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A number of different numbering and classification schemes were used for the locomotives owned by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and its constituent companies. The LMS, formed on 1 January 1923 from many smaller companies included the Caledonian Railway (CR), Furness Railway (FR), Glasgow and South Western Railway (GSWR ...
Virginia and Mount Airy Railway: Nansemond Land, Lumber and Narrow Gauge Railway Company: NS: 1873 1884 Suffolk and Carolina Railway: Nelson and Albemarle Railway: 1903 1963 N/A New River Railroad: N&W: 1877 1882 Norfolk and Western Railroad: New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company: N&W: 1873 1877 New River Railroad: New River ...
The Railways Act 1921 did not extend to Ireland, but Irish lines owned by constituent companies became part of the LMS: Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway (DNGR) 26 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (43 km) (owned by the LNWR) – operated from 1933 by the GNR(I) Northern Counties Committee lines (NCC) 265 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (427 km) (owned by the Midland Railway)
Being geographically the largest, and the most central of the four main post-grouping railway companies, the LMS shared numerous boundaries with both the LNER and GWR, although its overlap with the Southern Railway was limited due to the general lack of direct routes through London. The SR and the LMS were mainly overlapping on the West London Line
The "Big Four" was a name used to describe the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923–1947. The name was coined by The Railway Magazine in its issue of February 1923: "The Big Four of the New Railway Era". The Big Four were: Great Western Railway (GWR) London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)
In some countries, the railway operating bodies are not companies, but are government departments or authorities. Particularly in many European countries beginning in the late-1980s, with privatizations and the separation of the track ownership and management from running the trains, there are now many track-only companies and train-only companies.
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway: (Midland and GNR; subsequent to the grouping the parent companies were the LMS and the LNER). Length 183 miles (295 km). Length 183 miles (295 km). This was the largest joint system in the UK, and many of the services were operated by the joint company itself.
West Virginia Secondary: Columbus, Ohio [17] Enon, West Virginia [18] Leased to Watco and operated as Kanawha River Railroad, LLC [19] New Connection Track: Norton Wye: Beech Fork Spur: Vulcan Middle Track: Virginia Division Pull-In Track: Former Virginia Division Altavista District: Abilene, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia: Former VGA line which ...