Nellie the elephant leaves Brighton station to go to the Hippodrome circa 1935 is just one of the sixteen photos you can see our gallery of railway pictures from years gone by.
The photos from around the county include Uckfield, Burgess Hill, Newhaven Harbour and Crawley and show railway life through the decades.
For train enthusiasts there are wonderful pictures of the Brighton Belle and the Southern Belle steam train.
See what passengers and station masters were wearing and how stations looked.
Click here for our picture gallery for more pictures of Sussex railway life in years gone by.
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