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Hanley Station

Hanley Station was just north of Trinity Street, alongside the old Grand Hotel. This the second Hanley Station, built when the loop line was extended to Burslem in 1873. The first was just south of Trinity ...

Hanley Station

Hanley station was on a sharp curve in a deep cutting just below Trinity Street, opposite the Grand Hotel. This is the view looking westwards along the line to Etruria. This was the second station ...

Hanley Station

The main entrance and booking hall of Hanley Station on the Potteries Loop Line. This photograph was taken from just outside the Grand Hotel in Trinity Street. The line is in a deep cutting below the ...

Hanley Station

The booking and parcels office of Hanley railway station stood on what became the car park of the Grand Hotel on Trinity Street. The platforms were in a deep, sharply curved cutting below Trinity Street, ...

Hednesford Park from The Common

A Frith's postcard view of Hednesford's Park taken from where the edge of Hednesford Common meets the Rugeley Road. The modern Tesco store dominates this view today. Railway trucks can be seen in the ...

Lichfield City Railway Station

There are two railway stations in Lichfield and this postcard view shows Lichfield City Station on Station Road in the city centre. There is British Rail signage on the centre building and the picture ...

Locomotive 1536, Great Northern Railway, Doncaster

Pictured with a Works number of 1536, this locomotive later became known as The Great Northern. In this photograph the locomotive built at the Doncaster Locomotive Works in 1922 clearly displays the ...

Locomotive 48266, Burton-upon-Trent

Steam locomotive 48266 is pictured near to the Burton-upon-Trent locomotive depot. This W. Stanier 8F 2-8-0 locomotive was built in Glasgow and saw service from May 1942, initially as LMS 8266, renumbered ...

Locomotive 48271, Burton-upon-Trent

Steam locomotive 48271 is pictured outside the Burton-upon-Trent locomotive depot. This W. Stanier 8F 2-8-0 locomotive was built in Glasgow and saw service from June 1942, initially as LMS 8271, renumbered ...

Locomotive 48700, Burton-upon-Trent

Steam locomotive 48700 is pictured by the Burton-upon-Trent locomotive depot. This W. Stanier 8F 2-8-0 locomotive was built in Brighton and saw service from May 1944, initially as LMS 8700, renumbered ...

Locomotive at Uttoxeter Station

This view of locomotive 42319 standing at the Churnet Valley platform at Uttoxeter Station is thought to have been taken on Market Day on 17 April 1954. This train is probably the 3.00pm awaiting departure ...

Locomotive Depot, Burton-upon-Trent

A British Rail Sulzer Type 2 diesel and two W. Stanier steam freight locomotives are pictured with a part view of Burton locomotive depot in the background. The depot which was a short distance south ...

Locomotive No. 45091, Burton-upon-Trent

Steam locomotive No. 45091 is pictured in Burton-upon-Trent hauling a train full of enthusiasts on a special excursion day trip. This R.C.T.S. (Rail Correspondence and Travel Society) The Mercian rail ...

Locomotive Spotting, Burton-upon-Trent

This group of locomotive or train spotters are sitting on a level crossing gate close to Burton-upon-Trent Railway Station. Please contact us if you recognise anyone in the picture. In the background ...

Longton Station and the Phoenix Works, Longton

Longton Station in the foreground with the old Phoenix Pottery building behind and the tower of St John The Baptist Church (demolished in 1979) beyond that. The station, opened in 1848, is on an embankment. ...

Looking over the Potteries from Hartshill Bank

This was the view north east from the top of Hartshill Bank (at the bottom of Vicarage Road). The lower land in the foreground is the Fowlea Brook valley with the main railway line running across. Immediately ...

Market Street, Hednesford

Market Street viewed from the junction of Church Hill with the A460 crossing the photograph in ten foreground. Market Street, the town's main street, stretches ahead. The first building on the left ...

Mr James Harrison, Stationmaster, Stafford

On a platform at Stafford Station, Mr James Harrison (left) Stafford’s new Stationmaster, receives a welcoming handshake from Inspector C Waltho, who is accompanied by Mr T H Holm, a relief Stationmaster ...