LB&SCR Carriages Volume 1: Four- and Six-wheeled
Ordinary Passenger Stock
by Ian
White, Simon Turner and Sheina Foulkes
It is now forty years since the publication of Carriage Stock of the LB&SCR by PJ
Newbury, and twenty since David Gould produced Bogie Carriages of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. This new book is the first of two volumes
intended to complete the coverage of LB&SCR carriages and passenger-rated
vans. A second volume will describe the
four- and six-wheeled saloon and passenger-rated vans, and
will also give an account of the restoration of LB&SCR carriages at the
Bluebell Railway. This
is the first comprehensive coverage of all LB&SCR designs, with many
previously unseen photographs, and will appeal to followers of the SR,
LB&SCR and Bluebell Railway, and railway carriage enthusiasts in
general. In particular, the newly-produced scale drawings and prototype details will be
of great interest to railway modellers.
The aim is to provide a
“design history” based on contemporary historical documents supplemented by
practical knowledge gained through the study and restoration of surviving
carriage bodies. Written
by acknowledged experts in the field, who have all been involved in the
restoration of LB&SCR carriages on the Bluebell Railway, the two volumes describe
how carriage design developed, and how it followed new developments in train
lighting, braking, communication and the social
distinctions of the time.
Both
volumes are profusely illustrated with photographs and scale drawings, and are
produced to the same high standard as this publisher’s LSWR Carriages Volume 3 (now out of print) and LSWR
Carriages Volume 4 by the late Gordon Weddell. LB&SCR Carriages Volume 2 is also now
available. All royalties from the sale of
these volumes are being donated to the Bluebell Stroudley Coach Fund.
“Simply
Excellent! A truly remarkable reference
book.” The Brighton Circle
“An important book, and a tremendous
achievement by the three authors.” The South Eastern
& Chatham Railway Society
“A gold standard to be used to measure any
other railway company carriage history.”
Stephenson Locomotive Society
Journal
Hardback:
No of pages 232
Over
170 photographs and approximately 60 scale drawings
304 x 217mm
978-1-905505-35-7
£29.95
Kestrelinks:
Bluebell Railway Preservation Society