The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway

The DN&S Railway
by Paul Karau, Mike Parsons and Kevin Robertson
This history attempts to trace the story of the DN&S Railway from the early years, taking the reader from the rain soaked field just outside Newbury in which the first sod was turned, through the bitter for a direct link with Southampton, the endless arguments with the GWR and LSWR. its wartime heydays and ultimately on to its decline and closure.
The authors have spent many years assembling the material contained in this volume. It is a culmination of much painstaking research involving extensive and detailed study of archives as well as interviews with many of the staff who worked on the line.
This should not merely be taken as a railway history but should be looked upon as a means by which the reader may share the experience of those who built the line and those who worked on it.
224 pages, 1984, Case bound
Wild Swan Publications
ISBN-10 0906867045

The Didcot Newbury & Southampton Railway
by Paul Karau, Mike Parsons & Kevin Robertson
This is a reprint of a book first published by us in 1984. A through route linking the Midlands and the North with the port of Southampton had been the dream of railway promoters since the early days of railway mania. It seemed the dream would at last be realised in 1873 with the establishment of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway Company. This history attempts to trace the story of that railway from those early years, taking the reader from the rain-soaked field just outside Newbury in which Lady Carnarvon tumed the first sod, through the bitter fight for a direct link with Southampton, the endless arguments with the GWR and LSWR, its wartime heyday and ultimately on to its decline and closure.
In addition to the account of the line's fascinating history, also featured are details of operation, locos used, traffic handled (including statistics), wartime rebuilding, route description, station notes, etc., over 300 varied photos including views of the Second World War alterations, maps, track plans of each station, signalling diagrams and scale drawings of selected buildings.
232 pages, 2000 reprint, Casebound
Wild Swan Publications
ISBN-10 0906867045