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History of the Midland Railway 1901 AUTHOR: Clement E. Stretton FIRST PUB.: 1901 FULLY TEXT-SEARCHABLE PDF Easily find every mention of your chosen word or phrase	INSTANT DOWNLOAD £5.99
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First published in 1901 358 page book, with 100 illustrations and 6 diagrams. Fully text-searchable PDF to open in Adobe Reader or equivalent software. A highly detailed 358 page book describing the history of the Midland Railway from its very beginning to 1900. CONTENTS: The Birth of a Railway Opening of the Leicester and Swannington Railway Midland Counties Railway The North Midland Railway The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Difficulties Solved by Amalgamation The Midland Railway Company A Policy of Expansion Extensions & Purchases Great Rival Schemes The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal and Tramroads and the Leicester and Swannington extensions Communication Between Bristol & Birmingham The Leeds & Bradford Railway Gigantic Schemes and an Ancient Tramway A Coming Storm. Mr Hudson Resigns Mr John Ellis Elected Chairman The North Western Railway Company Leicester and Hitchen How The Midland Entered Manchester Bedford to London The London District and a War of Rates to London Important Extensions and Negotiations A Master-Stroke Settle to Carlisle and the Forth Bridge Suggested Amalgamations and a Second Main Line New Works The Locomotive Works at Derby The Carriage and Wagon Works The Administration of the Midland Railway, With Some Account of its Adminstrators The General Management Finance Department The Locomotive Department. Way and Works. Signals & Signal Works. The Carriage & Waggon Department. The Stores. The Hotels & Refreshment Department. The Detective Department. The Midland Railway Institute. Undertakings Acquired by the Midland. Joint Railways. Midland Railways Dividends. The Coat of Arms.