London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was one of the Big Four British railway companies from 1923 to 1948. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four. The companies merged into the LMS included the London and North Western Railway, the Midland Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (which had previously merged with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922), several Scottish railway companies (including the Caledonian Railway), and numerous other, smaller ventures.

For the Modern Company, see London Midland.

London, Midland And Scottish Railway Media

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  LMS crest, carved into the stonework at Leeds station

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  LMS monogram at Llandudno Station

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  An LMS sleeping car in the standard maroon livery

• Oerlikon electric train at Harrow and Wealdstone.jpg

  An electric multiple unit as used by the LMS in the London area, stands at Harrow and Wealdstone station after nationalisation.

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  The TS Queen Mary. This ship was part of the LMS Clyde steamer fleet from 1935 to 1947.

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  The Midland Hotel, Manchester; one of many hotels formerly owned and operated by the LMS.

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  Sir Guy Granet, Chairman of the LMS between 1924 and 1927