£4.50
by Steve Huson, published by the Midland Railway Society. Second enlarged edition.
Whilst aimed primarily at those who know very little about the Midland Railway, this easily accessible text provides an introduction to the Company’s history that will be enjoyed by those with all levels of interest. Dealing with the origins of the three constituent companies, their merger in 1844, the shenanigans of George Hudson and the salvation in John Ellis, it is the story of how the Midland became one of Britain’s most important railway companies, before the beginning-of-the-end with the onset of the Great War. Over 33 pages it outlines how the Midland reached London, then Manchester and over “the long drag” to Carlisle – even across the Irish Sea and, indirectly, to interests in Scotland.
