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Carriages

Clayton 6 wheel carriages
The Midland Railway had a substantial fleet of 6 wheel carriages. These were used for long distance express services, indeed many were built by the Midland Railway's Scottish partners specifically for joint services. Large numbers of these carriages survived to the 1930's and the odd one to the 1950's in engineering use. It was not uncommon for an odd 6 wheel carriage to be attached to a train of bogie carriages in the early LMS period.

Clayton arc roof bogie carriages
Introduced from 1881 onwards these carriages were remarkably similar to the Clayton 6 wheel stock of the period. They were used principally on suburban services. A number were altered during their life by the addition of lavatories and several were converted for push pull working in 1907.

54' Clerestory roof carriages

These clerestory carriages were introduced for long distance services operated by the Midland at the turn of the century. They were used in both the Midlands own and Scottish Joint services worked in partnership with the NBR and the G&SWR.

Non Passenger Coaching Stock

	Diagram 379: 4 ton meat wagon Produced in hand braked, piped or fully fitted versions this was the standard meat van for many years. After introduction of the refrigerated meat vans many wagons were converted to ordinary vans.
	Diagram 418: fruit & milk van Based on the same 25' floor plan as the Diagram 420 & 529 vans these vehicles provided express transport of perishable products on passenger services. Some 25 vans were built to this pattern in 1893. The final withdrawal took place in 1944.
	Diagram 420: parcels van Based on the same 25' floor plan as the Diagram 418 & 529 vans these vehicles provided express transport of mail & parcels as part of express passenger services.
	Diagram 529: brake van Based on the same 25' floor plan as the Diagram 418 & 420 these brake vans used by the Midland Railway through out the country. Over 370 of these vans were built and would have been a frequent sight on many Midland passenger services.

Goods wagons

	D336/336a long low wagon Over 500 long low wagons were built from 1895 to 1910. Used orginally to carry agricultural machinery the long low was used to carry all manner of machinery including cars. Commonly seen nationwide.
	D351 8ton high sided goods wagon Over 500 long low wagons were built from 1895 to 1910. Used orginally to carry agricultural machinery the long low was used to carry all manner of machinery including cars. Commonly seen nationwide.

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