Southern Railway Infrastructure Pictures

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The Southern Railway used painted enamel station signs under the canopies and on station lamposts. The Southern Region continued this practice with an elongated sign and the use of Gill Sans lettering. These signs are now prized collectors items.

SOUTHERN Concrete & the Art Deco Period

The London & South Western Railway had a cast concrete plant at Exmouth and used pre-cast concrete for fence panels, posts, signs and footbridges, to name just a few. In 1923 the LSWR was grouped with other railways in the south to form the Southern Railway and they continued to use these products. New station buildings and the "glasshouse" signal-boxes of the 1930's continued this corporate image. Malden Manor on the Motspur Park-Chessington branch is an example of this new corporate style as is Surbiton Station.

	Sub station for the 3rd rail feed.	Cast concrete mile post.
	Cast concrete gradient and mile posts.	Concrete Lampposts
	Concrete Fencing	Island Platform lamppost
	Station Nameboard	ex-LSWR warning notice
	A chair to hold Bullhead Rail.	Ryde Pier Station Starting signal
	Concrete footbridge.	Concrete permanent way huts.
All of these photos are © Michael Taylor

Postscript


These photos of concrete fencing on the FS (Ferrovie dello Stato Italia) were taken in June 2000 at Preganziol and Treviso respectively. These stations are on the Venice to Udine line in North-East Italy.
Post Postscript
	This photo from Miskolc in eastern Hungary shows a more ornate design in concrete fencing. Photographed on October 24, 2003.
	Concrete planter at Lysá nad Labem, CZ

Last Updated: May 09, 2009

Michael Taylor