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	Railway Technology - Midland Metro Light Rail Network
		The difficult times for the Midland Metro have not vanished yet, and the extensions to Five Ways and Brierley Hill have been held back again – after receiving approval in principle in 2004 – by an announcement that no Government funding will be provided for the schemes in the near future.
		Midland Metro has suffered severe problems with vandalism, and, during the construction phase, repeated theft of overhead wiring.
		Midland Metro will be extended from its current terminus just short of the city centre at Wolverhampton St George’s to a new interchange at the railway station.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/midland (0 words)

	The Story of the L.M.S. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Midland influence is also seen in the crimson lake which is now the standard colour for passenger coaches and for many classes of express locomotives.
		In 1858 Parliament sanctioned the absorption of the Chester and Holyhead Railway.
		The nucleus of the Midland Railway system owes much to William Hudson, the "railway king." He was the first to realise, and to put into practice, the idea that railways could best be worked as large-scale undertakings; and that amalgamation, which would yield centralised ownership and management, was therefore necessary.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r031.html (7405 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Midland College, established in the city of Midland by the Christian Church in 1910 as a junior college, failed in 1921.
		In 1982 90 percent of the land in the county was in farms and ranches, and 9 percent of the land was cultivated; about 24 percent of the population worked in agriculture.
		Midland is also the location of the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, the Museum of the Southwest, the Midland County Historical Museum, and the Pliska Aeroplane Museum.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/MM/hcm12.html (1828 words)

	Midland Railway Workshops - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first railway workshops in Western Australia were located at Fremantle and shifted to Midland in 1904.
		The Midland railway workshops were involved with all WAGR rolling stock and engine construction and maintenance.
		The Midland College of TAFE uses one of the old workshop buildings adjacent to the original Railways Institute and Technical School building on Yelverton drive.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Midland_Railway_Workshops (591 words)

	Midland Railway
		As a result, the northern terminus of the railway was altered to Lindsay with permission granted for an extension to Beaverton on the shores of Lake Simcoe.
		The railway was formally amalgamated with the Toronto and Nipissing in December 1879.
		When the Canadian Pacific Railway, incorporated in 1880 to construct a transcontinental rail line, was searching for an existing network in southern Ontario to support and connect its disjointed system, rumours circulated in the railway world that the Midland Railway was being eyed to fulfill such a purpose.
	home.primus.ca /~robkath/railmid.htm (2949 words)

	Midland Railway Society: An Introduction to the Midland
		The Midland Railway was incorporated on 10th May 1844 by amalgamation of the North Midland, Midland Counties and Birmingham and Derby Junction Railways and became one of the most influential of the pre-grouping railways, with access to many parts of Britain through joint lines and working arrangements.
		The locomotives and rolling stock of the Midland were the envy of all, with such masters of engineering as Matthew Kirtley and the inspired Samuel Waite Johnson adding flair and a stateliness to their designs.
		The Midland led the way in improving standards of travel, which other companies were forced to follow, and at the grouping it was second only to the Great Western Railway in terms of it's route mileage.
	webp1.mimas.ac.uk /~zzaascs/mrsoc/intro.html (612 words)

	Furness and Midland Joint Railway, Article from "Model Railways". August 1975
		The desire for mutual exchange of traffic between the Furness Railway and the Midland Railway led the two companies to agree in 1862 to the construction of a joint line from Carnforth, at the eastern end of the Furness system, and Wennington on the "little" North Western line from Yorkshire to Morecambe.
		A locomotive shed was provided by the Midland Railway to the east of Carnforth originally conceived as a galvanised iron structure for four engines; this developed into a large shed which remained in use until 1944, when the new LMS shed at Carnforth was fully operational.
		In addition summer excursions from Midland Railway centres such as Leeds and Sheffield to the Lake District passed over the F and M. Trains between Leeds and Barrow or Whitehaven continued to operate, many being expresses some of which when travelling towards Leeds could stop to pick up passengers travelling to destination beyond Leeds.
	home.clara.net /gw0hqd/fandm/fandm.htm (939 words)

	Midland Railway designs expansion \| LJWorld.com
		Midland is expected to come up with more than $91,000 for the project for its 20 percent share.
		The railway is planning rides this weekend on Thomas the Tank Engine to raise funds to pay for the cost of extending the railway to Ottawa.
		Midland eventually would like to build a depot at Ottawa, similar to one that once existed, said Dave Holland, who serves as the Midland depot's grade crossing officer.
	www.ljworld.com /section/citynews/story/140532 (790 words)

	51L: The finely detailed railway model. Midland Railway components components:
		Midland Railway, LMS and BR Carriage and wagon components
		The Midland used a four bolt buffer for wagons and some non passenger coaching stock such as horse boxes, fruit and milk vans etc. This is the short length earlier pattern without ribs use on a variety of goods stock.
		The Midland Railway was a firm believer in gas lightinng even for long distance clerestory stock.
	home.freeuk.net /matthew.heald/mrwcom.htm (493 words)

	Avon Valley Railway - History Of The Line From Bristol To Bath - The Mid
		Bitton station, (the current headquarters of the Avon Valley Railway) is built out of local stone and is formed of two pavilions, whilst in the recess between these two is a pierced iron canopy support.
		The first was when the Somerset and Dorset Railway opened their northern extension from Evercreech Junction to Bath on 20th July 1874, to a junction with the Midland Railway half a mile from Bath station.
		On 15th October 1979 the Bristol Suburban Railway Society was incorporated into the Bitton Railway Co. Ltd.
	www.avonvalleyrailway.org /history/midlandrailway.html (1539 words)

	Midland Railway Centre - Home Page
		The Midland Railway, Butterley is the home for all things associated with the Midland Railway.
		It is a day out for the whole family with model and miniature railways, a farm and a country park as well as a host of other attractions.
		On non running days only the Railway Museum, the West Shed Experience, the Farm Park, the Demonstration Signal Box and the Victorian Railwayman's Church are available and these are open from 9.30 a.m.
	www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk /English/home.html (0 words)

	Signal Boxes of the Midland Railway
		Early signalling on the Midland Railway had been basic; although the company invented an interlocked lever frame in the late 1860s which was such a successful design that it, with technical improvements over the years, continued to be manufactured through to the 1960s.
		Distinctive features, which were retained throughout the existence of the company, were a hipped roof and particularly the window sections with chamfers in the framework at the top.
		The Midland railway became part of the London, Midland and Scottish in 1923.
	www.signalbox.org /gallery/mid.htm (0 words)

	Midland Railway Society
		The Midland Railway Study Centre houses the largest publicly accesible collection of Midland Railway ephemera and documentation.
		The Study Centre is brought to you by: The Roy F. Burrows Midland Collection Trust, The Midland Railway Society and the Derby's Museum of Industry and History.
		Rowsley : a rural railway centre -- a profusely illusrated 128 page study of the development of railways in the Rowsley area of Derbyshire from the coming of the railway in 1849 to present day restoration efforts.
	www.mimas.ac.uk /~zzaascs/mrsoc/mrsoc.html (0 words)

	The Midland Railway Study Centre
		The Midland Railway Study Centre is a collaboration between:
		The Roy F. Burrows Midland Collection Trust Web Site has an expanding Gallery of photographs illustrating objects in the collection which potential visitors to the Study Centre may find interesting.
		To illustrate the variety in the Midland Railway's operations, here is a drawing of a Burton and Ashby Light Railway tram car to download.
	www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk (0 words)

	THE MIDLAND RAILWAY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
		The Haunted Trains are co-produced by the Midland Railway and the Baldwin City Community Theatre.
		The Midland Railway Historical Association, Baldwin City, Kansas, will have trains which will depart from the Baldwin City Santa Fe Depot on the hour (sharp) from 11:00 A.M. through 4:00 P.M. each day.
		For information contact the Midland Railway at 913-371-3410 in the Kansas City area or toll free 800-651-0388 outside the 913 and 816 areas.
	www.midland-ry.org /midland/events.html (567 words)

	The Midland Railway Sheds at Carnforth.
		The first Midland Railway shed consisted of a dead end single road building of sufficient length to hold two small locomotives together with an adjoining turntable road with a 42ft turntable.
		The shed was a traditional Midland Railway square round house, a layout adopted by the Midland Railway for all its major locomotive sheds.
		The Midland Railway shed and signal box closed in1944 and all of its duties were transferred to the new LMS Carnforth shed The tank house and shed still stand and are in use today as industrial units.
	home.clara.net /gw0hqd/sheds/midland/midland.htm (654 words)

	The History of Carnforth Railway Station, and surrounding areas. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Furness Railway is authorised to purchase the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway.
		The Furness Railway purchase the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway.
		At railway stations and junctions, legal agreements and maps had to be drawn up to show which company had the rights to travel over which rails.
	members.fortunecity.com /carnforthstation/past (1724 words)

	Midland Railway locomotive engineers
		In 1859 he became Acting Locomotive Superintendent of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, and in 1864 he was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
		Nephew of Matthew Kirtley of the Midland Railway.
		He held several posts on the Midland, including that of foreman at the Midland depot in King's Cross and from January 1864 Workshops Superintendent at Derby until he was appointed Locomotive Carriage and Wagon Superintendent on the LCDR in succession to Martley.
	www.steamindex.com /people/midland.htm (3683 words)

	Three Joint Railways (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Midland and Great Northern owes its name to the two older companies which owned it before they became merged into the L.M.S. and the L.N.E.R. respectively; but it was not always a joint railway.
		The plan of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway is simple in the extreme, the lines appearing on a railway map in the form of the letter Y. The main line runs north-west to Evercreech Junction from Broadstone Junction (Dorset), on the Southern Railway's line from Bournemouth West and Poole to Wimborne.
		This railway was originally incorporated in 1865 as a concern jointly owned by the Great Northern and the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways, the Midland coming in as a third partner shortly afterwards, in 1866.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r038.html (3650 words)

	Midland Railway - Services From Heysham - Simplon Postcards
		Railway companies were not empowered to run shipping services at this stage, so the Barrow Steam Navigation Co was formed to start service from Barrow to Belfast.
		She transferred to the Midland Railway in 1907, and was used on relief and summer services out of Heysham.
		Ownership passed to British Railways in 1948, and she was not scrapped until 1960, presumably having reverted to towing duties after the war.
	www.simplonpc.co.uk /LMS_MR.html (753 words)

	Midland Railway Society
		The Midland Railway Study Centre houses the largest publicly accesible collection of Midland Railway ephemera and documentation.
		The Study Centre is brought to you by: The Roy F. Burrows Midland Collection Trust, The Midland Railway Society and the Derby's Museum of Industry and History.
		Rowsley : a rural railway centre -- a profusely illusrated 128 page study of the development of railways in the Rowsley area of Derbyshire from the coming of the railway in 1849 to present day restoration efforts.
	webp1.mimas.ac.uk /~zzaascs/mrsoc/mrsoc.html (284 words)

	51L: The finely detailed railway model. A brief background to the Midland Railway
		The Midland Railway, formed in May 1844, from the amalgamation of the Midland Counties, North Midland and Birmingham and Derby Junction railways.
		The Midland rapidly expanded out of the English Midlands that was it base to London and the south and Carlisle (via Settle) in north.
		After absorption into the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923 it continued to be a major influence in the development of the LMS, particularly in the development of Locomotive design.
	home.freeuk.net /matthew.heald/infomr.htm (673 words)

	London, Midland and Scottish Railway - UK Railways - A Wikia wiki
		The LMS principle trunk routes were the West Coast Main Line and the Midland Main Line which linked London, the industrial Midlands and North-West and Scotland.
		Generally, the Midland prevailed, with the adoption of many Midland practices, such as the livery of crimson lake for passenger locomotives and rolling stock.
		The LMS was nationalised in 1948 by the Transport Act 1947, becoming part of British Railways.
	ukrailways.wikia.com /wiki/LMS (570 words)

	Midland Railway Workshops Interpretive Centre
		The Midland Railway Workshops Interpretive Centre is a partnership between the Midland Redevelopment Authority and Rail Heritage WA, a group dedicated to preserving the State’s rail history.
		The centre is fitted out with audio-visual and other materials collected by the Midland Railway Workshops History Project.
		It was partly funded by the WA Government in 2004 to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the State’s foundation and the centenary of the Workshops, ten years after the site’s closure.
	www.midlandworkshops.org.au /about/about.htm (159 words)

	Colorado Midland Railway - A Short History - Page 1
		On November 23, 1883, Articles of Incorporation for the Colorado Midland Railway Company were filed in the office of Colorado's Secretary of State.
		Second: The object of said company is to locate, construct, operate and maintain a railway and telegraph line from the City of Colorado Springs in El Paso County through the Ute Pass into South Park and by the most eligible route to Salida and Leadville.
		Since the Midland would be totally dependent on them to bring construction materials to Leadville, they decided to prevent construction by doubling the rate for rail delivered to Leadville from $1.00 per 100 pounds to $2.00 per 100 pounds.
	www.netreach.net /~rphillips/_pg3_11.html (525 words)

	Victorian Splendour at the Midland Railway Centre
		That was the dream behind the Vintage Gala at the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley in May 2001.
		The vintage train at the Midland Railway Centre includes a 4-wheel carriage dating from 1866 (just three years younger than FR Number 20) which spent most of its life as part of a bungalow before being restored, complete with wooden seats but now fitted with the brakes it never had in its original railway service!
		Furness Railway Number 20 came to Butterley via the Barrow Hill Roundhouse, and spent two weeks at the Midland Railway Centre before returning home to Haverthwaite.
	www.furnessrailwaytrust.org.uk /fr20butterley.htm (362 words)

	Midland Railway
		In the 1830s several companies were formed with the intention of building railways in the Midlands.
		This included the Midland Counties (Nottingham to Derby) North Midland Railway (Derby to Leeds), York and North Midland (York to Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and Birmingham and Derby.
		The chairman of the York and North Midland, was George Hudson.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RAmidland.htm (207 words)

	Avon Valley Railway - Visitors Website Homepage
		The Railway's summer season begins on Tuesday 31st July with trains running five days a week until the end of August.
		The Avon Valley Railway is more than just a train ride, offering a whole new experience for some or a nostalgic memory for others.
		Based at Bitton Station, midway between Bristol and Bath, this former Midland Railway station has been painstakingly restored from a derelict state to provide visitors with refreshment and toilet facilities, a railway shop, a pleasant garden, and outdoor seating.
	www.avonvalleyrailway.org (0 words)

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