London, Midland and Scottish Railway LMS Hand Lamp

London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Hand Lamp

This is a lovely example of a railway hand lamp used between the 1920’s - 1940s . The main body is stamped on the side (L M S) and has a brass makers plate stamped (L.M.S. 45827) - The internal section which rotates has 4 aspect and the glass is condition.

Condition  - is good used condition, with age markings you would expect from an item of this age. All parts complete and working.

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 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. 

The LMS operated services in and around London, the Midlands, the North West of England, Mid/North Wales and Scotland.[5] The company also operated a separate network of lines in Northern Ireland.

The principal routes were the West Coast Main Line and the Midland Main Line, which had been the main routes of the two largest constituent companies, the London and North Western Railway and the Midland Railway respectively.

In 1938, the LMS operated 6,870 miles (11,056 km) of railway (excluding its lines in Northern Ireland), but its profitability was generally disappointing, with a rate of return of only 2.7%. Under the Transport Act 1947, along with the other members of the "Big Four" British railway companies (Great Western Railway, London and North Eastern Railway and Southern Railway), the LMS was nationalised on 1 January 1948, becoming part of the state-owned British Railways.

Approximate Measurements

Height 30.5cm (12 inches)
Width 13cm (5 inches)
Depth 19cm (7.5 inches)

Weight 1.64kg