The London, Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four
Crest of the LMS on a railway carriage
LMS crest, carved into the stonework at Leeds station
LMS monogram at Llandudno Station
An LMS sleeping car in the standard maroon livery
The London and North Western Railway was a major British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
…1923 under the Railways Act 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four. The companies merged into the LMS included the London and North Western Railway, the Midland Railway, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (which had previously merged with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922…
Coat of arms of the London & North Western Railway
LNWR's initials carved in Portland stone on one of Euston Station's entrance lodges
The erecting shop at the Crewe Locomotive Works c. 1890
Illustration of a LNWR passenger locomotive, c. 1852