Over the Points : a quarterly issued by the Southern Railway of England : June 1937 : 'Rail Rhapsody" illustration by Victor Reinganum
"Over the Points" was a well produced quarterly review 'of matters concerning the Southern Railway" that was issued to first class season ticket holders during the 1930s. For many years edited by the travel writer E P Leigh - Bennett, the magazine was printed for the SR at the exemplary Curwen Press in Plaistow, London, and the issues show much of the Press's consideration of design, layout, tyefaces and typography. This inlcudes many of the adverts - both 'in-house' and external and the magazine is illustrated with vignettes relevant to the text matter, many by Victor Reinganum.
This is seen here in the illustration to 'Rail Rhapsody' that covers the electrifcation scheme of the Portsmouth 'Direct' line that was authorised in 1935 and that came into service during 1937. The vignette is of a trackside substation where the electric current was stepped down from 33kv AC to traction current of 660v DC and fed to the current conductor rails.
Over the Points : a quarterly issued by the Southern Railway of England : June 1937 : 'Rail Rhapsody" illustration by Victor Reinganum
"Over the Points" was a well produced quarterly review 'of matters concerning the Southern Railway" that was issued to first class season ticket holders during the 1930s. For many years edited by the travel writer E P Leigh - Bennett, the magazine was printed for the SR at the exemplary Curwen Press in Plaistow, London, and the issues show much of the Press's consideration of design, layout, tyefaces and typography. This inlcudes many of the adverts - both 'in-house' and external and the magazine is illustrated with vignettes relevant to the text matter, many by Victor Reinganum.
This is seen here in the illustration to 'Rail Rhapsody' that covers the electrifcation scheme of the Portsmouth 'Direct' line that was authorised in 1935 and that came into service during 1937. The vignette is of a trackside substation where the electric current was stepped down from 33kv AC to traction current of 660v DC and fed to the current conductor rails.