The South Eastern Railway and the London, Chatham & Dover Railway were fierce rivals and often built branch lines as a defensive measure to prevent their competitor from invading their territory. In this handy booklet, Peter A. Harding considers eight of these railways.

Click on the cover image for a photo of D3 class 2365 at Hythe station in 1938.

Peter A. Harding, 1996, 32 pages. Paperback.