world's first public electricity supply only came into operation at Godalming, Surrey, on September 1881. Then, less than two years later, the first public passenger carrying electric railway in Great Britain was constructed in Sussex, by Magnus Volk of Brighton. The original line ran for 4 miles along the Brighton sea front in an easterly direction, starting from the Aquarium. It was constructed to a two foot gauge and opened to fare paying passengers on 4 August 1883. Following its immediate success, work started in January 1884 to re-build the line using a 2' 8½" gauge and extend the route to Paston Place, giving a total length of 1400 yards, including a passing loop.
The Telpher system of mineral transport was first patented in 1882 and so dated from the earliest days of the commercial exploitation of electric power. It is this factor which makes the sophistication of the Telpher line at Glynde all the more remarkable.

Southern Main Lines: Tonbridge to Hastings, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published July 1987 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520444 & ISBN-13: 9780906520444) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Branch Lines Around Midhurst, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 5 September 1987 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520495 & ISBN-13: 9780906520499) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9851] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Steaming through West Sussex, by Peter Hay, published 10 October 1987 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520509 & ISBN-13: 9780906520505) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9870] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Railways Remembered, by Leslie Oppitz, published 15 October 1987 (112 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 090539299X & ISBN-13: 9780905392998) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10015] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

South Coast Railways: Hastings to Ashford and the new Romney branch, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 1 November 1987 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520371 & ISBN-13: 9780906520376) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Bluebell Railway, by Klaus Marx, Peter Thomas and John Potter, published 1988 (56 pp., Ian Allen Publishing)

Coaches allocated to the Kent and East Sussex from 1948 to 1954, published 1988 in Tenterden Terrier (no. 46, article, pp.31-35)

Railway employees of Eastbourne and district as shown in the 1881 census, by J.F. Burrell, published April 1988 in Brighton circular (vol. 14, no. 2, article, pp.40-44)

Amberley's railway collection, by Mark Smithers, published April 1988 in Railway magazine (vol. 134, no. 1044, article, pp.227-229)

The industrial railway exhibits at the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum

The Cuckoo Line, by A. G. Elliott, published 1 September 1988 (76 pp., Wild Swan Publications Ltd, ISBN-10: 0906867630 & ISBN-13: 9780906867631) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Down the Line to Brighton, by Muriel V. Searle, published 31 December 1988 (160 pp., London: Bloomsbury Books, ISBN-10: 1870630319 & ISBN-13: 9781870630313)

Rails to Sheffield Park, by Michael S. Welch, published 1 December 1988 (126 pp., Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions, ISBN-10: 0946184488 & ISBN-13: 9780946184484) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The clocks of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway , by D. R. Parr, published 1989 in Antiquarian Horological Society (vol. 18, no. 1, article, pp.35-51)

Hellingly Hospital Railway, by Peter A. Harding, published 1 April 1989 (32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 095094145X & ISBN-13: 9780950941455) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Fred, the Railway Engineer, by Michael Banister, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.265-267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Fredrick Dale Banister (1823-1897) built railways, bridges, tunnels and docks for the London Brighton & South Coast railways. He was fifth of six children of Samuel Banister and Mary Norris. He married Nancy Richardson in 1847 and they had 10 children. His second wife was Annie Fisher. Article covers the years 1799 - 1897 in the parishes of Brighton, Sussex and Holborn, London.

Last Days of Steam in Surrey and Sussex, by David Fereday Glen, published July 1989 (168 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0862995310 & ISBN-13: 9780862995317) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

This book looks at the closing years of steam across the counties of Surrey and Sussex. From the main line splendour of the former LSWR route to the west to small and long-forgotten branches, this largely photographic volume brings back a wide range of memories. The black and white pictures are of a good quality and come with very detailed captions and dates.

London to Brighton: 150 Years of Britain's Premier Holiday Line, by Michael H. C. Baker, published 18 September 1989 (224 pp. & 8 colour plates, Patrick Stephens Ltd., ISBN-10: 1852601469 & ISBN-13: 9781852601461) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Bognor Branch Line, by S. Jordan, published 25 September 1989 (96 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853613931 & ISBN-13: 9780853613930) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10786] & West Sussex Libraries

E. J. Bedford of Lewes: Photographer of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, by John Minnis, published 1 October 1989 (104 pp., Wild Swan Publications, ISBN-10: 0906867754 & ISBN-13: 9780906867754) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

West Sussex Railways in the 1980s, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 18 November 1989 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520703 & ISBN-13: 9780906520703) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10622] & West Sussex Libraries

Steam in Kent and East Sussex, by Dennis C. Ovenden, published 30 December 1990 (48 pp., South Anglia Productions, ISBN-10: 1871277078 & ISBN-13: 9781871277074) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Railway crossings and signalised gyratories: the Crawley experience, by I.W. Routledge, C.P. Randall and Q.M. Thelimann, published 1991 in Traffic Engineering and Control (vol. 32, no. 10, article, pp.463-466)

Steam in the Sussex Landscape, by Klaus Marx and Michael Welch, published 22 February 1991 (112 pp., Runpast Publishing, ISBN-10: 1870754166 & ISBN-13: 9781870754163) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Pullman Craftsmen: Life in the Pullman Car Company's Preston Park Works Brighton 1947-1963 - A View from the Shop Floor, by Nick Wellings with reminiscences of three craftsmen - Don Carter, Joe Kent and geoff Hart, published 1992 (74 pp., Brighton: Queenspark, ISBN-10: 0904733505 & ISBN-13: 9780904733501) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Volk's Railways, Brighton: An Illustrated History, by Alan A. Jackson, published 1 April 1993 (48 pp., Plateway Press, ISBN-10: 1871980186 & ISBN-13: 9781871980189) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

British Railways, Past and Present: Surrey and West Sussex, by Terry Gough, published 29 July 1993 (2nd edition, 144 pp., Past & Present Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1858950023 & ISBN-13: 9781858950020) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12059] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Holding the Line: Preserving the Kent and East Sussex Railway, by N. Pallant, published 25 November 1993 (288 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0750905484 & ISBN-13: 9780750905480) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Celebration of Steam: Kent and Sussex, by Basil Cooper, published 1994 (128 pp., Ian Allen Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711022429 & ISBN-13: 9780711022423) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Kent & East Sussex engine workings 1948-1954, by David Gould, published 1994 in Tenterden terrier (no. 65, article, pp.37-42)

The Last Days of Steam on the Southern: London, Brighton and South Coast, by Alan Postlethwaite, published 1 February 1994 (vi + 144 pp., Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN-13: 9780750904131) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

A collection of photographs of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway during the 1950s and 60s - the final decades when steam still reigned supreme.

London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922: Part 1 - London to Brighton, by John M. Wagstaff, published 1 November 1994 (112 pp., Signalling Record Society, ISBN-10: 1873228082 & ISBN-13: 9781873228081)

Stroudley and His "Terriers". The Story Of A Classic Locomotive And Its Designer , by Tom Middlemass, published 1995 (128 pp., Pendragon, ISBN-10: 1899816003 & ISBN-13: 9781899816002)

The Clayton Tunnel Disaster, by R. C. Grant, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.171-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of the disaster when three trains all reached the Clayton Tunnel at the same time around 8:30 am on 25 August 1861

Bogie Carriages of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by David Gould, published 1 May 1995 (208 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853614709 & ISBN-13: 9780853614708)

The Rye and Camber Tramway, compiled by Colin W. Judge, published 20 June 1995 (64 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853614733 & ISBN-13: 9780853614739) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Rye and Camber Tramway: A Centenary History, by Laurie A. Cooksey, published 1 July 1995 (160 pp., Plateway Press, ISBN-10: 1871980267 & ISBN-13: 9781871980264) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922: Part 2 - East of the London and Brighton Line, by John M. Wagstaff, published 29 December 1995 (124 pp., Signalling Record Society, ISBN-10: 1873228104 & ISBN-13: 9781873228104)

Seventy-five years ago on the Kent & East Sussex, by Stephen R. Garrett, published 1996 in Tenterden terrier (no. 71, article, pp.39-43)

Yesterday Once More: Story of Brighton's Steam, by F. Rich, published 15 February 1996 (208 pp., P. E. Waters, ISBN-10: 0948904542 & ISBN-13: 9780948904547) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The colonel's snail: the 'West Sussex Railway' was a ramshackle ragbag of an affair - George Smith marks the centenary of its inception, by George Smith, published March 1996 in Railway Magazine (vol. 142, no. 1139, article, pp.41-43)

Bluebell Railway Locomotives: As They Were, by Robert Inns and John Scott-Morgan, published 13 June 1996 (84 pp., Leicester: Midland Publishing, ISBN-10: 1857800362 & ISBN-13: 9781857800364) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Railways in West Sussex , by Caroline Adams, Bill Gage, Martin Hayes and Timothy McCann, published June 1996 (Local History Mini-Guide to Sources, No. 4, pamphlet, 12 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 086260351X & ISBN-13: 9780862603519) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13190][Lib 13191] & West Sussex Libraries

O.J. Morris's Southern Railways 1919-1959, by Lawrence Marshall, published 1997 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 1873793960 & ISBN-13: 9781873793961) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Brighton's Place in the Development of the "Tunnelling-and-Shoot-Hole" System for Making Railway Cuttings, by Paul Sowan, published 1997 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 27, article, pp.18-21, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

There is on display in the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery an extraordinary watercolour, attributed to one George Smith (fI. 1833-56), entitled 'Excavating the Brighton Railway (Shoreham Branch)'. This is dated 1839, and the branch from Shoreham was the first line of railway into Brighton to be opened to traffic, on 12 May 1840. It has been suggested that the artist was the same George Smith, of Brighton, whose depiction of 'The Viaduct on the Brighton to Lewes Railway', 1845, is also held by the Museum and Art Gallery.

Going of the Rails: Country Railway in West Sussex, by Bill Gage, Michael Harris, Tony Sullivan and Patrick Moore, published July 1997 (96 pp., Chichester: West Sussex County Council, ISBN-10: 0862604001 & ISBN-13: 9780862604004) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 13889] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A recollection of the operation of the Selsey Tram and the branch lines to Petworth, Midhurst and Chichester is provided through the memoirs of local residents. The history and possible future of the West Sussex country railways are also provided.

Brighton Station - an architectural and historical appraisal, by Keith Leicester and Ron Martin, published 1998 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 28, article, pp.4-11, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The London and Brighton Railway Act was passed in 1837 authorising the London and Brighton Railway Company to construct a route with branches both to Shoreham in the west and to Lewes and Newhaven in the east. Construction was commenced in 1838 and in July 1841 the track was opened from London to Haywards Heath and extended to Brighton in September 1841. The Shoreham branch had opened earlier in May, 1840 and the branch to Lewes and Newhaven was to open in December, 1847. The London and Brighton Railway Company combined with the London and Croydon Railway Company in 1846 to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR).

Branch Line to Selsey, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 24 January 1998 (reprint: 96 pp. & 120 photographs, Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520045 & ISBN-13: 9780906520048) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

This album shows in pictorial form the story of the local line whose coming brought about the greatest period of development and prosperity the locality had ever known. It illustrates a quaint and unique tramway, portraying fully its charm and eccentric methods of operation. Every locomotive and type of coach is shown, together with track plans of each station.

The Bluebell Railway: A Nostalgic Trip Along the Whole Route from East Grinstead to Lewes, by Terry Gough, published 16 May 1998 (96 pp., Past & Present Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1858951291 & ISBN-13: 9781858951294) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Ferry Services of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by Steve Jordan, published 30 June 1998 (112 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853615217 & ISBN-13: 9780853615217) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922: Part 3 - Mid Sussex and West Coast Lines and Branches, by John M. Wagstaff, published 1 September 1998 (120 pp., Signalling Record Society, ISBN-10: 1873228147 & ISBN-13: 9781873228142)

The Brighton Railway Act: A Source for Family Historians, by Graham Gower, published December 1998 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 4, article, p.129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508819] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

London, Brighton and the South Coast Railway, by John Minnis, published 1999 (Tempus, ISBN-10: 075241626X & ISBN-13: 9780752416267) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Growth of Communications 1840-1914, by John Farrant, published 1 January 1999 in An Historical Atlas of Sussex (pp.80-81, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, ISBN-10: 1860771122 & ISBN-13: 9781860771125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14026][Lib 18777] & The Keep [LIB/501686][LIB/508903] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Portrait of the Terriers, by Handel Kardas, published 24 June 1999 (132 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711026521 & ISBN-13: 9780711026520) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A pictorial history of the Terrier class 0-6-0s originally built for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway. The book explores the record of the class from its origins in the 1870s through to its withdrawal in the 1960s.

Travel to Midhurst by Train, published July 1999 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 11 Number 4, article, pp.34-35, Summer 1999) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15969]

An account of a seven year old boy who tried to travel from Midhurst to Brighton in 1841. Reprinted from Sussex County Magazine 1954.

Kent and East Sussex Railway, by Stephen R. Garrett, published 31 August 1999 (3rd revised edition, 112 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853615160 & ISBN-13: 9780853615163) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

London Brighton and South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922: Part 4 - Dorking and Suburban Lines, by John M. Wagstaff, published 29 October 1999 (112 pp., Signalling Record Society, ISBN-10: 1873228163 & ISBN-13: 9781873228166)

Between the Lines: the follow up a Journey Remembered, by Paul Clark, published c.2000 (pamphlet)

An Illustrated History of the Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, by Klaus Marx, published 2000 (256 pp., Shepperton: Oxford Publishing Co., ISBN-13: 9780860935476) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

After years of research, Klaus Marx presents this detailed history of the Lewes & East Grinstead Railway, known to most railway enthusiasts as the Bluebell Line. The current Bluebell Line is being gradually rebuilt since its demise in the 1960s.

An analysis of proposed routes for the London and Brighton Railway Line, by Peter S. Richards, published 2000 in Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society (vol. 33, no. 177, article, pp.389-394)

Building of the Balcombe Tunnel, 1838-1841, by Pat Millward, published 2000 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 30, article, pp.2-19, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/30] & The Keep [LIB/506528]   Download PDF

In 1825 John Rennie, son of a Scottish engineer who had worked on a projected canal from Croydon to Portsmouth, was employed by the Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts and Somerset Railway company to search for a line between London and Brighton as the first section of a circuitous way to Portsmouth, Salisbury and the Bristol coalfields. He was to describe the development of his ideas before the House of Commons enquiry on 14 April 1836, saying that having examined a large area he had selected two possible routes. The first, surveyed for him by Charles Vignoles, was to traverse the North Downs by the Dorking Valley, go south by Horsham, use the Adur Valley to Shoreham and then run along the coast to Brighton. For the second he and Thomas Jago investigated lines south from London which, instead of avoiding the rugged land of the High Weald, would cross it to provide a shorter route but one with massive earthworks. From surveys over a wide area he proposed his Direct Line which, with amendments would eventually be built, but the then Sir John Rennie was to be sidelined in favour of John Urpeth Rastrick. Called Chief Engineers, it was Rastrick who was to build the line while Rennie acted only as consultant.

The Kent and East Sussex Railway: The Line That Refused to Die, by Matthew Beddall, published 1 June 2000 (24 pp., Solo Publications, ISBN-10: 0953295230 & ISBN-13: 9780953295234) accessible at: British Library

Lancing Carriage and Wagon Works, by John H. Blackford and Jerry Ames, published 2001 (Railway Recollections) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

75 years of service: a recollection of the Hastings Pullman cars, by Robin W. Doust, published 2001 in Tenterden Terrier (no. 87, article, pp.29-33)

Brighton's railway workers in the 1850s, by June A. Sheppard, published 2001 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 139, article, pp.191-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14916] & The Keep [LIB/500292] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The arrival of the railway in 1840/41 led to many changes in Brighton, including the provision of new employment opportunities on the trains, in the station, and in the workshops. Most of the railway workers lived in streets close to the station and workshops. The approximate numbers and types of workers in the 1850s are identified using both the records of the railway company itself and the 1851 Census Enumerators' Books. Birthplace details in the latter source show that many of the less-skilled jobs were filled by Sussex born men, while engine-drivers and workshop artisans had frequently migrated from more distant parts of the country. In a small sample of Sussex-born men, a smaller percentage appear to have come from an agricultural background than might have been expected.

Sussex Narrow Gauge, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 14 July 2001 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 1901706680 & ISBN-13: 9781901706680) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Lost Railways of Sussex, by Leslie Oppitz, published 11 October 2001 (160 pp., Berkshire: Countryside Books, ISBN-10: 1853066974 & ISBN-13: 9781853066979) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

In a very readable style, the author traces the history of the county's railway lines, from their opening in the 19th century, their heyday around the turn of the century, and, in many cases, their closure in the 20th century.

The Steyning Line and Its Closure, by James Buckman, published 2002 (104 pp., 62 photos & 4 maps, Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857702549 & ISBN-13: 9781857702545) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A Brighton locomotive chronology, by G. A. Yeomans, published 2002 (330 pp. in 4 volumes, published by the author)

Eve of wedding tragedy, by Mike Cruttenden, published 2002 in Brighton Circular (vol. 28, article, pp.56-58)

Death at Withyham station level crossing, 1901.

"Pumping" engines at Three Bridges, by Klaus Marx, published 2002 in Brighton Circular (vol. 28, article, pp.72-76)

Trainspotting in 1856, by Klaus Marx, published 2002 in Brighton Circular (vol. 28, article, pp.101-103)

Licensing problems on the Brighton line, by Charles Long, published 2002 in Brighton Circular (vol. 28, article, pp.135-136)

The Bexhill West Branch Line, by Peter A. Harding, published 15 February 2002 (32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0952345862 & ISBN-13: 9780952345862) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Some Sussex navvies, by John Townsend, published September 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 3, article, pp.118-119) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The construction of the railway between Shoreham and Itchingfield Junction was in progress when the 1861 census was taken and from these returns a list has been provided listing the details of the navvies, carpenters, blacksmiths and other craftsmen who came to work on the line.

Signal box diagrams of the Great Western & Southern Railways, vol. 24, SR Lines in West Sussex, by G. A. Pryer, published 2003 (Dorchester)

The Croydon, Oxted and East Grinstead Railway, by David Gould, published 18 March 2003 (208 pp., The Oakwood Press, ISBN-10: 0853615985 & ISBN-13: 9780853615989) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Men who Built the Steyning Line, by John Townsend, published Spring 2003 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 71, article, p.35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/71] & The Keep [LIB/500495]

Rail Centres: Brighton, by B. K. Cooper, published 1 March 2004 (2nd revised edition, 144 pp., Book Law Publications, ISBN-10: 1901945111 & ISBN-13: 9781901945119)

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Miscellany, by Kevin Robertson, published 1 May 2004 (128 pp., Ian Allen Publishing, ISBN-10: 0860935833 & ISBN-13: 9780860935834) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

One of the three primary constituents of the Southern Railway in 1923, the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway dominated the provision of railways through much of south central England. Apart from the company's main line linking the Metropolis with the coast at Brighton, an intricate network of lines sprang up to serve Sussex, West Kent and East Hampshire, making the company one of the most important providers of commuter services into London. Along with the neighbouring London & South Western, the LBSCR was one of the pioneers of electric traction, although its use of overhead catenary was not to be perpetuated by the SR after 1923. A railway company was always more than its locomotives and rolling stock, although these were very much the public face of the operation. It was also reflected in the architectural style that it adopted for its station buildings and signalboxes, and in terms of the uniforms worn by its staff. For railway modellers, keen to recreate the ambience of an individual railway company or location, photographic evidence is an essential source of information. Whilst material relating to locomotives may be relatively common, details of the myriad facets that made a company individual may be harder to source. This is the beauty of the 'Miscellany' series in that, within the c250 illustrations incorporated, the whole range of the selected railway's activities are covered. In his latest contribution to the 'Miscellany' series, Kevin Robertson has scoured the archives for photographs portraying the LBSCR as it existed in the years before 1923. Whilst locomotives and rolling stock are not ignored, the book examines in detail the stations and other building of the railway, the pioneering use of electric traction, the infrastructure and much else. The 'Miscellany' series was always one of the most successful of those issued by OPC; this new addition to this popular series will be sought after by all those with an interest in the LBSCR and all those keen to recreate in miniature its lines.

Walking the Disused Railways of Sussex, by David Bathurst, published 30 June 2004 (132 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857702921 & ISBN-13: 9781857702927) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

British Railways, Past and Present: Sussex, by Terry Gough, published 24 July 2004 (128 pp., Past & Present Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 1858952395 & ISBN-13: 9781858952390) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Contains photographs of the same railway location separated in time by just a few years, or maybe a century or more. This title features many locations including Mainlines to Brighton & Hastings, Mid Sussex line, Bluebell railway, Kent & East Sussex line, Eastbourne to Hastings, and Bexhill West branch.

Branches & Byways: Sussex and Hampshire, by John Vaughan, published 5 August 2004 (256 pp., Ian Allen Publishing, ISBN-10: 086093585X & ISBN-13: 9780860935858) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Stretching from Bournemouth in the west to Hastings and Rye in the east, the railway development of the coastal counties of Hampshire and Sussex was ultimately to be dominated by two of the main constituents of the Southern Railway: the London & South Western and the London, Brighton & South Coast. Indeed, the county of Sussex was almost the LBSCR's private fiefdom, its dominance only being challenged by the South Eastern & Chatham's main line from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings and the independent Kent & East Sussex from Robertsbridge in the east, by the LSWR branch from Petersfield to Midhurst in the west and by the independent Selsey line from Chichester. Equally, the LSWR dominated Hampshire, although the company was faced by the much more potent challenge of the Great Western in the north. Alongside the main lines, the majority of which still form the core of the area's railway network to this day, there were countless secondary routes and branches, many of which have now disappeared but others of which still play a crucial part in the area's public transport. Amongst the much-mourned casualties are the Hayling Island branch, the Meon Valley line and the Steyning branch. Other routes - such as the Mid-Hants and the Bluebell - are now partly preserved, allowing contemporary visitors to experience the atmosphere of the secondary lines from more than 40 years ago. In his second contribution to OPC's new 'Branches & Byways' series, John Vaughan narrates the history of the myriad branches and secondary lines of this region. As with the earlier volumes in the series, the book provides the reader with an historical account of each of the lines featured supplemented by a range of historical photographs and maps. Drawn upon the author's detailed local knowledge and research, the book also includes a limited number of 'Then & Now'

The Trail of the Serpent: The True Story of a Victorian Murder on the London-to-Brighton Railway Line, by James Gardner, published 18 November 2004 (192 pp., Pomegranate Press, ISBN-10: 0954258762 & ISBN-13: 9780954258764) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/502147] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Railway women: Exploitation, Betrayal and Triumph in the Workplace, by Helena Wojtczak, published 2005 (384 pp., Hastings Press, ISBN-10: 1904109047 & ISBN-13: 9781904109044) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

With a compelling combination of humour and indignation, Helena Wojtczak reveals the untold story of the British railwaywoman, charting her progress from exploited drudge in the 1830s to steam engine driver by the 21st century, using an engrossing collage of historic and contemporary documents, photographs, official reports and vivid personal testimonies.
Within the first two chapters we enter a world of sabotage, gruesome fatalities, pig-stealing, transvestism, murder, train crashes, a shipwreck, bombs, capture by the enemy, strikes, anti-woman agitation, heroic acts and tragic deaths.
As we trace the steps of women staking their place in one of Britain's largest and most well-known industries, we learn of abysmal exploitation and shameful betrayal. Ultimately the story develops - via the crashing of male bastions, accompanied by appalling harassment - into one of triumph.

Slam Doors on the Southern, by Michael Welch, published 31 October 2005 (112 pp., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854142968 & ISBN-13: 9781854142962) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Southern Main Lines: Haywards Heath to Seaford, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, published 19 November 2005 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 0906520282 & ISBN-13: 9780906520284) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506439] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

British Steam Railways - Issue 30 - The Brighton Terriers, published 2006 (De Agostini)

A failed rehousing scheme in Brighton by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway , by David Roberts, published 2006 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 144, article, pp.191-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15759] & The Keep [LIB/500362] & S.A.S. library   View Online

In February 1901, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway submitted plans to Brighton County Borough Council and the Local Government Board to build 125 artisan dwellings in Compton Road and Inwood Crescent. Under legislation for the housing of the working classes, this development was a rehousing scheme to replace dwellings which were to be demolished to make room for an extension to the Brighton Railway Goods Yard. It produced a legacy of good-quality housing, but as a rehousing scheme it was a failure because very few people from the demolished houses became tenants.

West Cliff Railway, Hastings - Engine Room, by Ron Martin and Clem Gill, published 2006 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 36, article, pp.31-37, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506534]   Download PDF

The West Hill Cliff Railway runs from the Bottom Station in George Street, Hastings to the Top Station on the West Cliff at TQ 821095. The line runs approximately south to north and this orientation has been used for all descriptions in this article.

The social and economic impact of railway development on the coastal plain communities of Sussex during the nineteenth century , by Anthony Wakeford, 2006 at Sussex University (Ph.D. thesis)

The Selsey Tramway: Vol. 1, by Laurie A. Cooksey, published 12 October 2006 (192 pp., Wild Swan Publications Ltd, ISBN-10: 1905184158 & ISBN-13: 9781905184156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16057] & West Sussex Libraries

The Selsey Tramway: Vol. 2, by Laurie A. Cooksey, published 3 November 2006 (152 pp., Wild Swan Publications Ltd, ISBN-10: 1905184166 & ISBN-13: 9781905184163) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17541] & West Sussex Libraries

London, Brighton and the South Coast Railway, by John Minnis, published 1 April 2007 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752443194 & ISBN-13: 9780752443195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14654]

Railways of Britain: Kent and Sussex, by Colin McCarthy and David McCarthy, published 29 November 2007 (128 pp., Ian Allen Publishing, ISBN-10: 071103222X & ISBN-13: 9780711032224) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Each volume in the "Railways of Britain" series includes some 40 maps updated and revised from Colonel Cobb's originals. The maps show the railway network in terms of those lines still open, those open for freight traffic only, lines which have been preserved and those closed completely. Alongside the railway lines, the book also includes an outline of the road network in simplified form to allow the inter-relationship between railways and roads to be clearly identified. In addition to the mapping, each volume also includes a detailed historical sketch outlining the development of the area's railway network, a representative selection of photographs as well as a detailed index and a gazeteer of stations with opening and where appropriate, closure.

John Saxby, the railway inventor, by Michael Saxby, published December 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 8, article, pp.374-375) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508992] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of John Saxby (1821-1913), son of John Saxby and Elizabeth née Pilbeam, and his pioneering work for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

Brighton's Railway District in the mid-nineteenth century, by June A. Sheppard, published 2008 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 146, article, pp.189-198) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15997] & The Keep [LIB/500364] & S.A.S. library   View Online

An area close to the railway stations and engineering works is identified as Brighton's Railway District c. 1860. It comprised streets of small terraced houses built between 1820 and 1860, most rented for a few shillings a week, where railway employees formed at least 10 per cent of household heads. Rateable values, though generally low, varied from street to street, and there was a broad correlation between these values and the employment grades of the railwaymen household heads who resided in each street. Four sample streets illustrate the income levels and some of the other factors that influenced the choice of place of residence.

Steam Around Surrey and Sussex, by Roy Hobbs, published 24 January 2008 (80 pp., Ian Allen, ISBN-10: 0711032440 & ISBN-13: 9780711032446) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

A nostalgic journey back in time to the the last decade of the age of steam in Surrey and Sussex, using quality colour images

The Brooklands Miniature Railway, by Graham Lelliott, published 1 June 2008 (98 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0955389321 & ISBN-13: 9780955389320) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Pullman Profile No 1: The 12 wheel cars, by Anthony M. Ford, published 1 August 2008 (100 pp., Noodle Books, ISBN-10: 1906419000 & ISBN-13: 9781906419004) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Engineman: The Hubert Hobden Memoirs, Vol. 1, 1913-1935, edited by Anthony P. Vent, published 2009 (103 pp., Buggleskelly Books) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Motorman: The Hubert Hobden Memoirs, Vol. 2, 1935-1961, edited by Anthony P. Vent, published 2009 (151 pp., Buggleskelly Books) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Railway That Never Was: The story of the abortive Ouse Valley line, by Alex Vincent, published 2009 (20 pp., published by the author, ISBN-13: 9781989753026) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Thakeham Tiles Railway: a history of the unique, two foot narrow gauge industrial railway, which once operated at Thakeham Tiles in Storrington, West Sussex, by Graham Lelliott, published 1 June 2009 (100 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0955389348 & ISBN-13: 9780955389344) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

East of Eastbourne, West of Waterloo. The Brian Groome Memoirs, edited by Anthony P. Vent, published 2010 (103 pp., Buggleskelly Books) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Brian Groome joined the Southern Region in 1950, working his way up from south coast halt-keeper, to suburban guard, to revenue inspector by the tender age of 24. This book chronicles a 'hands-on' railway career of nearly 40 years.

The Bluebell Railway: Five Decades of Achievement, by Michael Welch, published 31 May 2010 (96 pp., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854143360 & ISBN-13: 9781854143365) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Rex Conway's Southern Steam Journey, by Rex Conway, published 25 August 2010 (vol. 1, 160 pp., History Press, ISBN-10: 0752457578 & ISBN-13: 9780752457574) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The District Controller's View No. 15: Tunbridge Wells West & East Sussex, by Railway Professionals, published c.2011 (114 pp., Xpress Publishing)

Impermanent Ways: The Closed Lines of Great Britain, Volume 2 - Sussex, by Jeffrey Grayer, published 2011 (Crecy Publishing, ISBN-10: 1906419507 & ISBN-13: 9781906419509) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

There are some things in life that seem to automatically prick the conscience of the nation. One of these is the subject of closed railways. An overgrown bridge, weed-strewn cutting, or derelict station, each will invariably bring forth the comment, It was the fault of Dr. Beeching. What is conveniently forgotten is that while some closures did indeed occur in consequence of the wielding of that famous "axe," rationalization had in fact already been going on in the decades before. In his highly successful first book in this series covering Hampshire, author Jeffrey Grayer considered the closed routes of that county. Now he continues the same theme into East and West Sussex, exploring in colour the path of many of the closed lines in the days between the withdrawal of services and subsequent redevelopment

Sussex Signalman, The Ted Cook Story, edited by Anthony P. Vent, published 2011 (Buggleskelly Books) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Walking the Disused Railways of Sussex and Surrey, by David Bathurst, published 1 April 2011 (revised edition, 198 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 185770360X & ISBN-13: 9781857703603) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Disused railway walking has become increasingly popular as a leisure activity and a means of keeping us in touch with an important aspect of our past. This book is the definitive guide to exploring, on foot the many miles of disused railway that exist in Sussex and Surrey. Twenty walks are described and are packed with illustrations throughout, supplemented with maps and histories. It is an indispensable reference work not only for the walker but for anyone wishing to know more about Sussex and Surrey railway history. This book is the new updated and revised version of 'Walking the Disused Railways in Sussex', published in 2002, and reprinted several times. With 60 extra pages and now incorporating Surrey.
The author, David Bathurst lives in Chichester with his family and is a solicitor and legal advisor to the magistrate's court in Chichester and Worthing by profession.

Rex Conway's Southern Steam Journey, by Rex Conway, published 21 April 2011 (vol. 2, 160 pp., History Press, ISBN-10: 0752457586 & ISBN-13: 9780752457581) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Over 300 outstanding photographs from the age of steam from Rex Conway's largely untapped archive.

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

London Brighton & South Coast Railway: the Bennett Collection, by Klaus Marx, published 6 November 2011 (144 pp., Lightmoor Press, ISBN-10: 1899889612 & ISBN-13: 9781899889617)

East Sussex Railways: Volume 1: The Ashford to Brighton Line, by Paul O'Callaghan, published 20 November 2011 (80 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703650 & ISBN-13: 9781857703658) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

In this, the first of Paul O'Callaghan's two volumes on East Sussex Coastal Railways, the Ashford to Brighton Line is featured. Fully illustrated throughout with both colour and black and white photographs, the author fulfils his long held ambition, to get his extensive and some previously unseen pictures and research published.
This book details the history of the stations construction and openings, The Marshlink festival in 2007 and the campaign to save Three Oaks, Doleham and Winchelsea stations. A description of the development of each station and halts on the Brighton to Ashford line (including the lost St Leonards Marina station), illustrated with many old and new photographs.
The author was born in New Eltham, in London. He now lives in Eastbourne since 2005.

East Sussex Railways: Volume 2: Branch Lines and Other Railways, by Paul O'Callaghan, published 15 February 2012 (80 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703669 & ISBN-13: 9781857703665) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The important East Sussex Coastal Railway, which crosses between Ashford and Brighton, once had numerous connecting branches and narrow gauge lines running from or near it, many of which have been lost to us over the years. This book, the second of two volumes (the first of which explores the main Ashford-Brighton route), investigates the fascinating histories of these lesser-celebrated railways, with many remarkable photographs and previously unpublished details.
This is the second book from Paul O'Callaghan, who lives in Eastbourne.

Discovering Britain's First Railways: A Guide to Horse-Drawn Tramroads and Waggonways, by Mark Jones, published 1 May 2012 (144 pp., Stroud: The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752462733 & ISBN-13: 9780752462738) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

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.

Bluebell Railway Recollections, by Keith Leppard, published 2013 (Silver Link Publishing Ltd.)

Hoops & Signals: The Story of a Sussex Great Grandfather, by John Ireland, published 11 January 2013 (70 pp., Country Books, ISBN-10: 1906789797 & ISBN-13: 9781906789794) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Thomas Ireland lived in the village of Balcombe all his life. From the age of 11 he was a barrel hoop maker before joining the LBSCR in 1852 as a tunnelman, subsequently being made a signalman. Largely self-taught he kept journals or diaries from the 1860s to the 1890s and it is these that provide the source of much of the information for this book. Subject matters cover his two jobs, current affairs, recipes, gardening, remedies and strong views on religion (anti-popery). Also included are photos and local postcards together with a family tree to 1747 and notes on the origins of the surname. A worthwhile contributions to the county's rich historical heritage.

Sussex Station Walks: Fascinating walks around railway stations of East and West Sussex, by David Bathurst, published 25 April 2013 (170 pp., Seaford: S. B. Publications, ISBN-10: 1857703693 & ISBN-13: 9781857703696) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The railway networks of East and West Sussex offer excellent opportunities for scenic walks from their many stations, with no car needed to reach the starting point. Designed to take in as many attractive, intriguing and historical places of interest as possible, Sussex Station Walks provides over 80 routes, from easy to vigorous, which can be walked in less than a day, whether in circular strolls around a single station or from one station to another. Packed with information and photographs, this is the ideal guide to getting out and about by train.

The First British Railway Murder, by James Gardner, published 1 April 2013 (162 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0953610128 & ISBN-13: 9780953610129) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507816]

Lost Railways of East Sussex, by Marie Panter, published 3 June 2013 (56 pp., Stenlake Publishing, ISBN-10: 1840335939 & ISBN-13: 9781840335934) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Pullman Profile No 4: The Brighton Belle and Southern Electric Pullmans, by Anthony M. Ford, published 31 July 2013 (192 pp., Noodle Books, ISBN-10: 1909328057 & ISBN-13: 9781909328051)

This is the fourth book in the very popular and highly acclaimed Pullman Profile series, which as with all the other titles, is a meticulously researched and beautifully presented work covering the famed Brighton Belle trains as well as the slightly less well known 'PUL' sets. There is much new information in this book, and it covers the rationale behind the design, build and their operation in service. Antony Ford has gone to great lengths to secure previously unseen material as well as recounting the stories from many of the regular travellers who used the service. Although this is the fourth book in the series, it will stand well on its own.

The Brighton Line: A Traction History, by Simon Jeffs, published 21 November 2013 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445619423 & ISBN-13: 9781445619422) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The London to Brighton Line was built to serve the leisure market rather than industry. It initially carried nineteenth-century pleasure-seekers from the capital to fashionable Brighton, and subsequent services such as the Brighton Belle, the Sunny South Express and the Gatwick Express continued in that tradition. However, it also became a commuter line with fast services that made it possible to work in the City but live in the expanding suburbs to the south of London, or, later, in Surrey or Sussex. As well as steam locomotives, atmospheric traction was used on the Brighton Line, and, from 1909, electrification, which had reached Brighton by 1 January 1933 as well as the diesel locomotives still in use today. In this book, Simon Jeffs looks at the various forms of traction used on the Brighton Line, which give it a special identity even to this day.

The Railway at Barcombe Mills, by Alan Green, published 2014 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 44, article, pp.35-43, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16389/44] & The Keep [LIB/507922]   Download PDF

Locomotives of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway 1839-1903, edited by John Christopher, published 15 February 2014 (160 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445634449 & ISBN-13: 9781445634449) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The London Brighton & South Coast Railway - also known as the 'Brighton Line' - was an important pre-grouping railway covering a triangular territory with London at its apex and the Sussex and Surrey coast at its base. Many of the early locomotives were acquired through amalgamations with other companies. Under a trio of chief mechanical engineers, including John Craven, William Stroudley, Robert and Lawson Billington, father and son, and Douglas Earle Marsh the company built or purchased well over 1,000 steam locomotives, many of which were handed over to the Southern Railway in the 1923 grouping of Britain's independent railway companies. To this day the former LBSCR lines form the backbone of the south east coast network. This account covers the years 1839 - 1903. This fascinating account of the LBSCR's locomotives was originally published in 1903, and is profusely illustrated with over 140 line drawings.

Bradshaw's Guide: Surrey & Sussex Railways London, Brighton and South coast, by Simon Jeffs, published 15 July 2014 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445640406 & ISBN-13: 9781445640402) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The LBSCR was the main route connecting London with Brighton and the pleasures of the South Coast resorts. In this latest volume Bradshaw takes us on the journey and, via the numerous branch lines, also explores the coastal lines, westwards to Chichester and eastwards, on the Brighton and Lewes branch to Eastbourne, St Leonards and Hastings. The network of branch lines within Surrey and Sussex reaches a number of destinations including Croydon, Redhill, Reigate, Dorking, Guildford, Epsom, East Grinstead, Horsham, Uckfield and Battle, and in the north of Surrey the LSWR loop takes in Richmond and Kew.
'Seldom has the gigantic intellect of man been employed upon a work of greater utility.' Punch, in praise of Bradshaw's publications.
Bradshaw's guide was published in 1863, not that long after most of the railway network had been completed. It gives the reader a unique insight into the world of the Victorian railways and goes beyond the engineering aspects to record the sights to be seen in the towns and cities encountered along the way. Local author and railway expert Simon Jeffs accompanies Bradshaw's original text with contemporary images and many new colour photographs of the same journeys today.

Post-War Southern Steam in East Sussex and Kent featuring the photographs of Geoffrey Bloxam, by Ian S. Drummond, published 20 November 2014 (96 pp., Home Publishing, ISBN-10: 0956331793 & ISBN-13: 9780956331793) accessible at: British Library

LBSCR Atlantics, by Jeremy English, published 13 November 2014 (128 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711037914 & ISBN-13: 9780711037915) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotive type was developed in Britain in the late 19th century and among the finest examples in the eyes of many were the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway's Class 'H1' express passenger locomotive designed by Chief Mechanical Engineer R. E. Marsh and the 'H2s' built by Marsh's sucessor Billinton. Marsh's original design of the 'H1s' owed much to Ivatt's 'C1' 'Klondyke' Atlantics built for the Great Northern Railway as both engineers recognised that the previous generation of locomotives were struggling to deal with the increasingly higher loadings on the railway and the Atlantic design enabled a higher power output. Although only five 'H1' Atlantics were built in in 1905-6, they continued in service with the Southern Railway following the Grouping in 1923 and into BR days, being withdrawn in the 1940s and 50s. Named after landmarks on the South Coast, they proved popular on the London-Brighton route, including on the prestigious 'Southern Limited' and 'Brighton Belle' Pullman services. In 1911 Billinton built a further six Atlantic locomotives based on the 'H1s' but with Schmidt superheater boilers to enhance their performance. This 'H2' class also ran the express passenger services between London and Brighton but by the mid 1920s they had to relinquish these services to the Southern Railway's new locomotive classes, such as the 'King Arthurs'. The 'H1s' and 'H2s' were moved to other services on the Southern, notably on the boat trains, but when these were curtailed during World War 2, a number of the Atlantics were put into storage. In spite of a resumption of these duties after the war, the last example of 'H2' was withdrawn in 1958. In this book author Jeremy English gives a detailed history of the design, development and operations of the Brighton 'H1s' and 'H2s'. The text is supplemented with photographs and line drawings. An introductory chapter will also give a brief history of the 'I1', 'I2', 'I3' and 'I4' class 4-4-2T Atlantic tank locomotives built for the LBSCR by Marsh for suburban services.

LB&SCR Carriages, volume 1: Four- and Six- Wheeled Ordinary Passenger Stock, by Ian White, Simon Turner and Sheina Foulkes, published 5 December 2014 (232 pp., Kestrel Railway Books, ISBN-10: 1905505353 & ISBN-13: 9781905505357)

Industrial Railways and Locomotives of Surrey and Sussex, by Frank Jux and Roger Hateley, published 2015 (288 pp., Industrial Railway Society, ISBN-10: 1901556875 & ISBN-13: 9781901556872)

Branch Line to Birling Gap, by Mike Keller, published 2015 (booklet no. 49, East Dean & Friston Local History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509225] & East Dean & Friston Local History Group

The ill-fated railway routes to East Dean and Birling Gap.

Sussex Steam: Scenes from the Fifties and Sixties, by Michael S. Welch, published 7 May 2015 (112 pp., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854143875 & ISBN-13: 9781854143877) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Henfield's Wonderful Railway: The Brighton to Horsham Line 1861-1966, by Eddie J. Colgate, published 1 June 2015 (128 pp., George Mann Publications, ISBN-10: 1907640142 & ISBN-13: 9781907640148) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The story of a Sussex Branch Railway, steam hauled from 1861 until 1964: the people building it; the celebratory opening; the effect on village life; incidents and accidents; its development and demise.

Henfield Railway, by Eddie Colgate, published 2 March 2016 (DVD, Henfield Museum) accessible at: Henfield Museum

The DVD is based on Eddie's recently published book on the Horsham to Shoreham branch line, but contains some new photographs to illustrate the history of the line from its opening in 1861 to its closure under the Beeching Plan in 1966. The narration by Eddie is very informative, and light hearted in places, making it very entertaining and a must addition to your local history collection.

LB&SCR Carriages, volume 2: Four- and Six- Wheeled Saloons, Vans and Restorations, by Ian White, Simon Turner and Sheina Foulkes, published 29 April 2016 (216 pp., Kestrel Railway Books, ISBN-10: 1905505361 & ISBN-13: 9781905505364)

Southern Steam: The Railway Photographs of R.J. (Ron) Buckley, by Brian J. Dickson, published 2 May 2016 (96 pp., History Press, ISBN-10: 0750966130 & ISBN-13: 9780750966139) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Ron Buckley's evocative photographs reveal the changing scene of the Southern Railway, illustrating from the 1930s onwards those pre-grouping classes that were still working. These included the work of such well-known designers as Dugald Drummond and Robert Urie of the London & South Western Railway, the Billintons and Earle Marsh of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, and Harry Wainwright and Richard Maunsell of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway.
Ron's later photographs, from 1946 onwards, continue to show remaining working pre-grouping locomotives and also portray the newer Oliver Bulleid-designed Pacifics introduced in 1941. Visits to the Isle of Wight during the 1930s, '40s, '50s and '60s enabled him to capture images of almost the entire fleet of locomotives working there during those four decades.
Born in 1917, Ron Buckley has been photographing railways since the age of 15. He joined the London, Midland, Scottish Railway as a wages clerk in 1934 and retired in 1977 after over forty-two years' service with the railways.
Brian Dickson worked in publishing for over thirty-five years. Now a volunteer locomotive fireman and driver at a heritage railway, he has previously written Diesel Power in the North East and Scottish Steam (both The History Press).

Atlas of the Southern Railway, by Richard Harman and Gerry Nichols, published 12 May 2016 (176 pp., Ian Allan Publishing Ltd., ISBN-10: 0711038295 & ISBN-13: 9780711038295) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Southern Railway was one of the 'Big Four' companies which constituted Britain's railways following the Grouping in 1923 until their nationalisation in 1948. It operated in the southern counties of England from Kent in the east across to Devon and Cornwall in the west, with major termini in London, but in the south west and western home counties was in competition with the Great Western Railway. This detailed atlas of the entire Southern network is based on original track diagrams of the three consituent companies of the Southern Railway - the London & South Western Railway, The South Eastern & Chatham Railway and the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. The fullest extent of the SR 1923-1947 is shown and the mapping also includes industrial lines. Lines are distinguished singled or doubled, and sidings, stations (including platforms), tunnels, signalboxes, level crossings, bridges and viaducts are also shown.

L.B.S.C.R Brighton Atlantics, by James S. Baldwin, published 31 August 2016 (160 pp., Pen & Sword Transport, ISBN-10: 1783463686 & ISBN-13: 9781783463688) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Brighton Atlantic locomotives were some of the most handsome machines ever constructed at Brighton Works. They were signed by the D. Earl Marsh, Locomotive Superintendent of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, and produced as two classes, the H1, introduced in 1905-1906, and the H2, introduced in 1911 1912. The Brighton Atlantic type has had a following among enthusiasts and model engineers for over a century, with many fine examples of models of these machines being constructed in all scales, both as live steam and electric powered. Great interest is still there today, with many models of these fine locomotives on show at model engineering exhibitions and on smaller scale Brighton or Southern layouts. The Bluebell Railway in East Sussex is currently constructing a full-size replica of the last H2 Atlantic (Beachy Head) in a workshop at Sheffield Park, using some parts from the original locomotive and a rescued Great Northern Atlantic boiler. The project to construct a replica machine has aroused a great deal of public interest in this design of locomotive. At this time there are no books available on the market for anyone who would like to construct a model on, or take an interest in, the replica project on the Bluebell Railway.

Sussex Railway Stations Through Time, by Douglas D'Enno, published 15 August 2016 (96 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445648768 & ISBN-13: 9781445648767)

It was in 1841 that the London & Brighton Railway constructed the line from Norwood (linking with the London & Croydon Railway) to the coast. The lines built between 1841 and 1868 formed a comprehensive countywide network, extending from Three Bridges to Midhurst and Chichester in the west and (via the South Eastern Railway) from Tunbridge Wells to Bexhill, thence to Rye, in the east. The county's coastal stations yield their own interesting story. Apart from the stations on main routes, those on branch lines and wayside halts are also included.
In this book, Douglas d'Enno explores the absorbing and sometimes colourful story of one county's railway stations. The older photographs feature early postcards and carefully selected images from railway archives and publications. When juxtaposed with their present-day equivalents, the extent of the change in these facilities for rail passengers can be fully appreciated.

Sussex Steam, by Michael Hymans, published 13 October 2016 (128 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781445663067) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Bluebell Railway, by David Christie, published 2017 (Amberley, ISBN-10: 1445669463 & ISBN-13: 9781445669465) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Bluebell Railway is the premier preserved line. Some 18 visits were made by David Christie, mostly in the transformative 1969-1972 period when the line was changing from a sleepy little branch to one with bigger engines.

Southern Rail Through The 1950s: Year by Year, by Michael Hymans, published 15 May 2017 (128 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445666197 & ISBN-13: 9781445666198) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Recording an iconic and important decade in the history of the Southern Region, Michael Hymans offers a unique year-by-year photographic record of the fascinating changes that took place. With an accessible, easy-to-read style, Southern Region Through the 1950s acts as a wonderful introduction, as well as a useful guide for the experienced enthusiast. Touching on a variety of ideas and themes that dominated the decade, including the publication of the Modernisation Plan in 1955 and the continued growth in popularity of the personal automobile and road haulage, this volume utilises a wealth of rare and unpublished photographs in its nostalgic approach to an important decade in the history of the Southern Region.

Southern Steam Operation 1966-67, by Ian C. Simpson, published 31 May 2017 (224 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711038678 & ISBN-13: 9780711038677) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Waterloo-Bournemouth Line has often been referred to as Britain s last steam-worked main line and at the start of summer 1966 it remained steam-worked Monday-Friday, with the weekends taken over by Crompton Type 3 diesels. From here on, however, there was a steady decline in steam services and the final end came on Sunday 9 July 1967. This book charts the beginning of the end of Southern Region steam from summer 1966 to July 1967. The author provides an overall account of the South Western Division steam locomotives sheds at the time, describing locomotive transfer and withdrawal dates using the original official notices issued by the General Manager s Office, Waterloo the most reliable source available. The book then explains SR diagramming practice and with the help from the original notes of many contributors, provides a considerable database of train sightings for the period to provide an actual comparison with the locomotive diagrams. The sightings also reveal, among many things, that steam locomotives were often called upon to provide coverage for the failures of the emerging new motive power. The final chapter is devoted to the last four weeks of steam working and includes extracts from a number of SR documents that explain the plan behind the steam workings. A wealth of memorable photographs illustrate the detailed text, and provide an uplifting and lasting memory of the final days of steam on the Southern.

Signalling and Signal Boxes Along the LB&SCR and Isle of Wight Railway Routes , by Allen Jackson, published 1 June 2017 (96 pp., Amberley Publishing, ISBN-10: 1445669307 & ISBN-13: 9781445669304) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Over the course of three volumes, Allen Jackson uses an array of photographs to lavishly illustrate 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. The Prince Regent first popularized 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 mechanical signalling was removed then. However some mechanical signalling remained in seaside resorts other than Brighton and some 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 LBSCR will live on at the Bluebell heritage railway. The Isle of Wight railway continues in a proud independent tradition and much of it was concerned with providing a conveyor belt for holidaymakers off the ferries in the summer months.

The genesis of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, by Montague F. Long, published (no date) in Railway Magazine (article)