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Railway Rule Book, Midland Railway, "Railway Police Manual with Railway By-Laws & Precedents", By R.J. Turner Solicitor, 1920, board covers, dark brown with gold lettering, number of pages 152.

Railway Police Manual

1920
Specification, Midland Railway, Passenger Class Locomotive, February 1865, 16 pages. [Photocopy]

Midland Railway Passenger Class Loco Specification

1865
Midland Railway booklet 'appendix to the working timetable, instructions affecting Midland servants when working over the Great Eastern Railway (London area expected) and over the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Line. Printed by Bemrose and Sons Limited, company printers. Dated January 1922.

appendix to the working timetable

1922
Book, "The History of a Great Enterprise", published as a souvenir of a great extension scheme - 1914, includes history of the Midland Railway in Liverpool, advertises its suppliers and shows illustrations of upgrade to Liverpool's Adelphi Hotel.

The History of a Great Enterprise

1914
Account book, ledger, paper, card, linen, "New Engines on Order for Capital Account," kept by the Midland Railway Locomotive Superintendent, Derby, 1886-1897. Contains accounts for New Engines on Order for Capital Account, New Engines Abstract, New Engines Completed, Work in Progress, Cost per ton of New Engines.

Midland Railway New Engines on Order for Capital Account

1886-1897
Luggage Label; Midland Railway, Birmingham.

Midland Railway Luggage Label, Birmingham

Share certificate. Midland Railway. Deferred Converted Ordinary Stock. Certificate of Georgina May Selby of Aylesford, Kent, for £200 of Deferred Converted Ordinary Stock. 17 March 1898.

Share certificate, Midland Railway

1898
Timetable, Working Timetable of Excursion Trains and other arrangements from August 25th to September 2nd 1877 issued by the Office of Superintendent of the Line, Derby, Midland Railway, mainly lists train times but includes details of speical events and arrangements, 23 August 1877, [fragile].

Working timetable of excursion trains, Midland Railway

1877
Papers of Mr H Hill, Signalman, Potton: National Union of Railwaymen contribution cards 1920 - 1954; Rule book, London & North Western Railway Insurance Society, 1913; Booklet - A Guide to the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 issued by the NUR (2 copies); Booklet - supplement to the October 1955 vest pocket conditions of service book - new rates of pay and conditions of service, issued by NUR; Booklet giving instructions for using British Railways Staff Savings Bank, 1952; Rule books for London Midland & Scottish Railway (LNW) Insurance Society, 1923 and 1929; Notice, Report of General Meeting of London Midland & Scottish Railway (LNW) Provident and Pension Society, 1924; Notice of Agenda and Minutes of Conciliation Board meeting, giving rates of pay for signalmen and recorders, Midland Railway, 1914; Circular, Midland Railway concerning conditions of service for signalmen, porter-signalmen and adult train recorders, giving rates of pay, 1912; Circular re London & North Western and Joint Railway servant's Hospital Fund setting out case for raising future contributions, 1922; Circular letter from Swansea & District Signalmen & Relief Signalmen's Vigilance Committee, 1922; Notice of Goods Vehicle Licensing provisions, 1934; Circular letter re meeting of staff holding positions on councils etc, 1937; Notice of improved benefits paid by the LMS Railway Hospital Fund, 1955; Notice of a public meeting re contributory scheme for Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, giving rules for the scheme.

Collection of union and administrative papers related to H. Hill Signalman, Potton

1912-1956
Rule book for the guidance of the officers and men of the Midland Railway Company

Midland Railway rule book, 1920

1920
Postcard, Midland Railway, official postcard showing Haddon Hall as seen from the terrace, Midland Route, Liverpool, Manchester & London [coloured].

Colour postcard of Haddon Hall

Programme, of Tourist Ticket Arrangements for the 1874 season, May 16th until further notice issued by General Manager, Midland Railway, lists costs of all classes of tickets, rules and special arrangements for travellers, 1 May 1874, [fragile, loose pages].

Programme of Tourist Ticket Arrangements, Midland Railway

1874
Share certificate. Midland Railway. Preferred Converted Ordinary Stock. Certificate of Georgina May Selby of Aylesford, Spinster, Kent, for £200 of Preferred Converted Ordinary Stock. 17 March 1898.

Share certificate, Midland Railway

1898
Instructional Booklets "Locomotive Firing Instructions" issued by R.M.Deeley, Locomotive Superintendent, Derby, Midland Railway, 1904. Maroon cloth covers, with pull out plate. (Personal copy of JW Batchelor).

Locomotive firing instructions

1904
Directors Expense account for May o2 1876. List of names and amounts owed.

Midland Railway Director's expense account

1876-05-02
Cheque to Messrs Crompton Newton & Co, Derby, from Midland Railway Company To Mr Jas Williams [for total of Director's expenses]. For £39-10-0. With one penny stamp. Dated 1876.

Midland Railway Company cheque

1876-05-02
Proceedings of the fourth half-yearly general meeting of the Midland Railway, 19 January 1846. 11 pages.

Leeds Share List

1846
Pilotman's ticket of Midland Railways.

pilotman's ticket

Notice. Borough of Leicester. Public Meeting to be held at the Corn Exchange on 25 October 1886 to consider the action of the Midland Railway Company in refusing to allow a foot bridge to be erected over their line from Hutchinson Street to Queen Street or Southampton Street. Black text on white background. Printed by Edward Lamb, Printed by Steam Power, Granby Place, Leicester. Stuck to card. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Borough of Leicester.

Staff notice. Midland Railway. Instructions to be observed with reference to the protection of the lines adjacent to Sills' Quarry, Pleasley Junction, when blasting or other operations are being conducted at the Quarry. August 1885. Black text on white background.

sills' quarry

1885/08
Notice. Midland Railway. Regulations for working the Swannington Incline. Jaunuary 1914. (Reprint December 1896). Black text on brown background. Stuck loosely to card. Poor condition with losses and tears.

Regulations for working the Swannington Incline

1914/01
Poster, Midland Railway, Altered Train Services, text, 17 February 1915. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Timetable poster, Midland Railway

1915
Notice. Midland Railway. Opening of the Hemel Hempstead Line, 16 July 1877. Black text on white background. Printed by Benrose and Sons, Printers, London and Derby. Conserved and backed.

opening ig the Hemel Hempstead line

1877
Poster, Midland Railway, Nottingham to London in 3½ hours. May Pole Office. Red text on white background, printed by Bemrose & Sons, 1856. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Nottingham to London in 3 1/2 hours

1856
Notice, Midland Railway, "Liverpool and London", 1880, timetable for improved services February to 30th September, only route Liverpool to London on which Pullman cars are run.

Liverpool and London

1880
Notice, Midland Railway, "Principal Towns On and Over the Midland Railway", 1898, timetable. Format: crown. Dimensions: 20 x 15 inches, 530 x 383mm.

Principal Towns On and Over the Midland Railway

1898
Notice, timetable, Midland Railway, Manchester and London, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Matlock, February, March, April 1881. John Noble, General Manager. Printed by Bemrose & Sons, 10 Paternoster Buildings, London. Mount: 602 mm x 471 mm; overall: 535 mm x 405 mm.

Midland Railway timetable, Manchester and London

1881
Notice, timetable, Midland Railway, Bath, Avonmouth Dock, Clifton Down, Bristol, July - September 1903. John Mathieson, General Manager. Printer by Bemrose & Sons, Derby. Mount: 656 mm x 434 mm; overall: 587 mm x 366 mm.

Midland Railway notice - Timetable for Bath, Avonmouth Dock and Clifton Down

1903
Notice, paper on board, Midland Railway, Instructions for Electric Passenger Trains, Morecambe, Heysham, Lancaster and Green Ayre, August 1913.

instructions for electric passenger trains

1913
Photographs, 36 platinum prints glued on board pages in album entitled "MR Photographs of Carriage Trucks, Horse Boxes, Milk Vans". Album has black cloth covers with black leather corners, gold tooling and title, green print decorative end papers and an index. Photographs show Midland Railway carriage stock, c1875-1899, believed to be mainly the work of Midland Railway official photographers, c1876-1894.

MR Photographs of Carriage Trucks, Horse Boxes, Milk Vans

1876-1894
Heavy goods dray, Midland Railway, horse-drawn dray, MR Co No 4013, To carry 8 tons tare.

Midland Railway heavy goods dray

1900
MR handbill. Band of Hope Gala in Peel Park, Bradford. Cheap Excursion Train to Bradford from Sheffield, etc, 5 august 1876. Printed by Thos Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 250 x 155mm.

Band of Hope gala in Peel Park, Bradford

1876
Advertising board, Midland Railway, first and third class dining carriages between London St. Pancras and Glasgow St. Enoch, from Hellifield Station, 1892. 1170mm x 1520mm.

Dining carriages

MR handbill. Railway Servants' Orphanage, Derby. Great Public Demonstration, Procession and Festival in Derby Arboretum. Cook's Cheap Excursion Train for Derby from Bradford, Leeds, Barnsley, etc, 10 August 1878. Printed by Thos Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 250 x 155mm. 250 x 155mm.

Railway servants' orphanage

1878
MR handbill (double-sided). Whitsuntide Holidays. Cheap Excursion Train to London from Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield,etc, 15 & 17 May 1875. (on reverse details of onward bookings to Paris, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium or the Rhine). Printed by Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 250 x 155mm.

Whitsuntide holidays

1875
MR handbill. Athletic Sports at Ilkley. Cook's Cheap Excursion Train for Leeds and Ilkley from Sheffield, Barnsley, etc, 10 August 1878. Printed by Thomas Rodgers, "Hallamshire" Steam Press, Change Abbey Corner, Sheffield. 250 x 155mm.

Athletic sports at Ilkley

1878
MR handbill (double-sided). Foresters' Grand Fete at the Crystal Palace, 19 August 1873/ International Exhibition. Cheap Excursion Train to London from Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield,etc, 18 August 1873. (On reverse details of onward bookings to Paris, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium or the Rhine). Printed by Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 250 x 155mm.

Foresters' Grand Fete

1873
Certificate, Midland Railway Ambulance Committee, Derby, to Walter E. Castledine, Chesterfield Coaching Department, for first aid assistance at Tapton Junction (September 11th 1906), Aston Colliery (September 14th 1908) and Killamarch (March 4th 1924), colour printed, in glazed frame, 462mm x 541mm.

Certificate, Midland Railway Ambulance Committee

MR handbill (double-sided). Foresters' Grand Fete at the Crystal Palace, 19 August 1873/ International Exhibition. Cheap Excursion Train to London from Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley, Sheffield,etc, 18 August 1873. (On reverse details of onward bookings to Paris, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium or the Rhine). Printed by Cook & Son, Printers, etc, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leicester. 250 x 155mm.

Foresters' grand fete

1873
Water carrier, Midland Railway, 50 gallons capacity, on two wheels and a roller, ex Sheffield Midland Station, Carriage & Wagon Department.

Water Carrier, Midland Railway

1870-1922
Alterations to, and additions to, the regulations for train signalling on single lines of railway worked on the Electric Train Tablet Block System. 5 pages produced by Midland Railway.

Alterations and additions to Train Signalling Regulations

Jan.1923
Register, Midland Railway, "Sandon & Canada Dock Agents Daily Record of Handling & Station Working Tonnages, 1914-1923", paper, card binding, spine damaged.

sandon & canada dock midland railway agents daily record

1914-1923
Sack barrow, Midland Railway, small two wheeled wooden barrow with metal tubular rungs, ex Clay Cross.

Sack Barrow, Midland Railway

1844-1923