MRS Journal No. 73 (Summer 2020)

£5.00

Table of Contents

Front Cover Illustration: Colourised photograph of the lounge area of the Midland Hotel, Morecambe.

Foreigners: Two photographs of MR 483 Class 4-4-0 No.490; at Chester General Station (LNWR) circa 1922-24 and at Tamworth water troughs with a balcony ended non-Midland carriage (LNWR?) in the train. By Ian Howard

Morecambe’s White Hope – Part 1: by Steve Huson

How the Midland Got to Wales: An in depth study of the Midland Railway’s successful efforts to reach South Wales via Worcester, Hereford, Hay and Brecon by John Miles

The Erewash Valley Railway Company by Andrew Surry

Trouble at Cheltenham: Snippets from Directors Minutes of the Bristol & Birmingham Railway for 1845.

Never Make Assumptions: Andrew Surry investigates a photograph taken circa 1914 of 4-4-0 No.555 at the head of a passenger train standing at the end of a station platform purporting to be Market Harborough.

Notes on Bridge No.88 at Radlett: Three photographs dating from 1867, 1948 and 2020 by Andrew Surry & Stephen Lea plus Robin Cullup, Richard Kirk

Back Cover Illustration : Hand drawn coloured diagram of the lines from Hereford to Swansea showing all stations and naming a large number of collieries en-route Oct 1919. Glynn Waite collection