BRITISH RAIL, LONDON MIDLANDS DIVISION

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BRITISH RAIL, LONDON MIDLANDS DIVISION

c1849 - 1973

Records of the London Midland Division of British Rail, including those of predecessor companies, ncluding the Midland Railway and London Midland and Scottish Railways, c1849-1970s.

Abbreviations

BTC = British Transport Commission

EAO0 = Estate Agent's Office, Derby

GC = Great Central Railway

LMD = London Midland Division

LMS = London Midland and Scottish Railway

LNE = London and North Eastern Railway

LNW = London and North Western Railway

LY = Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

MR = Midland Railway

RSO = Rating Surveyor's Office, Derby

SM = Sheffield and Midland Railways Joint Committee

Plans

Employment records

Carriage and Wagon Department

Register of leavers

Works and depots workmen's register

Staff at stations record books

Newton Heath staff register

Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer's Dept

Carriage and Wagon Works, Litchurch Lane, Derby

Locomotive Works, Siddals Road, Derby

Estate Manager and Proeprty Board files

English

• <corpname>London Midland Region of British Railways, 1948-?</corpname>
• <corpname>Midland Railway Company, 1844-1923</corpname>
• <corpname>London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, 1921-1947</corpname>

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In 1844 the Midland Railway Company was formed by the amalgamation of 3 companies: the North Midland, the Midland Counties, and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Companies. The Locomotive Works at Siddals Road, Derby were originally built by the North Midland Railway Company in 1840. The Carriage and Wagon Works at Litchurch Lane, Derby were built in 1876.

In 1923 the London Midland and Scottish Railway was established (under the Railways Act 1921) by amalgamating the Midland Railway Company and other railway companies such as the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, which operated the Newton Heath Carriage and Wagon Works in Manchester.

By the Transport Act 1949, the London Midland Region of British Rail was set up on 1 January 1948.