Download or read book Memories of Southern Railways written by Mike Jacobs and published by Ian Allen Pub. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010 the first volume of Mike Jacob's enchanting memories of his railway childhood was published. 'MEMORIES OF ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAYS' combined personal reminiscences with accurate factual information. This new volume continues the same theme, but at two differing periods. Firstly Mike Jacob's memories that pre-date his time on the Isle of Wight and then later, and as the title of this new book suggests, his visits to and travels on and around the Southern Region in the 1950s and early 1960s. Readers are privileged to see Hampshire railways in the 1940s, the time as a child he first saw a sailor carrying bananas at Portsmouth station - without knowing what they were: a strange machine that turned out to be the 'Leader' on a test run, and later still visits to Eastleigh and interviews with the Works Manager: which revealed some interested facets on Mr Bulleid and his engines! The story continues with equally wonderful descriptions of visits from Kent across to Cornwall. This new title is copiously illustrated with new material, a lot of which has never previously published. Just like the first volume, this is a compelling book which once started will be difficult to put down