Sentence:  "... the case of the <WSD>Midland</WSD> and the case of the Great Eastern" (his Lordship had been referring to the reasons for special scales). "The case of the <WSD>Midland</WSD> we found to be very peculiar, because, unlike most of the other railway companies,..." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A former railway company in England, the (Midland Railway).