Members receive a bi-monthly 'Southern Newsletter'
which provides a digest of Southern interest from the
preservation society magazines and other railway
interest groups as well as a current affairs section
covering noteworthy events of the railways in the
south. Members' notices, forthcoming events and sales
information are also included.
The quarterly 'Southern Notebook' contains
articles with drawings and photographs as appropriate
relating to such diverse matters as locomotive and
train working, branch line histories, wagon details,
and notes from the SR Board minutes.
A portfolio system provides members with
comprehensive information on specific topics, for
example 'the Callington Branch', 'Southern Railway
Utility Vans' and 'Southern Railway Publicity'.
The Group has an extensive library of books,
magazines, data sheets and plans, which include items
such as track plans, signalling diagrams, timetables,
carriage numbering and set formations. Members
requiring information can access photographic, plans
and relics registers. A specialist service exists for
researching and answering those particularly
difficult questions.