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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Indeed since the sweeping away of the great Midland Station and the ango- ing demolition of the old Midland Railway Works only parts of the origi- nal 1840 workshops of the North Midland and the Midland Counties Railway now survive as testimony to the heart and origins of the Midland Railway In 1994 less than a decade after the old station was demolished celebrations marked the 150th anniversary of the Midland Railway Company which existed from 1844 to 1923. Now Peter Billson’s book Derby and the Midland Railway commemorates the creation of the company and out- lines its general development with par- ticular reference to how it affected the growth of Derby a town which became a great railway manufacturing centre. He covers the origins of the Midland Railway Company the building of the three railways to Derby how the tri- junction station came to be built where it is the railway buildings the railway ‘village’ which grew up around the sta- tion the Midland Hotel and much more. We learn of all the delicate negotia- tions which took place about amalga mations carly Royal travellers and dis- tinguished visitors and the first excur sions. Useful appendices also tell the reader about conditions of employment and the engines wagons carriages and other stock associated with Derby and the Midland Railway.