MRS Journal No. 76 (Summer 2021)

£5.00

Table of Contents

Front Cover Illustration: Derby Official photograph DY2493 five-plank high-sided open wagon 1903.

High-sided Wagon No.88181: design and build of diagram D299 wagons built between 1882 and 1892 by Stephen Lea

Midland Wagons – an overview by Stephen Lea

A New Danger: The author recounts the circumstances surrounding the accidental death at the LNWR’s Lancaster Castle station of a Midland Railway contract painter. Jamie Guest

The Swadlincote Loop – a Personal View by Roy Burrows

Foreigners: Two photographs of Midland passenger trains taken from the lineside near Elstree each featuring a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Seals of Approval: short notes explaining the need for company seals. Photo feature by Andrew Surry

Back Cover Illustration: Colour facsimile of a joint Lancashire & Yorkshire and Midland Railways poster dated July 1st 1909.