The Midland Railway Study Centre

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The Stephen Summerson Collection

Stephen Summerson, who tragically died in 2007, is a past President of the Midland Railway Society and was a noted authority on Midland Railway locomotives. It was his wish that his extensive collection of photographs, research notes, manuscripts, and ephemera be made publicly available after his death.

The Midland Railway Study Centre are delighted to announce that Stephen's wish has been fulfilled, and the Stephen Summerson Collection is now available to researchers in the Midland Railway Study Centre.

Though the contents of the 60 binders, 17 notebooks and 15,000 photographs are yet to be catalogued in detail, there is an outline of the collection here on the web site.

An unusual view of the reading room

A different view of the reading room

Recently added pages on the web site:

The Stephen Summerson Collection catalogue
An Information Sheet detailing the Company's First Aid courses and Ambulance awards.
Full details of the Signalling Plans of the RFBMCT collection.
A page about Permanent Way drawings within the collections.
A page detailing the Staff Records within the collections.
The Roy F. Burrows Midland Collection Trust Web Site has an expanding Gallery of photographs illustrating objects in the collection which potential visitors to the Study Centre may find interesting.
A list of Signalling Notices and Weekly Notices available for research are listed here.
To illustrate the variety in the Midland Railway's operations, here is a drawing of a Burton and Ashby Light Railway tram car to download.
At the request of an enquirer, two chain plans dated 1902 of Willenhall Market Place Station on the Walsall to Wolverhampton Branch.
To help someone out, two chain plans of Wirksworth Station.
From our limited Staff Records collection: "My Memoirs", eight pages of undated, handwritten notes by Mr. J.A.HICKMOTT b.14AUG1889 at Highgate, London, written whilst living in Tewkesbury.
Again at the request of an enquirer, who is unable to visit the Study Centre being resident in Australia, a series of photographs of the 1905 track diagram of Rowsley. NEW

Please note that material downloaded from this web site may be subject to copyright and may not be reproduced without consent.

	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 Museum of Industry & History - (web site) It houses the largest publicly accessible collection of Midland Railway ephemera. This web site provides 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.

Visit our NEWS page to see what has been happening lately at the Study Centre. CLICK HERE FOR THE 2008 OPENING DATES The Stephen Summerson Collection Stephen Summerson, who tragically died in 2007, is a past President of the Midland Railway Society and was a noted authority on Midland Railway locomotives. It was his wish that his extensive collection of photographs, research notes, manuscripts, and ephemera be made publicly available after his death. The Midland Railway Study Centre are delighted to announce that Stephen's wish has been fulfilled, and the Stephen Summerson Collection is now available to researchers in the Midland Railway Study Centre. Though the contents of the 60 binders, 17 notebooks and 15,000 photographs are yet to be catalogued in detail, there is an outline of the collection here on the web site. A different view of the reading room Recently added pages on the web site: The Stephen Summerson Collection catalogue An Information Sheet detailing the Company's First Aid courses and Ambulance awards. Full details of the Signalling Plans of the RFBMCT collection. A page about Permanent Way drawings within the collections. A page detailing the Staff Records within the collections. The Roy F. Burrows Midland Collection Trust Web Site has an expanding Gallery of photographs illustrating objects in the collection which potential visitors to the Study Centre may find interesting. A list of Signalling Notices and Weekly Notices available for research are listed here. To illustrate the variety in the Midland Railway's operations, here is a drawing of a Burton and Ashby Light Railway tram car to download. At the request of an enquirer, two chain plans dated 1902 of Willenhall Market Place Station on the Walsall to Wolverhampton Branch. To help someone out, two chain plans of Wirksworth Station. From our limited Staff Records collection: "My Memoirs", eight pages of undated, handwritten notes by Mr. J.A.HICKMOTT b.14AUG1889 at Highgate, London, written whilst living in Tewkesbury. Again at the request of an enquirer, who is unable to visit the Study Centre being resident in Australia, a series of photographs of the 1905 track diagram of Rowsley. NEW Please note that material downloaded from this web site may be subject to copyright and may not be reproduced without consent. If you are researching your family history and you have an ancestor who worked for the Midland Railway, please follow this link.