www.SouthernRegion.net

This (currently, holding,) webpage is dedicated to modelling British Railway's
Southern Region railway system including the Southern Railway and its predecessors.

There are two main websites that cover the Southern in great detail and we recommend these as the starting points to anyone seeking information on British Rail's Southern Region and the modelling of it:

• Southern E-Group
• Southern Electric Group

these websites should also provide you with a fine choice of links to other Southern sites! In addition there are also the:

• Blood and Custard
• Southern Society
• Southern Railways Group

websites to view.

Resources exclusive to this site

• 4Cep & 4Bep (original) General Arrangement Drawings (best viewed with screen resolution over 1000 wide)
• Hampshire, Hastings & Berkshire 2/3 car DEMU units - The Early Days
• Matters of Detail - miscellaneous factual topics
• Strangers on the Southern
• Western Region Pannier Tanks on the Southern Region

Gallery

• Collision at Wimbledon Station 17th October 1972
• Nine Elms 26th June 1967
• South Western Suburban EMUs
• Sunday EMUs on the Brighton main line in the 1960s
• The Christmas Scholar Railtour 5th December 2009

Information on the Prototype

other websites:

• BR(S) Essex House
• Derby Sulzers - History of Class 24s (& 25s) including the BR(S) allocation.
• Electrification - Third & Fourth Conductor Rails
• Hastings Diesels Limited - dedicated to mainline operation of BR(S) DEMU stock
• 70A Nine Elms - A website principally dedicated to both the Nine Elms Locomotive Depot and the Enginemen who worked there between 1838 and 1967
• Waterloo CTEB (Caller Telephone Enquiry Bureau)
  

Modelling

At present we can suggest the following sample links for those modelling within the BR(S) area:

• Bachmann Europe - manufacturer of 4mm scale Southern models
• Bratchell Models - manufacturer of ABS plastic kits of Mk3 multiple units
• Clear Solutions - architectural parts for the model maker
• DC Kits - manufacturer of Southern Electric trains in ABS plastic kit-form
• Diesel and Electric Modellers United - special interest group for "modern image" modellers
• Fox Transfers - manufacturer of high quality transfers including the Southern
• Golden Arrow Productions - 4mm & 7mm scale kits with a Southern emphasis
• Heljan - Danish manufacturer of 4mm scale Class 33 diesel models
• The Hobbybox Uckfield - model railway retailer close to the local station *new enlarged premises*
• Hornby - manufacturer of 4mm scale Southern models
• Hurst Models - manufacturer of EMU, DMU, coach, diesel & electric locomotive conversion/detailing kits in 7mm, 4mm and 2mm scales
• MARC Models - manufacturer of Southern Electric trains both RTR and kit-form
• Marcway - manufacturer of 4mm & 7mm scales finescale ready to run track
• Metro Models - manufacturer of 4mm tube trains and a useful connection to the LT scene
• Miniatures by Aidan Campbell - model railway figures (as well as model making & miniatures)
  4mm figures at http://www.aidan-campbell.co.uk/76catalogue.htm
  7mm figures at http://www.aidan-campbell.co.uk/43catalogue.htm
• MJT (from Dart Castings) - manufacturer of 4mm scale EMU, DEMU and coach parts
• Modelec - Model Railway Signalling /Electronics
• No Nonsense Kits - manufacturer of Southern Electric trains in metal kit-form
• OO Works - manufacturer of 4mm scale RTR Southern steam locomotives
• Replica Railways - Southern friendly niche manufacturer and retailer
• Roxey Mouldings - manufacturer of EMU and coach kits in 7mm and 4mm scales
• South Eastern Finecast - manufacturer of Southern locomotive kits and Flush-Glaze kits for ready to run locomotives and coaches
• Southern Pride - manufacturer of 4mm scale EMU, DEMU and coach kits

Publishers of Southern Publications

• Buggleskelly Books - a specialist publisher
• Kevin Robertson Books - publisher and retailer of books
• Irwell Press - publisher of highly detailed books

Samples of Southern modelling on the internet

• Newchapel Junction - a correctly signaled and operated 7mm mixed SR /GWR exhibition layout
• Pinhaven Harbour - a fiddle yard to branch line terminus layout of an imaginary East Devon branch
• Southern Eclectic - a continuous run layout intended to display and run Southern stock, that was never completed

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