 Although the NSR had joint ownership of the MB & M with the MS & L the NSR did not have running powers over the rest of the MS & L and was content to let the MS & L handle all traffic north of Middlewood . Finally with both the NSR and the Great Western Railway ( GWR ) expanding into Shropshire running rights were agreed for NSR trains to run to Hodnet and Wellington and in return GWR goods trains could run to Stoke . 
