The RC Riley Colour Collection – Southern Region Main Lines

In this new book, renowned photographer R C Riley set out to record trains on the main lines of the Southern. Sometimes the crack expresses, sometimes lesser or special workings but each carefully captured so as to present the train and the railway in harmony – the railway as part of the overall scene. Dick Riley lived on the Southern in the south east corner of London (more accurately Kent). From his home he would venture forth on regular sorties often staying away for days at a time seeking out favoured vantage points and even on occasions returning home with nothing to show for his endeavours should the weather have turned unfavourable. The results are seen here, collated in this form for the first time, a veritable feast for those who both recall or perhaps instead wish they been with Dick on his travels.