• London Midland Region (LMR) was one of the six regions created on the formation of the nationalised British Railways (BR), and initially consisted of...
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  • The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right on completion of the "Organising...
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    became a constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish (LMS) railway, and, in 1948, the London Midland Region of British Railways. The company was formed...
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  • control of the London Midland Region of British Railways. The East & West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway was incorporated by an act of Parliament...
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    of British Rail TOPS depot codes Steam locomotives of British Railways Whitehouse, Patrick; Thomas, David St John (1987). LMS 150: The London Midland...
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    The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required...
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    on 24 May 1900 and closed on 4 September 1967 by the London Midland Region of British Railways. The station building was entirely demolished (except...
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    Derby Litchurch Lane Works (category London, Midland and Scottish Railway)
    manufacture of various goods for the British military. During 1923, the Midland Railway, and thus the Derby works, became part of the London, Midland and Scottish...
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  • London, Midland and Scottish Railway had the largest stock of steam locomotives of any of the 'Big Four' Grouping, i.e. pre-Nationalisation railway companies...
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    US. 15 July – The London Midland Region of British Railways allows West Indian-born Asquith Xavier to transfer as a guard from London Marylebone to Euston...
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  • Region (ScR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and ex-London...
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    Johnson, p. 131. Biddle, p. 119. Historic England. "British Rail Midland Region Region London Rugby Line Bridge 113 (1078026)". National Heritage List...
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    The Railways Act 1921 forced the merger of the Midland with the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR) into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)...
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  • of death "Report on the Collision which occurred on the 30th November 1948, at Stockport in the London Midland Region British Railways". The Railways...
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  • The Eastern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948, whose operating area could be identified from the dark blue signs and colour schemes that...
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    11 November 1988 near St Helens Central Station in the London Midland Region of British Railways" (PDF). Health & Safety Executive. July 1992. Retrieved...
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    10 December 2017. It was owned by the British transport group Govia. London Midland was created as a result of Govia being awarded the West Midlands franchise...
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    The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its...
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    The Midland Pullman was the name given to a former express passenger train service operating on British Railways' old Midland Main Line between London St...
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  • of the New Railway Era". The Big Four were: Great Western Railway (GWR) London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) London and North Eastern Railway (LNER)...
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    of which were later renumbered into the 54291–54299 block). The Class 122s were built mainly for use on the London Midland Region of British Railways...
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  • The Southern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948 until 1992 when railways were re-privatised. The region ceased to be an operating unit...
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    p. 103. ISBN 0-905466-19-5. British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. Kingscott, G., (2004) Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire, Newbury: Countryside...
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    January 1948 saw the London Midland Region of British Railways take over the running of the line. British Railways withdrew the old Midland EMUs in 1951 and...
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    London Midland Region of British Railways" (PDF). Health and Safety Executive. 15 November 1991. Retrieved 21 June 2021. "In Brief". Railways Illustrated...
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    railways of Great Britain were "grouped" following the Railways Act 1921; the SMJR was a subsidiary of the new London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)...
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    NLR and the N&SWJR. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced...
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    of the Midland Railway, later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and finally passed to the London Midland Region of...
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    ownership of the Cambrian Railways, the Great Western Railway, Western Region of British Railways and London Midland Region of British Railways. It is notable...
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  • most railway services in Great Britain, trading under the brand name British Railways and, from 1965, British Rail. It did not operate railways in Northern...
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