The holdings of the Midland Railway Study Centre

The folloing subject headings give a flavour of what The Study Centre contains and ghow it may help researchers:

Derby Museum
MR LAND AGENT PLANS
CARRIAGE & WAGON WORKS DRAWINGS
LOCOMOTIVE GENERAL ARRANGMENT (small sample)
BOUND VOLUMES

Midland Railway Society
LIBRARY OF PUBLISHED WORKS
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION

Roy F. Burrows Midland Colleciton Trust
THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
NUMBERED FORMS (STATION OF ORIGIN)
NUMBERED FORMS (PF PB GF GB LGF)
OFFICIAL & COMMERCIAL POSTCARDS
SECONDARY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
POSTERS & POSTER TIMETABLES
WORKING TIMETABLES & APPENDICES
PUBLIC TIMETABLES & SHEET TIMETABLES
OFFICIAL GUIDES
RULE BOOKS
SIGNAL BOX DIAGRAMS & SIGNAL LAYOUT PLANS
MAPS PLANS & GRADIENT DIAGRAMS ETC (Folded / Bound Volumes)
MAPS PLANS & MISCELLANEOUS DRAWINGS
LUGGAGE & PARCEL LABELS
WAGON LABELS
BIRMINGHAM & GLOUCESTER RAILWAY early correspondence with Charles Sturge (1830's)
SHARE CALL RECEIPTS SHARE CERTIFICATES AND SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTATION
SECRETARY'S OFFICE correspondence numbered forms and circulars
DIVIDEND STATEMENTS
GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE correspondence numbered forms and circulars
GENERAL MANAGER'S ORDERS
NOTICES TO DRIVERS AND FIREMEN ETC
MATERIAL RELATING TO HOTELS AND SHIPPING
HANDBILLS
PUBLICITY MATERIAL
INSURANCE OFFICE AND AMBULANCE COMMITTEE material
ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT correspondence and numbered forms
ESTATE DEPARTMENT correspondence and plans
SIGNAL & TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT material
ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT correspondence numbered forms and circulars
STORES DEPARTMENT material
LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT correspondence and numbered forms
CARRIAGE AND WAGON DEPARTMENT material
MINERAL MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT correspondence and numbered forms
NOTICES TO GUARDS relating to goods trains south of Leicester issued to a Mr Butterfield 1867-68
WEEKLY NOTICES TO ENGINE DRIVERS ETC
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LINE numbered circulars
SPECIAL TRAFFIC NOTICES AND MEMOS in relation to the Miners Strike 1912
MATERIAL RELATING TO SOCIAL & WELFARE ACTIVITIES
EARLY FORMS AND LATER UN-NUMBERED FORMS
CONSTITUENT COMPANY MATERIAL
JOINT LINE MATERIAL
BURTON AND ASHBY LIGHT RAILWAY MATERIAL
DIRECTORS REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF HALF YEARLY/ANNUAL MEETINGS
CARRIERS NOTES
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LINE correspondence un-numbered forms, circulars and numbered forms
WEEKLY NOTICES OF EXCURSIONS/SPECIAL TRAIN TIMETABLES
MARSHALLING LOADING AND STATION INSTRUCTIONS
ROYAL TRAIN MATERIAL
PERSONAL RECORDS AND EVENTS
GENERAL MANAGER'S CIRCULARS regarding Foot & Mouth Disease 1883
GLOUCESTER NEW DOCKS BRANCH sale of land Higford to Midland Railway correspondence 24th May 1895 to 16th May 1900
GOODS MANAGER'S CIRCULARS
GOODS MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT GOODS MANAGERS' numbered forms and correspondence
BURTON GOODS DEPARTMENT staff appointments and advances records 1865 to 1908
THE GEORGE DOW / R.E. LACEY archive consisting of notes drawings microfiche negatives and other source material relating to Midland Railway carriages
THE SHELFORD ARCHIVE of notes and photographs of Midland Railway and constituent companies locomotives
INTER COMPANY AGREEMENTS
SIDING AGREEMENTS
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS
SCHEDULE OF DEEDS handed to Midland Railway Company by Beale & Co (Solicitors) at various dates between 1886 and 1903
ACCIDENT REPORTS relating to the Midland Railway and its constituents
CONTRACTS SPECIFICATIONS and similar material relating to purchases and works
MISCELLANEOUS LARGE FORMAT NOTICES ETC
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	A BROAD LISITING OF WHAT IS IN THE STUDY CENTRE....
	The folloing subject headings give a flavour of what The Study Centre contains and ghow it may help researchers: Derby Museum MR LAND AGENT PLANS CARRIAGE & WAGON WORKS DRAWINGS LOCOMOTIVE GENERAL ARRANGMENT (small sample) BOUND VOLUMES Midland Railway Society LIBRARY OF PUBLISHED WORKS MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION Roy F. Burrows Midland Colleciton Trust THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS ACTS OF PARLIAMENT NUMBERED FORMS (STATION OF ORIGIN) NUMBERED FORMS (PF PB GF GB LGF) OFFICIAL & COMMERCIAL POSTCARDS SECONDARY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS POSTERS & POSTER TIMETABLES WORKING TIMETABLES & APPENDICES PUBLIC TIMETABLES & SHEET TIMETABLES OFFICIAL GUIDES RULE BOOKS SIGNAL BOX DIAGRAMS & SIGNAL LAYOUT PLANS MAPS PLANS & GRADIENT DIAGRAMS ETC (Folded / Bound Volumes) MAPS PLANS & MISCELLANEOUS DRAWINGS LUGGAGE & PARCEL LABELS WAGON LABELS BIRMINGHAM & GLOUCESTER RAILWAY early correspondence with Charles Sturge (1830's) SHARE CALL RECEIPTS SHARE CERTIFICATES AND SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTATION SECRETARY'S OFFICE correspondence numbered forms and circulars DIVIDEND STATEMENTS GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE correspondence numbered forms and circulars GENERAL MANAGER'S ORDERS NOTICES TO DRIVERS AND FIREMEN ETC MATERIAL RELATING TO HOTELS AND SHIPPING HANDBILLS PUBLICITY MATERIAL INSURANCE OFFICE AND AMBULANCE COMMITTEE material ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT correspondence and numbered forms ESTATE DEPARTMENT correspondence and plans SIGNAL & TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT material ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT correspondence numbered forms and circulars STORES DEPARTMENT material LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT correspondence and numbered forms CARRIAGE AND WAGON DEPARTMENT material MINERAL MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT correspondence and numbered forms NOTICES TO GUARDS relating to goods trains south of Leicester issued to a Mr Butterfield 1867-68 WEEKLY NOTICES TO ENGINE DRIVERS ETC SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LINE numbered circulars SPECIAL TRAFFIC NOTICES AND MEMOS in relation to the Miners Strike 1912 MATERIAL RELATING TO SOCIAL & WELFARE ACTIVITIES EARLY FORMS AND LATER UN-NUMBERED FORMS CONSTITUENT COMPANY MATERIAL JOINT LINE MATERIAL BURTON AND ASHBY LIGHT RAILWAY MATERIAL DIRECTORS REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF HALF YEARLY/ANNUAL MEETINGS CARRIERS NOTES SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LINE correspondence un-numbered forms, circulars and numbered forms WEEKLY NOTICES OF EXCURSIONS/SPECIAL TRAIN TIMETABLES MARSHALLING LOADING AND STATION INSTRUCTIONS ROYAL TRAIN MATERIAL PERSONAL RECORDS AND EVENTS GENERAL MANAGER'S CIRCULARS regarding Foot & Mouth Disease 1883 GLOUCESTER NEW DOCKS BRANCH sale of land Higford to Midland Railway correspondence 24th May 1895 to 16th May 1900 GOODS MANAGER'S CIRCULARS GOODS MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT AND DISTRICT GOODS MANAGERS' numbered forms and correspondence BURTON GOODS DEPARTMENT staff appointments and advances records 1865 to 1908 THE GEORGE DOW / R.E. LACEY archive consisting of notes drawings microfiche negatives and other source material relating to Midland Railway carriages THE SHELFORD ARCHIVE of notes and photographs of Midland Railway and constituent companies locomotives INTER COMPANY AGREEMENTS SIDING AGREEMENTS PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS SCHEDULE OF DEEDS handed to Midland Railway Company by Beale & Co (Solicitors) at various dates between 1886 and 1903 ACCIDENT REPORTS relating to the Midland Railway and its constituents CONTRACTS SPECIFICATIONS and similar material relating to purchases and works MISCELLANEOUS LARGE FORMAT NOTICES ETC TICKETS