Date:29th of August 1978
Description:Diesel locomotives 25290 and 25252 at Leekbrook junction. Sand was carried from Hepworth's sand quarry at Oakamoor to St Helens, Merseyside for Pilkington glass. The last 'sand train' ran down the Churnet Valley in 1988.
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Diesel locomotives 25290 and 25252 at Leekbrook Junction. Sand was carried from Hepworth's Sand ...
Photograph taken from the cab of a diesel engine approaching the Cheddleton tunnel on the Churnet Valley ...
'Sand train' at Cheddleton Station. The station was built in 1849 in a typical N.S.R. picturesque Tudor ...
Photograph taken near Leekbrook junction shows loaded sand wagons and the guard's van. Sand was ...
Photograph taken from Leek Brook junction signal box. The A52 road bridge and Cheddleton tunnel can ...
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Creators: Mr Trefor Thompson - Contributor
Donor ref:P2015.010.0005 (37/29636)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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