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<div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British pre-grouping railway company (1844–1922)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the historical British railway company. For the heritage railway on one of its former routes, see <a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway_%E2%80%93_Butterley" title="Midland Railway – Butterley">Midland Railway – Butterley</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Midland Railway (disambiguation)">Midland Railway (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Midland Railway</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Railway.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Midland_Railway.svg/200px-Midland_Railway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Midland_Railway.svg/300px-Midland_Railway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Midland_Railway.svg/400px-Midland_Railway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="506" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg/250px-St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg/375px-St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg/500px-St_Pancras_Railway_Station_2012-06-23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8466" data-file-height="7140" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Midland_Grand_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Grand Hotel">Midland Grand Hotel</a> at St Pancras station, the London terminus of the Midland Railway in June 2012</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Locale</th><td class="infobox-data">England and Wales</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates of operation</th><td class="infobox-data">10 May 1844–31 December 1922</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Midland_Counties_Railway" title="Midland Counties Railway">Midland Counties Rly</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Midland_Railway" title="North Midland Railway">North Midland Rly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Derby_Junction_Railway" title="Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway">Birmingham and Derby Junction Rly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" title="London, Midland and Scottish Railway">London, Midland and Scottish Railway</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="nowrap">4 ft <span class="frac">8<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in</span> (<span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span>) <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">2,170 miles 22 chains (3,492.7 km) (1919)<sup id="cite_ref-RYB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RYB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mileage_note_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mileage_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Track length</th><td class="infobox-data">6,625 miles 48 chains (10,662.9 km) (1919)<sup id="cite_ref-RYB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RYB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mileage_note_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mileage_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Midland Railway</b> (<b>MR</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway">railway</a> company in the United Kingdom from <a href="/wiki/1844_in_rail_transport" title="1844 in rail transport">1844</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a>, where it had its headquarters. It amalgamated with several other railways to create the <a href="/wiki/London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" title="London, Midland and Scottish Railway">London, Midland and Scottish Railway</a> at <a href="/wiki/Railways_Act_1921" title="Railways Act 1921">grouping</a> in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitehouse_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitehouse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Midland had a large network of lines emanating from Derby, stretching to <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_railway_station" title="Manchester Central railway station">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_railway_station" title="Carlisle railway station">Carlisle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Curzon_Street_railway_station_(1838%E2%80%931966)" title="Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838–1966)">Birmingham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol</a>. It expanded as much through acquisitions as by building its own lines. It also operated ships from <a href="/wiki/Heysham" title="Heysham">Heysham</a> in Lancashire to <a href="/wiki/Douglas,_Isle_of_Man" title="Douglas, Isle of Man">Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>. A large amount of the Midland's infrastructure remains in use and visible, such as the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Settle%E2%80%93Carlisle_line" title="Settle–Carlisle line">Settle–Carlisle line</a>, and some of its railway hotels still bear the name <i><a href="/wiki/Midland_Hotel_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Midland Hotel (disambiguation)">Midland Hotel</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Railway_boundary_marker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Midland_Railway_boundary_marker.jpg/220px-Midland_Railway_boundary_marker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Midland_Railway_boundary_marker.jpg/330px-Midland_Railway_boundary_marker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Midland_Railway_boundary_marker.jpg/440px-Midland_Railway_boundary_marker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Midland Railway boundary marker at Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, July 2019</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Midland_Railway_1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Map_of_Midland_Railway_1920.jpg/220px-Map_of_Midland_Railway_1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="408" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Map_of_Midland_Railway_1920.jpg/330px-Map_of_Midland_Railway_1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Map_of_Midland_Railway_1920.jpg/440px-Map_of_Midland_Railway_1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1287" data-file-height="2387" /></a><figcaption>1920 general map of Midland Railway</figcaption></figure> <p>The Midland Railway originated from 1832 in <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a> / <a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire" title="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire</a>, with the purpose of serving the needs of local coal owners.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United Kingdom legislation</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-size:125%">Midland Railway (Consolidation) Act 1844</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/210px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/280px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1550" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/7_%26_8_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="7 & 8 Vict.">7 & 8 Vict.</a> c. xviii</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The company was formed on 10 May 1844 by the <b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Midland_Railway_(Consolidation)_Act_1844"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Midland Railway (Consolidation) Act 1844</span></span></b> (<a href="/wiki/7_%26_8_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="7 & 8 Vict.">7 & 8 Vict.</a> c. xviii) which merged the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Counties_Railway" title="Midland Counties Railway">Midland Counties Railway</a>, the <a href="/wiki/North_Midland_Railway" title="North Midland Railway">North Midland Railway</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Derby_Junction_Railway" title="Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway">Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams198837–39_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams198837–39-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Gloucester_Railway" title="Birmingham and Gloucester Railway">Birmingham and Gloucester Railway</a> joined two years later.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These met at the <a href="/wiki/Derby_Midland_railway_station#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby Midland railway station">Tri-Junct station</a> at Derby, where the MR established its <a href="/wiki/Derby_Works" title="Derby Works">locomotive</a> and later its <a href="/wiki/Derby_Carriage_and_Wagon_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby Carriage and Wagon Works">carriage and wagon</a> works. </p><p>Leading it were <a href="/wiki/George_Hudson" title="George Hudson">George Hudson</a> from the North Midland, and <a href="/wiki/John_Ellis_(businessman)" title="John Ellis (businessman)">John Ellis</a> from the Midland Counties. <a href="/wiki/James_Joseph_Allport" title="James Joseph Allport">James Allport</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Derby_Junction_Railway" title="Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway">Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway</a> found a place elsewhere in Hudson's empire with the <a href="/wiki/York,_Newcastle_and_Berwick_Railway" title="York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway">York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway</a>, though he later returned.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The MR was in a commanding position having its Derby headquarters at the junctions of the two main routes from London to Scotland, by its connections to the <a href="/wiki/London_and_Birmingham_Railway" title="London and Birmingham Railway">London and Birmingham Railway</a> in the south, and from <a href="/wiki/York" title="York">York</a> via the <a href="/wiki/York_and_North_Midland_Railway" title="York and North Midland Railway">York and North Midland Railway</a> in the north.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams198839_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams198839-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consolidation">Consolidation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Consolidation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Almost immediately it took over the <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_and_Rotherham_Railway" title="Sheffield and Rotherham Railway">Sheffield and Rotherham Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Erewash_Valley_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Erewash Valley Line">Erewash Valley Line</a> in 1845, the latter giving access to the <a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire" title="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a> coalfields. It absorbed the <a href="/wiki/Mansfield_and_Pinxton_Railway" title="Mansfield and Pinxton Railway">Mansfield and Pinxton Railway</a> in 1847, extending the Erewash Valley Line from the latter between <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield,_Derbyshire" title="Chesterfield, Derbyshire">Chesterfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trent_railway_station" title="Trent railway station">Trent Junction</a> at <a href="/wiki/Long_Eaton" title="Long Eaton">Long Eaton</a>, completed to Chesterfield in 1862, giving access to the coalfields that became its major source of income. Passengers from <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> continued to use <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Masborough_railway_station" title="Rotherham Masborough railway station">Rotherham Masborough</a> until a direct route was completed in 1870. </p><p>Meanwhile, it extended its influence into the <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a> coalfields, by buying the <a href="/wiki/Leicester_and_Swannington_Railway" title="Leicester and Swannington Railway">Leicester and Swannington Railway</a> in 1846,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (May 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and extending it to Burton in 1849. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_South-West">The South-West</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The South-West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Curzon_Street_Railway_station.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Curzon_Street_Railway_station.JPG/220px-Curzon_Street_Railway_station.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Curzon_Street_Railway_station.JPG/330px-Curzon_Street_Railway_station.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Curzon_Street_Railway_station.JPG/440px-Curzon_Street_Railway_station.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2131" data-file-height="1726" /></a><figcaption>1840 print of Curzon Street railway station in Birmingham</figcaption></figure> <p>After the merger, London trains were carried on the shorter Midland Counties route. The former <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Derby_Junction_Railway" title="Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway">Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway</a> was left with the traffic to Birmingham and <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, an important seaport. The original 1839 line from Derby had run to <a href="/wiki/Hampton-in-Arden_railway_station" title="Hampton-in-Arden railway station">Hampton-in-Arden</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Derby_Junction_Railway" title="Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway">Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway</a> had built a terminus at <a href="/wiki/Lawley_Street_railway_station" title="Lawley Street railway station">Lawley Street</a> in 1842, and on 1 May 1851 the MR started to run into <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Curzon_Street_railway_station_(1838-1966)" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838-1966)">Curzon Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line south was the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Bristol_Railway" title="Birmingham and Bristol Railway">Birmingham and Bristol Railway</a>, which reached Curzon Street via <a href="/wiki/Camp_Hill_railway_station" title="Camp Hill railway station">Camp Hill</a>. These two lines had been formed by the merger of the <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Gloucester_Railway" title="Birmingham and Gloucester Railway">Birmingham and Gloucester Railway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad gauge</a> <a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_Gloucester_Railway" title="Bristol and Gloucester Railway">Bristol and Gloucester Railway</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>They met at <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_railway_station" title="Gloucester railway station">Gloucester</a> via a short loop of the <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_and_Great_Western_Union_Railway" title="Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway">Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway</a>. The change of gauge at Gloucester meant that everything had to be transferred between trains, creating chaos, and the C&GWU was owned by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>, which wished to extend its network by taking over the Bristol to Birmingham route. While the two parties were bickering over the price, the MR's John Ellis overheard two directors of the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Bristol_Railway" title="Birmingham and Bristol Railway">Birmingham and Bristol Railway</a> on a London train discussing the business, and pledged that the MR would match anything the Great Western would offer.<sup id="cite_ref-vaughan_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vaughan-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (May 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Since it would have brought broad gauge into Curzon Street with the possibility of extending it to the Mersey, it was something that the other standard gauge lines wished to avoid, and they pledged to assist the MR with any losses it might incur.<sup id="cite_ref-vaughan_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vaughan-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (May 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In the event all that was necessary was for the later <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">LNWR</a> to share <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> with the Midland when it was opened in 1854, and <a href="/wiki/Lawley_Street_railway_station" title="Lawley Street railway station">Lawley Street</a> became a goods depot.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_competition">Eastern competition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Eastern competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The MR controlled all the traffic to the North East and Scotland from London. The LNWR was progressing slowly through the Lake District, and there was pressure for a direct line from London to York. Permission had been gained for the <a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Eastern_Railway" title="Northern and Eastern Railway">Northern and Eastern Railway</a> to run through <a href="/wiki/Peterborough" title="Peterborough">Peterborough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln, Lincolnshire">Lincoln</a> but it had barely reached <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a>. </p><p>Two obvious extensions of the Midland Counties line were from <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a> to Lincoln and from <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a> to Peterborough. They had not been proceeded with, but Hudson saw that they would make ideal "stoppers": if the cities concerned were provided with a rail service, it would make it more difficult to justify another line. They were approved while the bill for the direct line was still before Parliament, forming the present day <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_to_Lincoln_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham to Lincoln Line">Lincoln Branch</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Syston_and_Peterborough_Railway" title="Syston and Peterborough Railway">Syston to Peterborough Line</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_Bradford_Railway" title="Leeds and Bradford Railway">Leeds and Bradford Railway</a> had been approved in 1844. By 1850 it was losing money but a number of railways offered to buy it. Hudson made an offer more or less on his own account and the line gave the MR an exit to the north, which became the start of the Settle and Carlisle line, and it gave the MR a much more convenient station at <a href="/wiki/Leeds_railway_station#History" title="Leeds railway station">Leeds Wellington</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In spite of the objections of Hudson, for the MR and others, the "London and York Railway" (later the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">Great Northern Railway</a>) led by <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Denison" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Denison">Edmund Denison</a> persisted, and the bill passed through Parliament in 1846.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Battle_of_Nottingham">The Battle of Nottingham</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Battle of Nottingham"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1851 the <a href="/wiki/Ambergate,_Nottingham,_Boston_and_Eastern_Junction_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway">Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway</a> completed its line from <a href="/wiki/Grantham" title="Grantham">Grantham</a> as far as <a href="/wiki/Colwick" title="Colwick">Colwick</a>, from where a branch led to the MR Nottingham station. The <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">Great Northern Railway</a> by then passed through Grantham and both railway companies paid court to the fledgling line. Meanwhile, Nottingham had woken up to its branch line status and was keen to expand. The MR made a takeover offer only to discover that a shareholder of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">GN</a> had already gathered a quantity of Ambergate shares. An attempt to amalgamate the line with the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">GN</a> was foiled by Ellis, who managed to obtain an <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Chancery" title="Court of Chancery">Order in Chancery</a> preventing the GN from running into Nottingham. However, in 1851 it opened a new service to the north that included Nottingham.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (May 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1852 an <a href="/wiki/Ambergate,_Nottingham,_Boston_and_Eastern_Junction_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway">ANB&EJR</a> train arrived in Nottingham with a <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">GN</a> locomotive at its head. When it uncoupled and went to run round the train, it found its way blocked by a MR engine while another blocked its retreat.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The engine was shepherded to a nearby shed and the tracks were lifted. This episode became known as the "Battle of Nottingham" and, with the action moved to the courtroom, it was seven months before the locomotive was released.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Euston_Square_Confederacy">The Euston Square Confederacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Euston Square Confederacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/London_and_Birmingham_Railway" title="London and Birmingham Railway">London and Birmingham Railway</a> and its successor the <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a> had been under pressure from two directions. Firstly the Great Western Railway had been foiled in its attempt to enter Birmingham by the Midland, but it still had designs on Manchester. At the same time the LNWR was under threat from the GN's attempts to enter Manchester by the <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Sheffield_and_Lincolnshire_Railway" title="Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway">Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_London">To London</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: To London"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="King's_Cross_1857–1868"><span id="King.27s_Cross_1857.E2.80.931868"></span>King's Cross 1857–1868</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: King's Cross 1857–1868"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kings_Cross_ILN_1852.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Kings_Cross_ILN_1852.jpg/220px-Kings_Cross_ILN_1852.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Kings_Cross_ILN_1852.jpg/330px-Kings_Cross_ILN_1852.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Kings_Cross_ILN_1852.jpg/440px-Kings_Cross_ILN_1852.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>An illustration of King's Cross from 1852, shortly before its use by the Midland Railway</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1850 the MR, though much more secure, was still a provincial line. Ellis realised that if it were to fend off its competitors it must expand outwards. The first step, in 1853, was to appoint <a href="/wiki/James_Allport" class="mw-redirect" title="James Allport">James Allport</a> as general manager, and the next was to shake off the dependence on the LNWR to <a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London</a>. </p><p>Although a bill for a line from <a href="/wiki/Hitchin" title="Hitchin">Hitchin</a> into <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">King's Cross</a> jointly with the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">GN</a>, was passed in 1847 it had not been proceeded with. </p><p>The bill was resubmitted in 1853 with the support of the people of Bedford, whose branch to the LNWR was slow and unreliable, and with the knowledge of the Northamptonshire iron deposits. </p><p>The <b>Leicester and Hitchin Railway </b> ran from <a href="/wiki/South_Wigston_railway_station" title="South Wigston railway station">Wigston</a> to <a href="/wiki/Market_Harborough_railway_station" title="Market Harborough railway station">Market Harborough</a>, through <a href="/wiki/Desborough_railway_station" title="Desborough railway station">Desborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kettering_railway_station" title="Kettering railway station">Kettering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_railway_station" title="Wellingborough railway station">Wellingborough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bedford_railway_station" title="Bedford railway station">Bedford</a>, then on the <a href="/wiki/Bedford_to_Hitchin_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedford to Hitchin Line">Bedford to Hitchin Line</a>, joining the GN at <a href="/wiki/Hitchin_railway_station" title="Hitchin railway station">Hitchin</a> for King's Cross. The line began its life in a proposition presented for the shareholders by George Hudson on 2 May 1842 as: "To vest £600,000 in the South Midland Railway Company in their line from Wigston to Hitchin."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> a full decade before realisation. The delay was partly due to the withdrawal of GN's interest in the competing scheme, the Bedford and Leicester Railway, after Midland purchased the Leicester and Swannington Railway and the Ashby Canal and Tramway,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were to have been the feeder lines. With the competition thwarted there was less rush to have this line as well as its branch lines to Huntingdon (from Kettering) and Northampton (from Bedford) finished. Both these branches were subsequently built by independent companies. </p><p>While this took some of the pressure off the route through Rugby, the GNR insisted that passengers for London alight at Hitchin, buying tickets in the short time available, to catch a GNR train to finish their journey. <a href="/wiki/James_Allport" class="mw-redirect" title="James Allport">James Allport</a> arranged a seven-year deal with the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">GN</a> to run into King's Cross for a guaranteed £20,000 a year (equivalent to £2,410,000 in 2023),<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. Through services to London were introduced in February 1858.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The construction of the Leicester and Hitchin railway cost £1,750,000<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (equivalent to £222,460,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="St_Pancras_1868">St Pancras 1868</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: St Pancras 1868"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Pancras_Station.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/St_Pancras_Station.png/220px-St_Pancras_Station.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/St_Pancras_Station.png/330px-St_Pancras_Station.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/St_Pancras_Station.png/440px-St_Pancras_Station.png 2x" data-file-width="1336" data-file-height="778" /></a><figcaption>The interior of the Barlow train shed, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1870</span></figcaption></figure> <p>By 1860 the MR was in a much better position and was able to approach new ventures aggressively. Its carriage of coal and iron – and beer from <a href="/wiki/Burton-on-Trent" class="mw-redirect" title="Burton-on-Trent">Burton-on-Trent</a> – had increased by three times and passenger numbers were rising, as they were on the GN. Since GN trains took precedence on its own lines, MR passengers were becoming more and more delayed. Finally in 1862 the decision was taken for the MR to have its own terminus in the Capital, as befitted a national railway. </p><p>On 22 June 1863, the Midland Railway (Extension to London) Bill was passed: </p> <dl><dd>"An Act for the Construction by the Midland Railway Company of a new Line of Railway between London and Bedford, with Branches therefrom; and for other Purpose".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The new line deviated at Bedford, through a gap in the <a href="/wiki/Chiltern_Hills" title="Chiltern Hills">Chiltern Hills</a> at <a href="/wiki/Luton_railway_station" title="Luton railway station">Luton</a>, reaching London by curving around <a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Heath" title="Hampstead Heath">Hampstead Heath</a> to a point between King's Cross and Euston. The line from <a href="/wiki/Bedford_railway_station" title="Bedford railway station">Bedford</a> to <a href="/wiki/Moorgate_station" title="Moorgate station">Moorgate</a> opened for passenger services on 13 July 1868<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with services into <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St Pancras station</a> starting on 1 October 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St Pancras station</a> is a marvel of <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic Revival architecture</a>, in the form of the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Grand_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Grand Hotel">Midland Grand Hotel</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_Gilbert_Scott" title="George Gilbert Scott">Gilbert Scott</a>, which faces <a href="/wiki/Euston_Road" title="Euston Road">Euston Road</a>, and the wrought-iron train shed designed by <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Barlow" title="William Henry Barlow">William Barlow</a>. Its construction was not simple, since it had to approach through the ancient <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_Old_Church" title="St Pancras Old Church">St Pancras Old Church</a> graveyard. Below was the Fleet Sewer, while a branch from the main line ran underground with a steep gradient beneath the station to join the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Railway" title="Metropolitan Railway">Metropolitan Railway</a>, which ran parallel to what is now Euston Road.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The construction of the London Extension railway cost £9,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (equivalent to £1,022,840,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_Manchester">To Manchester</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: To Manchester"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Victorians_had_a_way_with_words_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336237.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/The_Victorians_had_a_way_with_words_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336237.jpg/220px-The_Victorians_had_a_way_with_words_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336237.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/The_Victorians_had_a_way_with_words_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336237.jpg/330px-The_Victorians_had_a_way_with_words_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336237.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/The_Victorians_had_a_way_with_words_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336237.jpg/440px-The_Victorians_had_a_way_with_words_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336237.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>MR sign at <a href="/wiki/Rowsley_South_railway_station" title="Rowsley South railway station">Rowsley Station</a>, now on heritage line <a href="/wiki/Peak_Rail" title="Peak Rail">Peak Rail</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manchester_Central_Arena.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Manchester_Central_Arena.jpg/220px-Manchester_Central_Arena.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Manchester_Central_Arena.jpg/330px-Manchester_Central_Arena.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Manchester_Central_Arena.jpg/440px-Manchester_Central_Arena.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>The Grade II* listed <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_railway_station" title="Manchester Central railway station">Manchester Central</a> train shed, a northern terminus of the Midland Railway.</figcaption></figure> <p>From the 1820s proposals for lines from London and the East Midlands had been proposed, and they had considered using the <a href="/wiki/Cromford_and_High_Peak_Railway" title="Cromford and High Peak Railway">Cromford and High Peak Railway</a> to reach Manchester (<a href="/wiki/Derby_Midland_railway_station#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby Midland railway station">See Derby station</a>). <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Finally the MR joined with the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_and_Birmingham_Railway" title="Manchester and Birmingham Railway">Manchester and Birmingham Railway</a> (M&BR), which was also looking for a route to London from Manchester, in a proposal for a line from <a href="/wiki/Ambergate_railway_station" title="Ambergate railway station">Ambergate</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Buxton,_Matlock_and_Midlands_Junction_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway">Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway</a>, it received the Royal Assent in 1846, in spite of opposition from the <a href="/wiki/Sheffield,_Ashton-Under-Lyne_and_Manchester_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway">Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway</a>. It was completed as far as <a href="/wiki/Rowsley" title="Rowsley">Rowsley</a> a few miles north of <a href="/wiki/Matlock_railway_station" title="Matlock railway station">Matlock</a> in 1849. However the M&BR had become part of the LNWR in 1846, thus instead of being a partner it had an interest in thwarting the Midland. </p><p>In 1863 the MR reached Buxton, just as the LNWR arrived from the other direction by the <a href="/wiki/Stockport,_Disley_and_Whaley_Bridge_Railway" title="Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway">Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway</a>. In 1867 the MR began an alternative line through Wirksworth (now the <a href="/wiki/Ecclesbourne_Valley_Railway" title="Ecclesbourne Valley Railway">Ecclesbourne Valley Railway</a>), to avoid the problem of the Ambergate line. The section from Wirksworth to Rowsley, which would have involved some tricky engineering, was not completed because the MR gained control of the original line in 1871, but access to Manchester was still blocked at Buxton. At length an agreement was made with the <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Sheffield_and_Lincolnshire_Railway" title="Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway">Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR)</a> to share lines from a branch at <a href="/wiki/Millers_Dale" title="Millers Dale">Millers Dale</a> and running almost alongside the LNWR, in what became known as the <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_and_Midland_Railway_Companies%27_Committee" title="Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee">Sheffield and Midland Railway Companies' Committee</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Continuing friction with the LNWR caused the MR to join the MS&LR and the GN in the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Lines_Committee" title="Cheshire Lines Committee">Cheshire Lines Committee</a>, which also gave scope for wider expansion into Lancashire and Cheshire, and finally a new station at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_railway_station" title="Manchester Central railway station">Manchester Central</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the meantime Sheffield had at last gained a main-line station. Following representations by the council in 1867 the MR promised to build a through line within two years. To the MR's surprise, the Sheffield councillors then backed an improbable speculation called the Sheffield, Chesterfield, Bakewell, Ashbourne, Stafford and Uttoxeter Railway. This was unsurprisingly rejected by Parliament and the Midland built its "New Road" into a station at Pond Street. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Among the last of the major lines built by the MR was a connection between Sheffield and Manchester, by a branch at <a href="/wiki/Dore_and_Totley_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Dore and Totley railway station">Dore</a> to <a href="/wiki/Chinley_railway_station" title="Chinley railway station">Chinley</a>, opened in 1894 through the <a href="/wiki/Totley_Tunnel" title="Totley Tunnel">Totley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cowburn_Tunnel" title="Cowburn Tunnel">Cowburn</a> Tunnels, now the <a href="/wiki/Hope_Valley_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Hope Valley Line">Hope Valley Line</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_Scotland">To Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: To Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_from_the_flanks_of_Whernside._-_geograph.org.uk_-_156256.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/View_from_the_flanks_of_Whernside._-_geograph.org.uk_-_156256.jpg/220px-View_from_the_flanks_of_Whernside._-_geograph.org.uk_-_156256.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/View_from_the_flanks_of_Whernside._-_geograph.org.uk_-_156256.jpg/330px-View_from_the_flanks_of_Whernside._-_geograph.org.uk_-_156256.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/View_from_the_flanks_of_Whernside._-_geograph.org.uk_-_156256.jpg/440px-View_from_the_flanks_of_Whernside._-_geograph.org.uk_-_156256.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Ribblehead_Viaduct" title="Ribblehead Viaduct">Ribblehead Viaduct</a>, a recognisable feature of the <a href="/wiki/Settle-Carlisle_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Settle-Carlisle Railway">Settle-Carlisle Railway</a> in April 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1870s a dispute with the <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Western_Railway" title="London and North Western Railway">London and North Western Railway</a> (LNWR) over access rights to the LNWR line to Scotland caused the MR to construct the <a href="/wiki/Settle-Carlisle_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Settle-Carlisle Railway">Settle and Carlisle</a> line,<sup id="cite_ref-Wolmar_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wolmar-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the highest main line in England, to secure access to Scotland. </p><p>The dispute with the LNWR was settled before the Settle and Carlisle was built, but <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> refused to allow the MR to withdraw from the project. The MR was also under pressure from Scottish railway companies, which were eagerly awaiting the Midland traffic reaching Carlisle as it would allow them to challenge the <a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Railway" title="Caledonian Railway">Caledonian Railway</a>'s dominance on the West Coast traffic to Glasgow and Edinburgh. The <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_and_South_Western_Railway" title="Glasgow and South Western Railway">Glasgow and South Western Railway</a> had its own route from Carlisle to Glasgow via Dumfries and Kilmarnock, whilst the <a href="/wiki/North_British_Railway" title="North British Railway">North British Railway</a> had built the <a href="/wiki/Waverley_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Waverley Line">Waverley Line</a> through the Scottish Borders from Carlisle to Edinburgh. The MR was obliged to go ahead and the Settle to Carlisle opened in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-Wolmar_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wolmar-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_history">Later history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Later history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:44422_and_76079_on_a_passenger_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1185511.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/44422_and_76079_on_a_passenger_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1185511.jpg/220px-44422_and_76079_on_a_passenger_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1185511.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/44422_and_76079_on_a_passenger_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1185511.jpg/330px-44422_and_76079_on_a_passenger_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1185511.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/44422_and_76079_on_a_passenger_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1185511.jpg/440px-44422_and_76079_on_a_passenger_train_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1185511.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Midland locomotive visiting the <a href="/wiki/North_Norfolk_Railway" title="North Norfolk Railway">North Norfolk Railway</a>, once part of the M&GN, which the Midland part owned</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_direct_line_of_the_Midland_Railway" title="Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway">Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway</a> opened for goods traffic on 1 December 1879<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for passenger traffic on 1 March 1880.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the middle of the decade investment had been paid for; passenger travel was increasing, with new comfortable trains; and the mainstay of the line – goods, particularly minerals – was increasing dramatically. </p><p>Allport retired in 1880, to be succeeded by John Noble and then by George Turner. By the new century the quantity of goods, particularly coal, was clogging the network. The passenger service was acquiring a reputation for lateness. Lord Farrar reorganised the expresses, but by 1905 the whole system was so overloaded that no one was able to predict when many of the trains would reach their destinations. At this point Sir <a href="/wiki/Guy_Granet" title="Guy Granet">Guy Granet</a> took over as general manager. He introduced a centralised traffic control system, and the locomotive power classifications that became the model for those used by British Railways.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Railway_of_England_poster_-_10713457295_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Midland_Railway_of_England_poster_-_10713457295_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Midland_Railway_of_England_poster_-_10713457295_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Midland_Railway_of_England_poster_-_10713457295_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Midland_Railway_of_England_poster_-_10713457295_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Midland_Railway_of_England_poster_-_10713457295_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Midland_Railway_of_England_poster_-_10713457295_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="661" data-file-height="882" /></a><figcaption>Midland Railway of England poster</figcaption></figure> <p>The MR acquired other lines, including the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_and_Northern_Counties_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast and Northern Counties Railway">Belfast and Northern Counties Railway</a> in 1903 and the <a href="/wiki/London,_Tilbury_and_Southend_Railway" title="London, Tilbury and Southend Railway">London, Tilbury and Southend Railway</a> in 1912. It had running rights on some lines, and it developed lines in partnership with other railways, being involved in more 'Joint' lines than any other. In partnership with the GN it owned the <a href="/wiki/Midland_and_Great_Northern_Joint_Railway" title="Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway">Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway</a> to provide connections from the Midlands to East Anglia, the UK's biggest joint railway. The MR provided motive power for the <a href="/wiki/Somerset_%26_Dorset_Joint_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway">Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway</a>, and was a one-third partner in the <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Lines_Committee" title="Cheshire Lines Committee">Cheshire Lines Committee</a>. </p><p>In 1913, the company achieved a total revenue of £15,129,136 (equivalent to £1,880,400,000 in 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with working expenses of £9,416,981<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (equivalent to £1,170,440,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_18-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_World_War_and_the_Grouping">First World War and the Grouping</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: First World War and the Grouping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the onset of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> in 1914, unified Government control of the Midland, and all the main line railways, was imposed through the medium of the Railway Executive Committee. The Midland retained its private sector independence, being given income to match 1913 levels, but was required to undertake huge volumes of military traffic, largely freight, with little opportunity to maintain the network and rolling stock. </p><p>At the end of the war, the railways were worn out and it was obvious that resumption of pre-war business was impossible. The Government passed the <a href="/wiki/Railways_Act_1921" title="Railways Act 1921">Railways Act 1921</a> by which all the main line railways were amalgamated into one or other of four new large concerns, in a process known as the "Grouping". The Midland Railway was a constituent of the new <a href="/wiki/London_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London Midland and Scottish Railway">London Midland and Scottish Railway</a> (LMS) from the beginning of 1923; it was the largest joint stock company in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-williams161_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams161-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wragg_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wragg-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acquisitions">Acquisitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Acquisitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashby_Canal" title="Ashby Canal">Ashby Canal</a> and Tramway (absorbed 1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnoldswick_Railway" title="Barnoldswick Railway">Barnoldswick Railway</a> (leased 1871, absorbed 1899)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bedford_and_Northampton_Railway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bedford and Northampton Railway (page does not exist)">Bedford and Northampton Railway</a> (leased 1872, absorbed 1885)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belfast_and_Northern_Counties_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast and Northern Counties Railway">Northern Counties Committee</a> (in Ireland)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_and_Gloucester_Railway" title="Birmingham and Gloucester Railway">Birmingham and Gloucester Railway</a> (leased 1845, absorbed 1846)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_West_Suburban_Railway" title="Birmingham West Suburban Railway">Birmingham West Suburban Railway</a> (absorbed 1875)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_and_Gloucester_Railway" title="Bristol and Gloucester Railway">Bristol and Gloucester Railway</a> (absorbed 1846)<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_and_Ashby_Light_Railway" title="Burton and Ashby Light Railway">Burton and Ashby Light Railway</a> (leased 1906)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesterfield_and_Brampton_Railway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chesterfield and Brampton Railway (page does not exist)">Chesterfield and Brampton Railway</a> (absorbed 1871)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromford_Canal" title="Cromford Canal">Cromford Canal</a> (absorbed 1871)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dore_and_Chinley_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Dore and Chinley Railway">Dore and Chinley Railway</a> (absorbed 1888)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erewash_Valley_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Erewash Valley Line">Erewash Valley Railway</a> (absorbed 1845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evesham_and_Redditch_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Evesham and Redditch Railway">Evesham and Redditch Railway</a> (leased 1868, absorbed 1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicky Line">Hemel Hempsted Railway</a> (leased 1877, absorbed 1886)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford,_Hay_and_Brecon_Railway" title="Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway">Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway</a> (leased 1869, absorbed 1886)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keighley_and_Worth_Valley_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Keighley and Worth Valley Railway">Keighley and Worth Valley Railway</a> (absorbed 1881)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kettering,_Thrapston_and_Huntingdon_Railway" title="Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway">Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway</a> (absorbed 1897)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_Bradford_Railway" title="Leeds and Bradford Railway">Leeds and Bradford Railway</a> (leased 1846, absorbed 1851)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_Bradford_Extension_Railway" title="Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway">Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway</a> (absorbed 1851)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester_and_Swannington_Railway" title="Leicester and Swannington Railway">Leicester and Swannington Railway</a> (absorbed 1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Tilbury_and_Southend_Railway" title="London, Tilbury and Southend Railway">London, Tilbury and Southend Railway</a> (purchased 1912, amalgamated 1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Buxton,_Matlock_and_Midland_Junction_Railway" title="Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway">Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway</a> (leased 1852, absorbed 1871)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_South_District_Railway" title="Manchester South District Railway">Manchester South District Railway</a> (absorbed 1877)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansfield_and_Pinxton_Railway" title="Mansfield and Pinxton Railway">Mansfield and Pinxton Railway</a> (absorbed 1848)<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_and_South_Western_Junction_Railway" title="Midland and South Western Junction Railway">Midland and South Western Junction Railway</a> (absorbed 1874)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%22Little%22_North_Western_Railway" title=""Little" North Western Railway">North Western Railway</a> (also known as the "Little" North Western; leased 1859)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakham_Canal" title="Oakham Canal">Oakham Canal</a> (absorbed 1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Loop_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloucester Loop Line">Redditch Railway</a> (leased 1858, absorbed 1874)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_and_Rotherham_Railway" title="Sheffield and Rotherham Railway">Sheffield and Rotherham Railway</a> (absorbed 1845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehouse_and_Nailsworth_Railway" title="Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway">Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway</a> (absorbed 1886)<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Vale_Railway" title="Swansea Vale Railway">Swansea Vale Railway</a> (leased 1874, absorbed 1876)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syston_and_Peterborough_Railway" title="Syston and Peterborough Railway">Syston and Peterborough Railway</a> (absorbed 1846)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tewkesbury_and_Malvern_Railway" title="Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway">Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway</a> (absorbed 1876)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_and_Walsall_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway">Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway</a> (absorbed 1876)<sup id="cite_ref-Rex_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rex-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wolverhampton,_Walsall_and_Midland_Junction_Railway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wolverhampton, Walsall and Midland Junction Railway (page does not exist)">Wolverhampton, Walsall and Midland Junction Railway</a> (absorbed 1874)<sup id="cite_ref-Rex_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rex-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ships">Ships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shipping_of_the_Midland_Railway" title="Shipping of the Midland Railway">Shipping of the Midland Railway</a></div> <p>The MR operated ships from <a href="/wiki/Heysham" title="Heysham">Heysham</a> to <a href="/wiki/Douglas,_Isle_of_Man" title="Douglas, Isle of Man">Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ships_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ships-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Emblems">Emblems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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.thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:148px;max-width:148px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:97px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Railway_Coat_of_Arms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_630459.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Midland_Railway_Coat_of_Arms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_630459.jpg/146px-Midland_Railway_Coat_of_Arms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_630459.jpg" decoding="async" width="146" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Midland_Railway_Coat_of_Arms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_630459.jpg/219px-Midland_Railway_Coat_of_Arms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_630459.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Midland_Railway_Coat_of_Arms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_630459.jpg/292px-Midland_Railway_Coat_of_Arms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_630459.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:140px;max-width:140px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:97px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2301176.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Midland_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2301176.jpg/138px-Midland_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2301176.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Midland_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2301176.jpg/207px-Midland_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2301176.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Midland_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2301176.jpg/276px-Midland_Railway_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2301176.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="563" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:153px;max-width:153px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:100px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wyvern_(16666761829).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Wyvern_%2816666761829%29.jpg/151px-Wyvern_%2816666761829%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="151" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Wyvern_%2816666761829%29.jpg/227px-Wyvern_%2816666761829%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Wyvern_%2816666761829%29.jpg/302px-Wyvern_%2816666761829%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="681" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:135px;max-width:135px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:100px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Station_Canopy_at_Hellifield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1469160.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Station_Canopy_at_Hellifield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1469160.jpg/133px-Station_Canopy_at_Hellifield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1469160.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Station_Canopy_at_Hellifield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1469160.jpg/200px-Station_Canopy_at_Hellifield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1469160.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Station_Canopy_at_Hellifield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1469160.jpg/266px-Station_Canopy_at_Hellifield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1469160.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Clockwise from top left: Coat of arms displayed on the outside wall of Derby station; insignia on London Road bridge, Leicester; and wyverns in the wrought iron canopy at <a href="/wiki/Hellifield_railway_station" title="Hellifield railway station">Hellifield</a> and in a carved capital at <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St Pancras</a></div></div></div></div> <p>The coat of arms combines the symbols of Birmingham, Derby, Bristol, Leicester, Lincoln and Leeds. The <a href="/wiki/Wyvern" title="Wyvern">wyvern</a>, a legendary bipedal dragon, was used extensively as an emblem by the Midland, having inherited it from the <a href="/wiki/Leicester_and_Swannington_Railway" title="Leicester and Swannington Railway">Leicester and Swannington Railway</a>. The MR, which used a wyvern <i>sans legs</i> (legless) above its crest, asserted that the "wyvern was the standard of the Kingdom of Mercia", and that it was "a quartering in the town arms of Leicester".<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The symbol appeared on everything from station buildings and bridges down to china, cutlery and chamber pots in its hotels, and was worn as a silver badge by all uniformed employees. However, in 1897 the <i>Railway Magazine</i> noted that there appeared "to be no foundation that the wyvern was associated with the Kingdom of Mercia".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been associated with <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a> since the time of <a href="/wiki/Thomas,_2nd_Earl_of_Lancaster" title="Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster">Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1278</span>–1322), the most powerful lord in the Midlands, who used it as his personal crest, and was recorded in a heraldic visitation of the town in 1619.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In June 1850, the boiler of a locomotive exploded at <a href="/wiki/Kegworth_railway_station" title="Kegworth railway station">Kegworth railway station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire" title="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hewison_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hewison-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1850, a train was in a rear-end collision with an excursion train at <a href="/wiki/Woodlesford_railway_station" title="Woodlesford railway station">Woodlesford</a> station, <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>. The cause was a signal not being lit at night.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1853, the boiler of a locomotive exploded whilst it was hauling a freight train near <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hewison_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hewison-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 9 September 1867, an up cattle train collided with a stationary ballast train in <a href="/wiki/Dove_Holes_Tunnel" title="Dove Holes Tunnel">Dove Holes Tunnel</a>. An 11-year-old girl being given an unofficial ride in the ballast train brake-van was killed. The cattle train detached from its two locomotives and ran back down the gradient to <a href="/wiki/New_Mills" title="New Mills">New Mills</a>, where it collided with a Manchester-Derby express, which became the second runaway of the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 28 August 1875, a passenger train overran signals and was in a rear-end collision with an excursion train at <a href="/wiki/Kildwick" title="Kildwick">Kildwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>. Seven people were killed and 39 were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 11 August 1880, a passenger train was derailed at <a href="/wiki/Wennington_railway_station" title="Wennington railway station">Wennington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>. Eight people were killed and 23 were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 19 August 1880, a passenger train stops inside <a href="/wiki/Blea_Moor_Tunnel" title="Blea Moor Tunnel">Blea Moor Tunnel</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a> due to a faulty brake pipe. An express passenger train overruns signals and is in a rear-end collision at low speed.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 27 August 1887, an express passenger train overran signals and collided with a freight train that was being shunted at <a href="/wiki/Wath_North_railway_station" title="Wath North railway station">Wath station</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>. Twenty-two people were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-Earnshaw7_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Earnshaw7-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Esholt_Junction_rail_crash_-_1892.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Esholt_Junction_rail_crash_-_1892.jpg/220px-Esholt_Junction_rail_crash_-_1892.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Esholt_Junction_rail_crash_-_1892.jpg/330px-Esholt_Junction_rail_crash_-_1892.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Esholt_Junction_rail_crash_-_1892.jpg/440px-Esholt_Junction_rail_crash_-_1892.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="304" /></a><figcaption>Esholt Junction rail crash</figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Esholt_Junction_rail_crash" title="Esholt Junction rail crash">Esholt Junction rail crash</a></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>On 9 June 1892, a passenger train overran signals and was in collision with another at Esholt Junction, <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>. Five people were killed and 30 were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 3 December 1892, a freight train crashed at Wymondham Junction., <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a>, severely damaging the signal box.<sup id="cite_ref-Earnshaw6_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Earnshaw6-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_rail_accident" title="Wellingborough rail accident">Wellingborough rail accident</a></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>On 2 September 1898, an express passenger train was derailed at <a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_railway_station" title="Wellingborough railway station">Wellingborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a> by a trolley that had fallen off the platform onto the track. Seven people were killed and 65 were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 24 July 1900, a passenger train was derailed at <a href="/wiki/Amberswood_railway_station" title="Amberswood railway station">Amberswood</a>, Lancashire. One person was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Spence_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spence-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 1 December 1900, a freight train was derailed at Peckwash near <a href="/wiki/Duffield,_Derbyshire" title="Duffield, Derbyshire">Duffield, Derbyshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Trevena2_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trevena2-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 23 December 1904, an express passenger train was derailed at <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury_railway_station" title="Aylesbury railway station">Aylesbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a> due to excessive speed on a curve. Another express passenger train collided with the wreckage at low speed. Four people were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 19 January 1905, an express passenger train overran signals and was in collision with a passenger train at <a href="/wiki/Cudworth_railway_station" title="Cudworth railway station">Cudworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>. Seven people were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Earnshaw7_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Earnshaw7-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In June 1907, a luggage train was derailed by trap points at Silkstream Junction after the driver misread signals.<sup id="cite_ref-Earnshaw8_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Earnshaw8-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hawes_Junction_rail_crash" title="Hawes Junction rail crash">Hawes Junction rail crash</a></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>On 24 December 1910, an express passenger train was in a rear-end collision with two light engines near Moorcock Tunnel, to the south of <a href="/wiki/Aisgill" title="Aisgill">Ais Gill</a> summit, due to errors by the signalman at <a href="/wiki/Hawes_Junction_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawes Junction railway station">Hawes Junction</a> and the firemen of the light engines. The train was derailed and caught fire. Twelve people were killed and seventeen were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1913_Ais_Gill_rail_accident" title="1913 Ais Gill rail accident">1913 Ais Gill rail accident</a></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>On 2 September 1913, a passenger train overran a signal and was in a rear-end collision with another passenger train between <a href="/wiki/Mallerstang" title="Mallerstang">Mallerstang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aisgill" title="Aisgill">Ais Gill</a>, i.e. to the north of Ais Gill summit. Sixteen people were killed and 38 were injured.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Chairmen</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Hudson" title="George Hudson">George Hudson</a> 1844 – 1849</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ellis_(businessman)" title="John Ellis (businessman)">John Ellis</a> 1849 – 1856<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>William Evans Hutchinson 1864 – 1870</li> <li>William Philip Price 1870 – 1873</li> <li>Edward Shipley Ellis 1873 – 1879</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_William_Thompson" title="Matthew William Thompson">Matthew William Thompson</a> 1880 – 1890</li> <li>(George) Ernest Paget 1890 – 1911</li> <li>George Murray Smith 1911 – 1919</li> <li>Charles Booth 1919 – 1922</li> <li>(William) <a href="/wiki/Guy_Granet" title="Guy Granet">Guy Granet</a> 1922 – 1923</li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>General Managers</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Joseph Sanders 1849 – 1853 (afterwards Secretary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Joseph_Allport" title="James Joseph Allport">James Joseph Allport</a> 1853 – 1857<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>W. L. Newcombe 1857 – 1860</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Joseph_Allport" title="James Joseph Allport">James Joseph Allport</a> 1860 – 1880<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John Noble 1880 – 1892</li> <li>George Henry Turner 1892 – 1901</li> <li>John Mathieson 1901 – 1905</li> <li>(William) <a href="/wiki/Guy_Granet" title="Guy Granet">Guy Granet</a> 1905 – 1918<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes2_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Frank Tatlow 1918 – 1922 (formerly deputy general manager)</li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Locomotive Superintendents and Chief Mechanical Engineers</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Kirtley" title="Matthew Kirtley">Matthew Kirtley</a> 1844 – 1873 (LS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Waite_Johnson" title="Samuel Waite Johnson">Samuel Waite Johnson</a> 1873 – 1904<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (LS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Deeley" title="Richard Deeley">Richard Deeley</a> 1904 – 1909 (CME)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Fowler_(engineer)" title="Henry Fowler (engineer)">Henry Fowler</a> 1909 – 1923 (CME) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Anderson_(mechanical_engineer)" title="James Anderson (mechanical engineer)">James Anderson</a> 1915 – 1919 (temporary)</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Resident Engineers</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Barlow" title="William Henry Barlow">William Henry Barlow</a> 1842 – 1857<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (afterwards Consulting Engineer)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Chief Architect</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Holloway_Sanders" title="John Holloway Sanders">John Holloway Sanders</a> c.1854 – 1884<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrodie2001535_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrodie2001535-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Trubshaw" title="Charles Trubshaw">Charles Trubshaw</a> 1884 – 1905<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrodie2001838_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrodie2001838-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Solicitors</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Carter_(Coventry_MP)" title="Samuel Carter (Coventry MP)">Samuel Carter</a> MP 1835 – 1868<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway_War_Memorial" title="Midland Railway War Memorial">Midland Railway War Memorial</a>, Derby</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locomotives_of_the_Midland_Railway" title="Locomotives of the Midland Railway">Locomotives of the Midland Railway</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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id="cite_note-mileage_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mileage_note_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mileage_note_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes all railways owned, leased or worked by the company, including those in Ireland</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-RYB-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RYB_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RYB_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 209.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Railway+Year+Book+for+1920&rft.place=London&rft.pages=209&rft.pub=The+Railway+Publishing+Company+Limited&rft.date=1920&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barnes-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnes1969" class="citation book cs1">Barnes, E. G. (1969). <i>The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844–1874</i>. New York: Augustus M. Kelley. p. 308.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Rise+of+the+Midland+Railway+1844%E2%80%931874&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=308&rft.pub=Augustus+M.+Kelley&rft.date=1969&rft.aulast=Barnes&rft.aufirst=E.+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Whitehouse-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Whitehouse_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhitehouseThomas2002" class="citation book cs1">Whitehouse, Patrick; Thomas, David St John (2002). <i>LMS 150 : The London Midland & Scottish Railway A century and a half of progress</i>. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7153-1378-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7153-1378-9"><bdi>0-7153-1378-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=LMS+150+%3A+The+London+Midland+%26+Scottish+Railway+A+century+and+a+half+of+progress&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-7153-1378-9&rft.aulast=Whitehouse&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rft.au=Thomas%2C+David+St+John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdward_Walford1878" class="citation book cs1">Edward Walford (1878). "28. 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Cassell, Petter and Galpin. pp. 368–373 – via British History Online.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=28.+Agar+Town%2C+and+the+Midland+Railway&rft.btitle=Old+and+New+London%3A+Volume+5&rft.pages=368-373&rft.pub=Cassell%2C+Petter+and+Galpin&rft.date=1878&rft.au=Edward+Walford&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Fold-new-london%2Fvol5%2Fpp368-373&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams198837–39-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams198837–39_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilliams1988">Williams 1988</a>, pp. 37–39.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristiansen1983" class="citation book cs1">Christiansen, Rex (1983). <i>A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 7 The West Midlands</i>. David St John Thomas David & Charles. p. 53. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-946537-00-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-946537-00-3"><bdi>0-946537-00-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Regional+History+of+the+Railways+of+Great+Britain%2C+Volume+7+The+West+Midlands&rft.pages=53&rft.pub=David+St+John+Thomas+David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-946537-00-3&rft.aulast=Christiansen&rft.aufirst=Rex&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. 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Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 6. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906899-37-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-906899-37-0"><bdi>0-906899-37-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Trains+in+Trouble%3A+Vol.+6&rft.place=Penryn&rft.pages=6&rft.pub=Atlantic+Books&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0-906899-37-0&rft.aulast=Earnshaw&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2927">"Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Wellingborough on 2nd September 1898 :: The Railways Archive"</a>. <i>www.railwaysarchive.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.railwaysarchive.co.uk&rft.atitle=Accident+Returns%3A+Extract+for+the+Accident+at+Wellingborough+on+2nd+September+1898+%3A%3A+The+Railways+Archive&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.railwaysarchive.co.uk%2Fdocsummary.php%3FdocID%3D2927&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Spence-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Spence_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSpence1975" class="citation book cs1">Spence, Jeoffry (1975). <i>Victorian & Edwardian Railways from old photographs</i>. London: Batsford. p. 76. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-3044-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-3044-3"><bdi>0-7134-3044-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Victorian+%26+Edwardian+Railways+from+old+photographs&rft.place=London&rft.pages=76&rft.pub=Batsford&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=0-7134-3044-3&rft.aulast=Spence&rft.aufirst=Jeoffry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Trevena2-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Trevena2_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTrevena1981" class="citation book cs1">Trevena, Arthur (1981). <i>Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2</i>. Redruth: Atlantic Books. pp. 19–20. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906899-03-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-906899-03-6"><bdi>0-906899-03-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Trains+in+Trouble%3A+Vol.+2.&rft.place=Redruth&rft.pages=19-20&rft.pub=Atlantic+Books&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0-906899-03-6&rft.aulast=Trevena&rft.aufirst=Arthur&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Earnshaw8-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Earnshaw8_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEarnshaw1993" class="citation book cs1">Earnshaw, Alan (1993). <i>Trains in Trouble: Vol. 8</i>. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 4. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906899-52-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-906899-52-4"><bdi>0-906899-52-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Trains+in+Trouble%3A+Vol.+8&rft.place=Penryn&rft.pages=4&rft.pub=Atlantic+Books&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-906899-52-4&rft.aulast=Earnshaw&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_AisGill1913.pdf">Accident report by Major J. W. Pringle</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBilson1996" class="citation book cs1">Bilson, P. (1996). <i>Derby and the Midland Railway</i>. Breedon Books, Derby. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85983-021-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-85983-021-8"><bdi>1-85983-021-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Derby+and+the+Midland+Railway&rft.pub=Breedon+Books%2C+Derby&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=1-85983-021-8&rft.aulast=Bilson&rft.aufirst=P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barnes2-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Barnes2_60-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E. G. Barnes (1969). <i>The Midland main line 1875–1922</i>, London : George Allen and Unwin, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-04-385049-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-04-385049-9">0-04-385049-9</a>, pp. 223–224</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">National Archive RAIL 491, accessed on 21 February 2014 via ancestry.co.uk UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833–1956 for Samuel Waite Johnson</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChrimes2008" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Chrimes, Mike (2008). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30598">"Barlow, William Henry (1812–1902)"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F30598">10.1093/ref:odnb/30598</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 December</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Barlow%2C+William+Henry+%281812%E2%80%931902%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F30598&rft.aulast=Chrimes&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxforddnb.com%2Fview%2Farticle%2F30598&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrodie2001535-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrodie2001535_63-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrodie2001">Brodie 2001</a>, p. 535.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrodie2001838-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrodie2001838_64-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrodie2001">Brodie 2001</a>, p. 838.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uudb.org/articles/samuelcarter.html">"Samuel Carter"</a>. <i>Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dictionary+of+Unitarian+and+Universalist+Biography&rft.atitle=Samuel+Carter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuudb.org%2Farticles%2Fsamuelcarter.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrodie2001" class="citation book cs1">Brodie, Antonia (20 December 2001). <i>Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914. Vol 2</i>. Royal Institute of British Architects. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780826455147" title="Special:BookSources/9780826455147"><bdi>9780826455147</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Directory+of+British+Architects%2C+1834%E2%80%931914.+Vol+2.&rft.pub=Royal+Institute+of+British+Architects&rft.date=2001-12-20&rft.isbn=9780826455147&rft.aulast=Brodie&rft.aufirst=Antonia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDow1973" class="citation book cs1">Dow, George (1973). <i>Railway Heraldry: and other insignia</i>. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780715358962" title="Special:BookSources/9780715358962"><bdi>9780715358962</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Railway+Heraldry%3A+and+other+insignia&rft.place=Newton+Abbot&rft.pub=David+and+Charles&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=9780715358962&rft.aulast=Dow&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTrumanHunt1989" class="citation book cs1">Truman, P.; Hunt, D. (1989). <i>Midland Railway Portrait</i>. Sheffield: Platform 5. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-906579-72-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-906579-72-4"><bdi>0-906579-72-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Midland+Railway+Portrait&rft.place=Sheffield&rft.pub=Platform+5&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-906579-72-4&rft.aulast=Truman&rft.aufirst=P.&rft.au=Hunt%2C+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams1988" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Roy (1988). <i>The Midland Railway: A New History</i>. David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7153-8750-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-7153-8750-2"><bdi>0-7153-8750-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Midland+Railway%3A+A+New+History&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-7153-8750-2&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Roy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Midland_Railway&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams1876" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Smeeton_Williams" title="Frederick Smeeton Williams">Williams, Frederick Smeeton</a> (1876). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/midlandrailwayit00will"><i>The Midland railway: its rise and progress</i></a>. Strahan & Co.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Midland+railway%3A+its+rise+and+progress&rft.pub=Strahan+%26+Co.&rft.date=1876&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Frederick+Smeeton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmidlandrailwayit00will&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/officialguideto00compgoog"><i>Official Guide to the Midland Railway</i></a>. London: Cassell & Company. 1894.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Official+Guide+to+the+Midland+Railway&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Cassell+%26+Company&rft.date=1894&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fofficialguideto00compgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnes1966" class="citation book cs1">Barnes, E. G. (1966). <i>The rise of the Midland Railway, 1844–1874</i>. London: George Allen and Unwin.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+rise+of+the+Midland+Railway%2C+1844%E2%80%931874&rft.place=London&rft.pub=George+Allen+and+Unwin&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Barnes&rft.aufirst=E.+G.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMidland+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnes1969" class="citation book cs1">Barnes, E. G. (1969). <i>The Midland main line, 1875–1922</i>. 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North Eastern Railway">London & North Eastern</a></span></li> <li><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#AF1E2D ; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway" title="London, Midland and Scottish Railway">London, Midland & Scottish</a></span></li> <li><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#008000 ; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(UK)" title="Southern Railway (UK)">Southern</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Great Western Railway">GWR</abbr> constituents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_(Newport_and_South_Wales)_Docks_and_Railway" title="Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway">Alexandra Docks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Railway_Company" title="Barry Railway Company">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambrian_Railways" title="Cambrian Railways">Cambrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Railway" title="Cardiff Railway">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhymney_Railway" title="Rhymney Railway">Rhymney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taff_Vale_Railway" title="Taff Vale Railway">Taff Vale</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituents_of_the_Great_Western_Railway" title="List of constituents of the Great Western Railway">Full list</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="London and North Eastern Railway">LNER</abbr> constituents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Central_Railway" title="Great Central 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