Southern Times - Issue 15 Autumn 2026

Introduction; The HLV picture albums Steve Godden; The last days of steam at Weymouth Bob Winkworth; To close a railway: The Lyme Regis branch; P M Alexander on the Isle of Wight Courtesy of Peter Fitczuk; BR Blue (the first time around); Altered signalling Nov/Dec 1924’ The Southern W class tank engines’ Stephen Townroe’s colour archive; ‘On Somerset & Dorset lines’ Part 2 Intermediate stations Templecombe to Bath; Fratton to East Southsea in retrospect Hector Maxwell; The colour archives of Michael Hardy. Part 2; steam recalled (and not a Pacific in sight); Tempus Fugit; Hampshire DMUs – love them or loathe them; Continuing the colour theme with Terry Tracey at Andover; Treasures from the Bluebell Railway Museum and Archive; From the Footplate