British Railways London Midland Region

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British Railways London Midland Region was the post-nationalisation division of British Railways responsible for former London, Midland and Scottish Railway routes, including the operation of locomotives such as the LMS Black Five.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division of British Railways
railway region
country United Kingdom
dissolutionCause sectorisation of British Rail
dissolved 1980s
followedBy InterCity sector
Railfreight sector
Regional Railways sector
linked to: Regional Railways
hadSubsequentReorganisation integration into sector-based structure of British Rail
headquartersLocation Euston, London
linked to: London Euston
inception 1948
notableStationOnNetwork Birmingham New Street
Liverpool Lime Street
London Euston
Manchester Piccadilly
operatedLocomotiveClass AC electric locomotives on West Coast Main Line
BR Class 40 diesel-electric locomotives
BR Class 47 diesel-electric locomotives
BR Standard Class 4
BR Standard Class 5
BR Standard Class 7 (Britannia)
LMS Jubilee Class
LMS Princess Coronation Class
LMS Princess Royal Class
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 (Black Five)
operatedOnRailNetwork Midland Main Line (southern sections and associated routes)
linked to: Midland Main Line

West Coast Main Line
routes in North Wales
routes in North West England
routes in parts of Scotland
routes in the English Midlands
parentOrganization British Transport Commission
partOf British Railways
linked to: British Rail
predecessor London, Midland and Scottish Railway
railwayRegionOf England
Scotland
Wales
responsibleFor freight train services on former LMS routes
infrastructure maintenance on former LMS routes
passenger train services on former LMS routes
startCause nationalisation of British railways under the Transport Act 1947
usedBrand British Railways
linked to: British Rail
usedLivery British Rail blue and grey coaching stock livery
linked to: Rail Blue

British Railways lined black steam locomotive livery
British Railways maroon coaching stock livery
usedRollingStockType diesel locomotives
electric locomotives
steam locomotives
usedSignallingPractice colour light signalling on main lines
upper quadrant semaphore signals (legacy LMS practice)

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LMS Black Five successorOperator British Railways London Midland Region
LMS successorCompany British Railways London Midland Region
British Railways Western Region concurrentWith British Railways London Midland Region
British Rail first-generation DMUs usedBy London Midland Region of British Railways
linked to: British Railways London Midland Region
BR Standard Class 4 steam locomotives regionOfOperation British Railways London Midland Region
6200 Princess Royal successorOperator British Railways London Midland Region
Black Five railwayRegion British Railways London Midland Region
5MT railwayRegionContext British Railways London Midland Region