The Greatest Gathering Windfall
Last summer, volunteers from the Midland Railway Society were deeply involved in The Greatest Gathering, the unforgettable event hosted by Alstom at Derby’s Litchurch Lane Works as part of the wildly successful Railway200 celebrations. Given that this was the Midland Railway’s Carriage & Wagon Works, we very much regarded ourselves as the Home Team, so […]
Seasonal greetings to all our website visitors
As we near the end of the first year of the Society’s new website, this note is just to thank you for visiting us, and for your interest in the Society, the Study Centre and the Midland Railway itself. Following on from this year’s Railway 200 celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & […]
Midland Railway Society Visit to Litchurch Lane
Later this week a group of Midland Railway Society members will be visiting Alstom UK’s Litchurch Lane site at Derby – or as we prefer to think of the place: the former Midland Railway Carriage & Wagon Works. The Society worked closely with Alston during the summer under the Railway200 banner and more specifically with […]