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Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. [1] It was founded by Ian Allan.. In 1942, Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo station, decided he could deal with many of the requests he received about rolling stock by collecting the information into a book. [2]
This demanding schedule led Allan to resign from the Southern Railway in 1945 to set up his own publishing company, Ian Allan Ltd. [4] [7] One of the first directors of the company was Cecil J. Allen, the best-known railway writer at that time, who had agreed to author Ian Allan's first book, Titled Trains of Great Britain. [7]
The number of coaches got increased from 14 to 18 from April 6th 2024, subject to positive inspection report submitted by RDSO to Southern Railway for running 22 LHB/24 ICF coaches in the Ghats section. The number of coaches increased after the extension of platforms in stations along Kollam-Sengottai section to accommodate 24 coaches. [2]
The Southern Railway introduced the train on March 12, 1899, and it was known as the crack train of the route until the introduction of the Crescent in 1925. [1] [2]A spur branch served Birmingham, but this was eliminated by 1964. [3]
Merchant Navy class 35012 United States Lines hauling the Bournemouth Belle in 1950. The Bournemouth Belle was a British named train run by the Southern Railway from 1931 until nationalisation in 1948 (with a break for the war until 1947) and subsequently by British Railways until it was withdrawn on 9 July 1967.
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Major General Gilbert Savil Szlumper, CBE, TD (18 April 1884 – 19 July 1969) was a British railwayman, and the penultimate general manager of the Southern Railway.He left the Southern Railway for war service in 1939, becoming director-general of transportation & movements, War Office (1939–1940); railway control officer, Ministry of Transport (1940–1941) and director-general of supply ...
Harry Ashby DeButts (October 13, 1895 – August 27, 1983) [1] was a president of Southern Railway in the United States.He was succeeded by D. William Brosnan in 1962.. deButts graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1916 and joined Southern Railway that year.