Engines Inherited From Constituent Companies
Midland formed in 1844 from the Midland Counties Railway, the North Midland Railway and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, and took over a number of others including the Leicester and Swannington Railway and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. See
- Midland Counties Railway Locomotives
- North Midland Railway Locomotives
- Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Locomotives
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