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The Midland Record is attractively produced in the usual Wild Swan style: that is in a Brunelian format which fits at Didcot, but nowhere else where A4 is favoured for page formats. There is remarkably little attention to its "series" nature. Most periodicals from the commercial bookstall type to the serious tend to treat each Issue as a book and this ensures that the series is moderately well known within the railway enthusiast brotherhood, but is virtually unknown in public libraries. Due to its cost it is unlikely to be treated in the same depth as other material on the steamindex website pages. There is a further problem in that Midland Engines, a sort of NRM/Wild Swan joint venture, is a sort of second cousin, twice removed, to the Record, although the monograph nature is more evident and the material tends to be dated, presumably at the behest of the NRM. As usual with this form of publishing the journal transgresses into alien ground: the Great Eastern Railway and British Railways, for instance..
Midland Record No. 0 [1994]
St. Pancras by Andy Brown
Kirtley era carriages by Andrew Hobbs
The odd spot
Midland Railway Liveries by Andy Brown
Nottingham Goods by Bob Essery
MR lineside
Ramps & jacks
Midland Railway motor trains by Bob Essery
MR freight
MIDLAND territory
The Visit of Messers. Reid & Anderson to the USA in 1920
Midland Railway Class 3 0-6-0
Coaley, Junction for Dursley by R.S.Carpenter
Braithwaite, Jack. Midland Railway locomotive aesthetics. 3-20.
8-ton covered goods wagon Diagram 357. 21-3
Miles, Keith. Rowsley: the last Midland shed. 24-43.
Main line [diesel electric locomotive No. 10000 on Midland main line in
Herfordshire]. 44-5.
If you must have diesel electric locomotives these were rather good
photographs taken by E.D. Bruton near Radlett of 14.15 St Pancras to Manchester
express on 13 March 1948 and at Harper Lane Crossing on up 12.05 ex-Derby
on 7 May 1949.
Toton sidings. 46-51.
Two illustrations, map and a plan.
MR lineside [water cranes]. 55-61.
Midland carriages Diagram 536;
Essery, Bob. 'The 3.55 Maltese'. 67-80.
03.55 express freight from Birmingham Washwood Heath to Gloucester as recalled
by then young fireman in 1951
Midland Record No.2
Midland Railway signal boxes;
Long timber truck;
Train control;
Relief arrangements;
MR water tanks and tank houses;
MR 15-ton steam cranes;
54ft bogie composite brake;
Bakewell footbridge;
The Class 4s in their final condition.
Midland Record No. 3
Freight from Birmingham;
A ducal whimsy;
A ride with a 'Highflyer';
S&DJR milk van;
Midland Railway signal arm;
Sheets, ropes & sacks;
Joseph Ellis & Sons;
An introduction to signalling.
Midland Record No. 4
An introduction to goods stations Part 1;
A practical view of the Midland system of train control;
4F Reflections;
Welbeck Colliery Branch Junction;
The `5.10 pm Leicester Slow';
The goods guard;
Midland Railway goods brake vans.
Midland Record 5
Barnt Green to Bromsgrove;
Selly Oak;
Cleaning Standards;
Midland Territory - Trent; MR
carriages converted for motor train use;
Eric Jarvis story part 1 - Porter to porter signalman;
St. Pancras for the Continent;
Midland Carriages Diagram 508;
Train Control;
Freight through Birmingham Part 2 - Gasworks traffic in the Birmingham area.
Midland Record No. 6
Swan-necked cranes and breakdown trains;
Eric Jarvis story Part 2 - Signalman;
Early Travelling Post Office arrangements;
MR 54ft brake third, Lot 560;
Sileby;
Midland Railway coke wagons;
An overview of early signalling;
Midland Railway lamps;
Freight through Birmingham Part 3
Midland Record No. 7
Wellingborough marshalling yards Part 1;
Mountsorrel Junction;
MR coaling stage, ash pit & tank house;
10/12 ton covered goods wagons;
Focus on Barnoldswick;
Stop blocks;
An introduction to goods stations Part 2
Midland Record No. 8
Freight through Birmingham Part 4;
Victorian elegance;
A life in Pitman's shorthand;
MR 12-ton coal wagon;
The effect of mining subsidence upon railways;
Train control;
Wellingborough marshalling yards Part 2;
Point levers;
Eric Jarvis story Part 3
Atkins, Philip. The evolution of the `Flatirons'. 5-13
alternative schemes for a large MR passenger tank engine,
1903-1906;
Water Orton to Carlisle freight trains;
Matlock miscellany;
Wicker goods;
Railway container development up to 1939
Midland Record No. 10
Tom King, a Midland driver Part 1;
MR cattle wagon;
Atkins, Philip. The Smith connection. 15-19
Locomotive links between Gateshead and Derby via W M Smith (father)
and J W Smith (son)
The Barnoldswick branch;
Hunt, David. The Johnson compounds. 40-52.
Includes a folding general arrangement drawing.
The Midland influence on passenger trains:
Freight through Birmingham Part 5.
Braithwaite, Jack. The epitome of excellence. 5-
History of the concept of the beauty of Johnson's singles, 4-4-0s
and even the 0-6-0s. Notes the involvement of Robert Weatherburn, District
Locomotive Superintendent at Kentish Town from May 1885. The Pendreds, Loughnan
and Vaughan, of The Engineer also contributed.
James, Fred, Hunt, David and Essery, Bob.
Midland Railway '1121' class 0-6-0 goods tank engines (Class Q and Order
No. 1395) — post 1907 Nos. 1845-1899. 14-47.
Almost as detailed as the Midland Engines series: includes general
arrangement drawings (side elevation and plan).
Plate Layers Cabins;
Prayer services at Derby Locomotives Works;
MR listed building;
King, Tom as related to Roy Williams. The
Deeley 0-6-4Ts — a postscript. 62-3.
Mentions the derailments near Newark, Ashton-under-Hill and Moira,
yet claimed that the locomotives steamed well and more surprisingly "rode
well".
Midland enginemen's tools. 64-80.
Brushes, shovels, oil cans, etc.
Midland Record No. 12
Tom King, a Midland driver Part 2;
Didsbury and the Manchester South District Railway;
Diagram 387 Banana Vans;
Mangotsfield;
Up the Branch;
A glimpse at Manchester Central;
Parachute Tanks;
Eric Jarvis Part 4;
Swannington Station
Miles, Keith. A Taste of Bakewell pudding. 4-11.
Author was running foreman at Rowsley shed near Bakewell.
Locomotive details. 12-15.
Built-up chimneys and locomotive headlamps, some of which had the
locomotive number and driver's name painted on them.
Williams, Roy. Tom King, a Midland driver. Part 3. 17-24.
Moved from Bournville to Walsall Pleck on 26 May 1922 where Rigby
was the shedmaster. In 1925 the LMS closed Pleck shed and moved the locomotives
and staff to several other sheds including the former LNWR shed at Ryecroft
where he found that the discipline was more relaxed.
Midland Railway standard fog hut. 24-5.
Diagram and illustration: former dated July 1918, Derby.
Overton, Tony. Hand shunting signals at Mantle Lane. 26-9.
Hand signals employed by shunters to communicate with each other.
Mantle Lane signal box was in Coalville..
D303 12 ton wagon with hinged top plank Lot 595: Drawing No. 2157 dated 5th October 1904. 30-2.
By the way... 33-7.
Atkins, Philip. Proposed Midland eight-coupled engines.
38-43.
S.W. Johnson outside-cylinder 0-8-0 with Belpaire firebox drawn up
between 1902 and 1903: notes the influence of John W. Smith, the Chief
Draughtsman at Derby who was the eldest son of Walter M. Smith of
Gateshead.
Essery, Bob. Midland Railway loading and structure gauges. 46-57.
Webb, Pat. Fitted coal train tests. 59-80.
The committee responsible consisted of R.F. Harvey, Chief Operating
& Motive Power Officer; R.C. Bond, Chief Mechanical Engineer; A.E. Robson,
Chief Carriage & Wagon Engineering Officer; T.M. Herbert, Director of
Research; D. Murray, Chief Freight Officer and D.M. Dear, Assistant Director
of Costings.The real organisers were Tom Baldwin, Head of Mechanical Engineering
in the Research Department and J.W. Eling-Smith, Assistant Chief Draughtsman
of the Carriage & Wagon Drawing Office at Derby. Between 1951 and 1955
the author was closely involved. He had an excellent relationship with his
chief: J.W. Caldwell, Chief Locomotive Draughtsman. He also workef with Dennis
Peacock, a "knowledgeable eccentric" who was normally in charge of the wind
tunnel. The Carriage & Wagon chief functionary was Derrick Lampard. The
District Motive Power Superintendent was D.D. Scott, whom Webb considered
may have been from St. Rollox.
There were tests with both vacuum-brake and air-brakes. The motive power
used was a mixture of standard locomotives, often used in pairs, and for
the air-braked tests specially modified locomotives fitted with brake pumps
(Britannia class and Standard Class 5, and initially L1 class locomotives
borrowed from Stratford: the Toton drivers had a very low opinion of these
locomotives, especially thir riding properties.
Hunt, David. Superheater Class 2s in service. 4-9.
Eric Jarvis Story Part 5;
Walworth Road Coal Depot;
Tom King, a Midland Driver, Part 4 – as related to Roy Williams.
33-43.
Braithwaite, Jack. The Butterflies: some notes on S.W. Johnson's original bogie single-wheeler and 4-4-0 designs for the GER. 45-
Diagram 351 8 ton High-Sided Wagon;
Warburton, G.L. An Introduction to Signalling, Part 2. 54-60.
Midland Railway Station Name Boards;
Essery, Bob. Sutton Bridge Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway.
74-9.
Photographs from Phil Coutanche Collection.
No. 1757 Beatrice. 79-80.
Engine for the 9.5 p.m. Carlisle;
MR Level Crossing Gates;
Essery, Bob. Locomotive details. 43-6.
Cabs fitted to some locomotives, e.g. No. 1506, for working at
Liverpool.
Tom King, a Midland Driver Part 5;
Midland Carriages;
White Sponge Cloths;
Church Road; Mileage Posts,
Gradient Posts and Cast Iron Notice Plates;
Odd Spot
Braithwaite, Jack. The Johnson bogie singles.
5-13.
With additional notes by Bob Essery
Obituaries. 13
David Ibbotson and David Tee.
Essery, Bob. Midland Railway lamps. 14-23.
Eric Jarvis Story Part 6;
Hulme, John. Midland engines – further information. 39-40.
Essery, Bob. Freight through Birmingham Part 6 – Camp Hill. 41-57.
Hunt, David. Accident at Camp Hill. 58-61.
Kay, Peter. Leigh Old Station. 63-71.
Leigh-on-Sea on Southend line.
Midland Railway 31ft 0in Parcels Vans D422;
Bedford Junction c1896;
Tales of the London Road;
Midland Railway Crane;
Leeds 1909;
Eric Jarvis Story Part 7;
Tom King Obituary;
Birmingham Central Goods Station;
Personal Recollections of Birmingham Central;
Midland Railway 19th Century Train Working Part 1
Maggs, Colin G. Running the strike gauntlet: a night journey from
Bath to Edinburgh. 3-5.
The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants called a national strike
in August 1911 which was partly provoked by the violent verbal and jingoistic
response of the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith. A.M.M. of the Bath
Chronicle described a journey made over the Midland Railway from Bath to
Carlisle without any major difficulty although he did witness the widespread
use of police and armed soldiers to guard the railway.
Essery, Bob. Poplar Docks. 6-16.
Essery, Bob. Midland and LMS fencing. 17-23.
Hunt, David. The Kirtley '240' Class standard goods engines. 24-65.
Rather more than a history of a locomotive class as it begins by examining
locomotive policy on the Midland Railway back to its inception in July 1844
and the development of the Robert Stephenson six-coupled Atlas delivered
to the Leicester & Swannington Railway in February 1834.
Essery, Bob. Birmingham Central Goods Station — a postscript. 65.
31ft third class lavatory carriages. 66-7.
Essery, Bob and Lane, Barry C. (drawings). Carriage cleaning. 68-73.
Further information about Midland Engines Nos. 1,2,3 and 4;
Warmley;
Ryecroft Reflections;
Signals at Kentish Town station.
No. 3795 at Cossington. H.E. Simmonds (phot.). 2-3.
Two page spread of 3F 0-6-0 No. 3795 on freight six miles north of
Leicester c1939.
Essery, Bob. The West Riding Lines of the Midland Railway. Part 1.
4-26.
On 14 July 1896 the Chief Engineer, J. Allen McDonald presented a
report on a proposal to construct a far more direct route to, and through,
Bradford to make the Company more competitive for its traffic to the Yorkshire
woolen district and for Anglo-Scottish traffic. The railway was intended
to leave the main line near Royston (Yorks), pass to the west of Dewsbury,
up the Spen Valley, through a long tunnel and over a viaduct in the centre
of Bradford at Foster Square and through high level platforms at the passenger
station. Parliamentary powers were obtained, but only the sections to
Huddersfield and Dewsbury were constructed. As the author correctly states
the scheme was too late to be implemented and railway access to Bradford
remains hughly unsatisfactory.
Essery, Bob. Midland Railway 0-6-0 express goods engines. 27-31.
Nos. 2049, 2056 and 2110 fitted with H class boilers in 1904 (1906
in case of last) were rebuilt with 6ft coupled wheels in 1906: they
were renumbered 3326, 3333 and 3387 in 1907. It is probable that they were
intended to work fast meat trains between Alexandra Docks in Liverpool and
St. Pancras
Cross, M.S. Midland Railway weighing machine. 32-3.
Two photographs and diagrams of weighing machine, built at Derby,
and installed at Evesham as extant in 1963.
Midland Railway 2-4-0 No. 104 (photograph, c1900) from collection of Edward
John Price (Midland Record readers' collections). 34.
Location not known: two enthusiasts standing on front of
locomotive.
Roberts, Stan. 'The History of a Great Enterprise'. 35-7.
The History of a Great Enterprise was a brochure
produced by the Midland Railway in 1914 to promote the Adelphi Hotel in
Liverpool. The hotel was owned by the Midland Railway and had been reconstructed
in 1914: it still survives and featured in a BBC docu-soap in which KPJ may
be detected.
Hunt, David. Further information on Midland engines.
38-42.
See Midland Engines No. 4: mainly minor correctiosn
and photographs.
Essery, Bob. Evesham station building. 43-51.
Based on notes and photographs from Alan Bowering and drawings by
B.C. Lane.
Braithwaite, Jack. Locomotive beauty: a personal viewpoint. 52-9.
A further appreciation of the aesthetics of the locomotives constructed
under Samuel Johnson and the influence of Charles Beyer: "In my view, Charles
Beyer was the great engine artist and it is very regrettable that he is never
given much prominence today except for the writings of M. Rutherford and
C.P. Atkins". Critical of failure of Simmons and Biddle to include Beyer
in Oxford Companion..States how
he and Hubert Michell Ware (1907-2003) used to gaze at preserved 4-2-2 No.
673 at NRM. Ware had started his railway career at Derby in 1924. An illustration
of 7ft 4-4-0 No. 2592 (T or 6 Class) is accompanied by statement that William
Briggs Thompson had written in 1939 that was "most beautiful steam locomotive
ever seen by him". This was assisted by drumhead smokebox being lagged and
sharing the same diamtere as the boiler and its round-top firebox. David
Holme Morton had written in Engineering (26 November 1898) that "British
steam locomotive is one of the greatest triumphs of the arts" when praising
the appearance of No. 2591 on display at the Glasgow Exhibition. Braithwaite
compared Hogarth's Line of Beauty as expressed in a shallow S shape
curve.
Smith, Peter. The New Docks Branch, Gloucester. 60-73.
Essery, Bob. Single Rail Scotch;
Newby Moor Crossing Signal Box
Midland Record No. 18. Steve Duckworth. 77-8.
See feature on Poplar Docks. Mainly concerned with evidence for use of hydraulic
power. Cites Edwin Course's London railways then and now (Batsford, 1987)
which shows MR hydralic power staion in angle between MR and London &
Blackwall lines. There is evidence for hydraulic capstans. They were probably
suppled by Tannett Walker. Suggests that ingots being loaded into barges
were of lead.
Midland Record No. 18. John Edgington. 78.
. Midland Record No. 18. Barry C. Lane. 78-9
Midland Record No. 18. John Brown. 79.
Midland Record No. 18. Steve Sykes.
Midland Record No. 18. Michael Nicholson.
Midland Record No. 18. Chris Crofts. 79-80.
Midland Record No. 18. John Parker. 80
Dog kennel-like boxes probably covers for valves lleading to water tanks.
Essery, Bob. Didsbury goods shed. 4-10.
Atkins, Philip. Richard Mountford Deeley: author
and polymath. 11-12.
Concentrates entirely on his non-railway activities: tribology,
gweneology, climatology and genealogy, of which only the first related to
railway engineering.
Essery, Bob. Toton Old Bank. 13.
Essery, Bob. West Riding lines of the Midland Railway. Part 2.
Crigglestone. 14-22.
Includes picture of Crigglestone Viaduct under construction.
By the Way [correspondence]. 22-3.
Legg, Keith. Midland Railway lamps. 24-6.
Drawings by R. Smith and M.S. Cross.Lamp-posts and lanterns
for either gas od oil illumination on platforms, etc.
Hunt, David. The Kirtley '480' Class standard goods engines. 27-61.
Overton, Tony. Signalling at Nottingham. 62-4.
Essery, Bob. Radstock engine shed coaling crane. 64-6.
Drawing by P.S. Duckworth.
Kentish Town visit. 67
Visit by Railway Club on 16 April 1904.
Turton, Keith. Freight through Birmingham. Part 7. Coal traffic
to Birmingham Gas Works. 68-80.
Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Light Company and Birminham Gas Light
and Coke Company and later the City of Birmingham Corporation obtained their
coal supplies from a wide number of sources. The local coal was unsuitable
for the production of town gas and most had to be obtained from Derbyshire
and South Yorkshire, although some was obtained from North Staffordshire
and from North Wales, near Wrexham
The Locomotive Superintendent: his training and duties;
The Midland Railway `A' Class 0-6-0 Tank Engines;
Midland Railway Town Offices;
Water cranes, columns and painting styles;
Essery, Bob. MR headlamps, discs and destination boards. 39.
Midland Railway 19th Century Train Working Part 2;
MR Freight Traffic;
Toton Marshalling yards;
Readers' Collections; Gates;
The Midland Railway Study Centre;
Theatrical Traffic;
MR tender weatherboards and storm sheets;
Hellifield;
Poplar Docks;
Armley Station Signal Box; Up and Down Lines;
Hunt, David. Locomotive builders to the Midland Railway. 111-26.
An important source, as all manufacturers are listed and information
is given about them (Radford largeley excluded non-Deerby products): the
companies concerned were: Benjamin Hick, Kitson, Rothwell, R.B. Longridge,
E.B. Wilson, Sharp Stewart, R.&W. Hawthorn, Robert Stephenson, Beyer
Paecock, Manning Wardle, Neilson, Yorkshire Engine Co., John Fowler, Baldwin,
Schenectady and Armstrong Whitworth. Hunt did not cite his sources,
however.
Harpenden 1906 Station Nameboards
S.W. Johnson's 'Decorated' Steam Locomotives ;
Midland Territory - Welsh Harp ;
Whitwell Station ;
Essery, Bob. Midland Railway locomotive reversing levers. 34-9.
Hunt, David. The Stephenson '130' class. 42-50.
Illustrations from William Johnson's
Imperial Cyclopaedia of Machinery (1852): these were steel engravings
which included plan, sections and side elevation. Notes the influence of
Edward Snowball, Chief Locomotive
Draughtsman at R. Stephenson. .
The Johnson 4-2-2 Singles on the Nottingham to Lincoln Line ;
The Bradford Through Lines or What Might Have Been ;
Midland Railway Signalling at the Grouping ;
D326 8-Ton Deep Case Wagon ;
Midland Railway Lineside: Carriage, Horse and Cattle Docks ;
Midland Railway Tender Weatherboards and Storm Sheets Part 2
Braithwaite, Jack. Some Midland Railway locomotive shed allocations and duties c. 1867—1904, Part 1.
Carpenter, R.S. The Longbridge and Halesowen Joint Line.
Midland Railway Carriages:
Essery, Bob. D530 Passenger Brake Vans.
Essery, Bob. Bradford, Midland Station.
Edwardian Elegance — An H Boilered 4–4–0 ;
Essery, Bob. Locomotive & Tender Couplings ;
Overton, A.E. Midland Railway signal design during the 1880s. 2-24.
Hunt, David. Further information on Midland engines. 24.
Essery, Bob. Barnsley Court House Station. 25-7.
By the way... [letters]. 28-9.
Essery, Bob. An early Midland Railway low goods wagon. 29-33.
Drawing of a three-plank dropside wagon: 15ft by 7ft 5in overall width
dated 7 Juanuary 1874.
Morris, Stuart. "These are the Trains, Runnig on the New Line Behind
Us!" 34-9.
Passenger train services on the Midland's West Riding line, prior
to the Grouping of 1923 via the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's Bradford
Exchange and Thornhill.
Braithwaite, Jack. A Midland miscellany. 40-52.
The Midland railway's Early Access to London, by Peter J. Wilde ;
Carpenter, Roger and addtional notes . The Longbridge and Halesowen Joint Line. 60-80.
Sheffield Queen's Road Goods Station, ;
Atkins, Philip. Some notes on the larger-boliered
S&D 2–8–0 locomotives. 92-96.
Includes side elevation diagram, and photograph of ex No. 96 as LMS
No. 9676.
The Johnson Bogie Singles, by David Hunt ;
Essery, Bob. Midland Railway Wagon Lettering.
Essery, Bob. Midland Territory - Bromham Viaduct.
Essery, Bob. Ambergate Station, by Bob Essery ;
Essery, Bob. Austin Motor Works, Longbridge, by Bob Essery ;
Warburton, Graham. The J. S. Moore affair.
69-79.
James Samuel Moore was
born 6 March 1863 in Derby. Joined Midland Railway in 1877 working in the
office of the Chief Accountant. He worked for Saxby & Farmer and then
for the Railway Signal Company, but joined the London Tilbury & Southend
Railway during its final period, before being absorbed by the Midland Railway
in 1912. He retired on 5 September 1925 and died in 1950. Includes abstracts
of his patents.
Thurgarton Station, by Jim Jackson ;
Essery, Bob. Station Clocks, ;
Essery, Bob. Belper Station, .
Essery, Bob. Freight Through Birmingham Part 8 (Washwood Heath Sidings), ;
Essery, Bob. Midland railway Water Troughs, ;
Essery, Bob. 20ft Open Carriage Trucks Diagram 409, ;
Essery, Bob. Further Information on MR Headlamps, Discs and Destination Boards, ;
Ashchurch Station (Photographic Feature) ;
The Opening of the Nottingham - Lincoln Line, by David Hunt and Bob Essery ;
Midland Railway Locomotive Department Memoranda (Factual reports from the
1910's covering aspects of MR locomotives performance). 84-96.
Transcripts of documents:
Comparison of mileages run by compound and Belpaire engines.
Comment was minimal but the Belpaire engines (Nos. 770-4) were better
than the compounds in terms of times between shopping.
Comparison of mileages run by 0-6-4 and 0-4-4 type bogie tank engines
(dated 23 May 1910).
The 0-6-4Ts ran 17,000 miles between shopping, whereas the 0-4-4Ts
achieved 22,000 miles.
Loading and timing of goods trains comparison 1 April 1913
J.E. Anderson: mainly 0-6-0 type: very brief.
London coal traffic. (dated 8 June 1914)
Consideration of Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway 2-8-0, but rejected
due to outstanding need for bridge strengthening.
Saturated versus superheated locomotive performance 12th January 1914
and 26th October 1916.
Both tests showed advantage of superheating
Midland Record No. 27 (published June, 2008.)
Derby Works Official Photographs (from the collection of the late David Tee).
2-7.
Interiors of Erecting Shop (late 1880s); Paint Shop (c1890) and No.
3 Bay (1895)
Hunt, David. The '1528' Class 0–4–0
shunting tanks. 8-52. (includes folding diagrams)
Detailed review of Deeley designed shunting engines introduced in
1907 and which lasted into the 1960s. Profusely illustrated with official
drawings and photographs from MR, LMS and BR days.
Warburton, Graham. Steel rails. 53-5.
Falling weight impact test: testing machine at Derby.
Essery, Bob. Working the Stonehouse to Nailsworth and Stroud Branch
Lines .
Illustrated history of the Nailsworth and Stroud branches concentrating
on the working of the lines covering the period from their openings in 1867
and 1885 respectively to their closure to passengers in 1947 and complete
closure in 1966.
Some Additional Notes Regarding Reader's Collections by Giles Brown
By The Way
Guest, J. with contributions from A. Earnshaw. The Midland Railway
Huddersfield Extension.
The illustrated story of the Midland Railway's long battle to reach
the textile manufacturing town of Huddersfield.
Essery.Bob. Locomotive Headlamp Codes.
The 1903 changes of lamp position.
Early Signal Boxes and Other Structures between Newark and Lincoln by Jim
Jackson.
A pictorial feature highlighting some of the infrastructure and
personalities on the Neward to Lincoln line.
Working the Stonehouse to Nailsworth and Stroud Branch Lines Part 2 .
Bob's second article covering the operation of the Stroud branch opened
to goods in 1885 and closed in 1966.
The Midland Goods Shed at King's Cross by S. Duckworth.
Some observations following Peter Wilde's article about the Midland
Railway's early access to London in Midland Record #24 and Andrew Surry's
subsequent rejoinder in the correspondence in issue #25.
A Tilbury Interlude by Peter Wilde.
An illustrated article about early goods trains on the Thames Haven
Branch of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway featured in the Working
Time Tables of June 1884.
Essery, Bob. Covered Milk Truck Diagram D1272.
An illustrated article shedding further light on the somewhat confusing
story of Milk and Fish Trucks built by the Midland Railway.
Midland Railway Signalling by Tony Overton.
A detailed account covering the mechanical indicators employed by
the Midland Railway, explaining their types and uses profusely illustrated
with photographs, drawings and signal box diagrams.
Midland Record No. 29 (published September 2009)
Coal for London's West End, by Giles Brown ; Moseley, by A. E. Overton ;
Darley Dale, by Keith Miles
Rowsley's Water Column, by Keith Miles ;
Midland Railway Coal Pick (drawing) ;
Essery.Bob. The Midland Railway in South Wales.
Huddersfield Branch Postscript, by Jamie Guest ;
By the Way ;
Book Review - The Rise and Fall of the Severn Bridge Railway 1872-1970.
Essery, Bob. The Midland Railway in Bristol
The Economical Driving and Firing of the Locomotive Engine by R.M.Deeley
Essery, Bob. Stourton Midland Engine Shed
Leicester Passenger Station West Box by A.E.Overton
Essery, Bob. The Bootle Branch
Essery, Bob. Harringworth Viaduct and the Kettering & Manton Branch
By The Way
Who Wants Gowhole? by Derek Ashworth
Essery, Bob. Brighton Road.
Midland Record No. 32 (published 2010)
Kirk, Ken. Henry Kirk goods guard, LMS. 2-15.
Hunt, David. The Kirtley ERA 2-4-0s. 17-39.
Perkins, C.J. Frank Henshall Stalvies, 1846-1911. 95-6.
Born 7 January 1846 in Derby. Father was John Henshall Stalvies
(1809-1883).
Supplements including Midland engines
Hunt, David. American locomotives of the Midland
Railway. Didcot: Wild Swan, 1997. (Special Issue of Midland
Record)
Chapter 1 (pp. 3-14) covers the Norris locomotives including the British
"copies" manufactured by Nasmyth and Hick The remainder (pp. 15-52) covers
the Moguls.
Midland Record Supplement No.2 — Midland Railway Wagons : 48 pages
Midland Engines No. 1
'1833' and '2228' class bogie passenger tanks (Order No. 1602 and classes
K, P, K2 and P2) - post 1907 Nos. 1351 to 1430. Fred James, David Hunt
and Bob Essery, 52pp.
Extremely detailed: general arangement drawings, notes (especally
on painting) and photographic illustrations of the record type. Five references.
Actually seen..
Midland Engines No.2 — The class 3 Belpaire goods engines :: 64 pages
Midland Engines No.3 — The class 2 superheated 4-4-0s (’483’ class rebuild): 56 pages
Midland Engines No.4 — The `700’ class
double-frame goods engines. [The Kirtley 0-6-0 Goods Engine of the 700
Class] 102 pages.
Title shown in brackets is that provided by Midland Railway Society
Further indormation in Midland Record No. 19 pages
38-42.
Midland Engines No.5 — The Johnson ’2441’ class goods tank engines (post-1907 ’1900’ class or classes S, U and U 2). 78 pages
Note the titles for Midland Engines follow those use in BLPC rather than as supplied by commercial publisher. The Editor considers that this series is closed.