Locomotive 'Isabel', Stafford

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Date:1970 - 1980 (c.)

Description:The engine is the narrow gauge locomotive 'Isabel', built by W.G. Bagnall Ltd. in 1897 for the Cliffe Hill Granite Company.

She returned to Stafford in 1952 and was displayed by the park, opposite the railway station. In 1978 she was partially restored and then removed in 1984. Full restoration was completed in 1991 when she was moved to Amerton Farm where she is still in use.


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1890s
Stafford Railway Station and Hotel,
Stafford Railway Station and Hotel,

The Grand Junction railway line opened in July 1837. Within the next twelve years ...

1910s
Peace Day, Victoria Park, Stafford,
Peace Day, Victoria Park, Stafford,

Peace Day on Victoria Park, celebrating the end of the First World War and commemorating ...

1950s
Stafford Railway Station and Station Hotel
Stafford Railway Station and Station Hotel

The Grand Junction railway line opened in July 1837. Within the next twelve years ...

1970s
Station Hotel, Stafford,
Station Hotel, Stafford,

The Station Hotel, originally built as the North Western on Victoria Road in 1866 ...

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Image courtesy of: Brampton Museum & Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Donor ref:Borough Museum No., Ref/Sta/5/P47/515, img: 2817 (18/3191)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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