British Railway Companies - Pre Nationalisation

Can you identify some of the British railway companies which existed prior to nationalisation in 1948.

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Initials	Railway Company
CR	Caledonian Railway
GCR	Great Central Railway
GER	Great Eastern Railway
GNR	Great Northern Railway
GNoSR	Great North of Scotland Railway
G&SWR	Glasgow and South Western Railway
GWR	Great Western Railway
HR	Highland Railway
IoWCR	Isle of Wight Central railway
LMS	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
LNER	London and North Eastern Railway
L&YR	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
LB&SCR	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
LC&DR	London, Chatham and Dover Railway
LNWR	London and North Western Railway
LSWR	London and South Western Railway
LT&SR	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
M&GNJR	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
MR	Midland Railway
MS&LR	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
M&SWJR	Midland and South Western Junction Railway
NBR	North British Railway
NER	North Eastern Railway
NLR	North London Railway
NSR	North Staffordshire Railway
RR	Rhymney Railway
S&DR	Stockton and Darlington Railway
S&DJR	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
SE&CR	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
SER	South Eastern Railway
SR	Southern Railway
TVR	Taff Vale Railway

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