{"id":916,"date":"2025-03-22T12:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T12:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/?page_id=916"},"modified":"2025-05-26T10:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:38:28","slug":"railwayana-midland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/railwayana-midland\/","title":{"rendered":"Midland Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Formed in 1844 by the amalgamation of various other smaller companies such as the Midland Counties Railway, it eventually extended from Carlisle in the North (via the Settle and Carlisle line), Bristol in the West, and London (St. Pancras) in the South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MRmilepost.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MRmilepost-713x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Midland Railway restricted-clearance milepost\" class=\"wp-image-918\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MRmilepost-713x1024.jpg 713w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MRmilepost-209x300.jpg 209w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MRmilepost-768x1103.jpg 768w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MRmilepost.jpg 1039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Midland Railway restricted-clearance milepost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Midland-Railway-Poise.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Midland-Railway-Poise.jpg\" alt=\"Midland Railway 28lb Poise\" class=\"wp-image-1044\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Midland-Railway-Poise.jpg 400w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Midland-Railway-Poise-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Midland-Railway-Poise-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Midland Railway 28lb Poise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Above is a &#8216;poise&#8217; &#8211; a proportional weight for weighing parcels etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formed in 1844 by the amalgamation of various other smaller companies such as the Midland Counties Railway, it eventually extended from Carlisle in the North (via the Settle and Carlisle line), Bristol in the West, and London (St. Pancras) in the South. Above is a &#8216;poise&#8217; &#8211; a proportional weight for weighing parcels etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-916","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916\/revisions\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}