The Southern Railway, 1936-1947 (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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This is the second volume of a two-volume history of the Southern Railway and covers the years from 1936 to 1947. These years saw the final extensions of the electrifications made by the Southern Railway as well as the inauguration of Britain's first international passenger train the London to Paris Night Ferry, which used the Dover to Dunkirk train ferry. The Southern Railway was very much on the front line in the Second World War being involved with the repatriation of troops from France at the time of the Dunkirk Evacuation and with the preparations for the Normandy Landings, it also suffered heavily in the Blitz. Post war the Southern Railway had plans for further electrifications, not all of which came to fruition following the nationalization of the railways. The years also saw new motive power in the form of the first diesel and electric locomotives as well as Oliver Bulleid's Merchant Navy, West Country and Battle of Britain classes of Pacifics, but also his highly original looking, but very useful Q1 class 0-6-0s and after the end of the Southern's existence his unconventional Leader class. The 4DD class emu although appearing after nationalization were Britain's only double deck trains and were also designed by Bulleid.