Talk:Matthew Kirtley

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Kirtley's output was tremendous. This article could do with a great deal more information on that output - details of the locomotive classes built under his direction. the book The Midland Railway by C Hamilton Ellis (1953) has a whole chapter devoted to it. I am afraid that the MR is fairly unknown to me Peter Shearan 17:13, 11 June 2006 (UTC)