www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY
STUDY CENTRE
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The Midland Railway Study Centre is a collaboration between:

  • The Roy F. Burrows Midland Collection Trust - (web site)
  • The Midland Railway Society - (web site)
  • The Silk Mill - Derby's Museums- (web site)

It houses the largest publicly accessible collection of Midland Railway ephemera. On this site you will find full details about the Study Centre, its contents, how to use it, and what else the partner organisations can do to assist in finding information about the Midland Railway.


Our NEWS page details what has been happening lately at the Study Centre. Updated 10MAY2012

Meanwhile, to find out about the latest developments at The Silk Mill, visit this web site

The 2012 programme of opening dates can be found here.


Search the Study Centre Catalogue

The Study Centre catalogue is available on this link.

We now also have a searchable resource for family historians. For King and Country lists the men of the Midland Railway who joined the military in 1914. It is searchable by name or location.


The Silk Mill viewed from above

The Silk Mill - home of the Midland Railway Study Centre


A view of the reading room

The reading room


If you are researching your family history and you have an ancestor who worked for the Midland Railway, please have a look at this link.

Meanwhile, Locomotive Historians can see what resources we have by following this link.


This web site is maintained by Dave Harris, the Study Centre Co-ordinator

Email: enquiries@midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk
Silk Mill Lane, off Full Street, Derby, DE1 3AF
Tel: 01283 702689

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Site last updated: 10MAY2012