Research Papers of Mike Horne, writer and researcher
This page is the index to various pieces of research work. Some of the work is virtually complete, or as complete as it can be, whilst other pieces are in a much earlier state. In any event, all of it should be regarded as ‘Work in Progress’ and the author can do no more than say that you are very welcome to use the information on an ‘as is’ basis but if you are relying on it you may care to check with me first. In due course I will mark up pieces that are ‘complete’, they might even get published in print, one day.
I recognize that publishing incomplete work has its dangers, but ultimately I felt it better to make it available in some form as early as I could rather than just sitting on a hard drive where, life being what it is, it may never be of any use at all.
For access to the information, just click on the links adjacent. If you use the information, an acknowledgement with reference to the website would be appreciated.
A view no longer possible—St Pancras station in June 2003, This location is now covered by the new domestic (East Midlands) station, upon which construction had just started.
London Underground’s Diagrammatic Map - A Study in Information Design
London’s Power Supply System and London’s Lost Power Stations
London’s Airports, with particular reference to the story of their Surface Transport Access
London’s Parish Boundary Markers - A Survey
London Transport Records at the Public Record Office (part two)
Automatic Fare Collection on LT Railways
Automatic Junction Working and the Development of the Programme Machine on LT Railways
District Railway Large Format Maps - A Cartobibliography
District Railway Platform (Train Description) Indicators - A Preliminary Study
London Transport Telecommunications - A History
London Underground Platform Numbering
London Underground Platform-train gaps and Mind the Gap
London Underground, Railway Supplements to Traffic Circular, 1917-1933 and 1992-2000
Mantles Wood Property Boundary - the Myth
Oxford Circus - The Story of an Underground Station NOW WITH DIAGRAMS
Railway Rulebooks - British Railways
Railway Rulebooks - London Underground
Rolling Stock Destination Signs on the London Underground until the Second World War
Signal Boxes and other Interlockings on the London Underground - A Detailed Register and Chronology