Sand train at Leekbrook Junction
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 ...
Sandon Station
A postcard view of Sandon Railway Station looking north from the nearby Stafford Road B5066 bridge. Around the time this picture was taken both railway companies and specialist producers of railway ...
Sandon Station
The railway station at Sandon was built in 1849 for the convenience of guests visiting the Earl of Harrowby at Sandon Hall.
The covered entrance provided protection to the Earl when he alighted from ...
Signal box. Ford Green, Stoke-on-Trent
Situated on the Biddulph Valley branch line of the N.S.R. this former signal box was very important. The line stretched from the main line at Stoke to rejoin it at Congleton via Milton Junction.
To the ...
Sneyd Pipe Works, Burslem
Beehive kilns at Sneyd pipe works as seen from the Potteries Loop Line, just north of Hot Lane. The works lay to the west of the line, behind the camera would have been Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks. ...
Staff at Tutbury Station
A group of Tutbury Station staff pictured outside W.H. Smith & Sons' bookstall.
Back row: Frank Blood (Porter, later Guard), Joe Preston (Porter), Mr Maynard (Porter, later emigrated to Australia), ...
Station Hotel, Rudyard
A postcard view of the Station Hotel (formerly the Railway Hotel) in Rudyard.
In the background above the Hotel and looking through the trees there is a glimpse of Rudyard Station on the North Staffordshire ...
Station Hotel, Rudyard
A postcard view of the Station Hotel (formerly the Railway Hotel) in Rudyard.
Over the years Rudyard with its nearby lake increased in popularity with tourists and the Station Hotel needed to expand ...
Station Porter, Consall
Station porter at Consall wearing the uniform of the North Staffordshire Railway.
The North Staffordshire Railway operated between 1845 and 1923, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish ...
Station Road and Stoke Station, Stoke-on-Trent
A view of Stoke Station and Station Road. The Victorian station buildings were opened on 9 October 1848. All the buildings were constructed using an architectural style referred to as "robust Jacobean". ...
Station Road, Stone
Carts and wagons line the approach road to Stone Station, waiting to take visitors to Staffordshire Agricultural Society's annual County Show, which was being held on a field off Lichfield Road, beyond ...
Steam Bus, The Plough, Endon
The 'Leek, Waterhouses and Hulme End' North Staffordshire Railway Steam Bus outside the Plough Hotel, Endon. The buses were built by Straker of Bristol and ferried passengers to and from the Manifold ...
Steam Bus, Waterhouses
The 'Leek, Waterhouses and Hulme End' North Staffordshire Railway Steam Bus outside Ye Olde Crown, Waterhouses. The buses were built by Straker of Bristol and ferried passengers to and from the Manifold ...
Steam freight train at Newcastle Junction, Cliffe Vale, Stoke on Trent
Steam locomotive 44682 pulling mixed freight on the North Staffs Railway. The track on the left of the signal box is the branch line to Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Trent and Mersey canal is on the right, ...
Steam train aproaching Longport
British Rail steam locomotive standard class 5 number 73000 pulling six carriages approaching Longport station. Many of Longport's pottery chimneys can be seen in the photograph.
Stoke Roundhouse, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the locomotive yard at Stoke Roundhouse in Stoke-on-Trent and the men standing around the engine are likely to be locomotive engineers and company managers. If you look closely you can see that ...
Stoke to Leek railway at Stockton Brook
A view west along the Stoke to Leek branch line from the short tunnel at Stokton Brook. To the right is the, now demolished, chimney of Stockton Brook waterworks, with the works roof just visible. The ...
Stoke to Leek railway line and Buller's factory near Milton, Stoke-on-Trent
The view north from Leek New Road (A53) bridge along the Stoke to Leek branch line. Buller's (later Allied Insulators) factory is to the left. Bullers factory dates from 1920 and manufactured electrical ...