This new title compiled by railway expert Kevin Robertson forms the second of a threepart series covering the construction life and demise of the Meon Valley Railway. It focuses on the operational years of what was a rural backwater again using much previously unseen material. The years featured are from 1904 to 1955 although right from the start the owning company the LSWR must have realized that the line could never attract business on its own. Indeed economy started as early as 1922 after wh