Description:A North Stafford Railway locomotive is shown here, about to leave Pinnox Junction with coal from Whitfield Colliery around the turn of the 20th century. To the right, the Tunstall Lower Branch railway from Longport to Tunstall Junction on the Loop Line and bridge carrying the Whitfield line from Pinnox to Greenhead Wharf.
Many of the railway lines in the area were laid for industrial purposes, mainly in connection with the coal and iron workings in areas such as Silverdale, Chesterton, Chatterley, Norton, Shelton and Fenton.