What is Midland Railway?
[[File:Midland Railway of England poster - 10713457295 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Midland Railway of England poster]] The '''Midland Railway''' (MR) was a [[railway]] company in the [[United Kingdom]] from [[1844]] to [[1922]]. It had a large network of lines managed from its [[headquarters]] in [[Derby]]. It became the third-largest railway undertaking in the [[British Isles]] after the [[Great Western Railway]] and the [[London and North Western Railway]]. The company was formed in 1844 by the merger of the Midland Counties Railway, the [[North Midland Railway]], and the Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway. The Birmingham & Gloucester Railway joined two years later. The earlier systems met at [[Derby railway station]]. The MR established its [[locomotive]] works, and later its [[carriage]] and wagon works, at Derby. In [[1923]], the MR became part of the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] under the [[Railways Act 1921]]. {{Bigfour}} [[Category:Pre-grouping British railway companies]]