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Goods train at Cheadle Station

A Sand train arrives at Cheadle station in the early 1980s. The Cheadle branch line was opened in 1892, although trains did not reach Cheadle itself until 1st January 1901. The last passenger train ...

Goods wagon

Photograph taken in an unknown location, possibly Stafford, is from the Bertam Sinkinson collection. The wagons and carriages do not appear to be on the railway tracks. One goods waggon is loaded with ...

Goods Yard, Cresswell

Navvies working on the Cheadle Railway construction. The small signal box in the background was used to shunt the goods yard.

Grimwades Ltd, Winton Pottery, Elgin Works, Stoke

Grimwades Ltd.'s pottery factory, a view from the tow path on the Trent and Mersey Canal looking across the railway line. Messrs. Grimwade Brothers established their Winton Pottery (Stoke) in about 1886. ...

Hartshill railway station, Stoke-on-Trent

A photograph taken from a wagon in the siding at Hartshill and Basford Halt. The camera is looking west towards the mouth of the tunnel taking the line to Newcastle. The station, opened in 1905, was on ...

Hednesford basin, Cannock Canal Extension, Hednesford

Working narrow boats with two crew men and railway rolling stock in the background. The Hednesford basin was sited at the end of the Cannock extension to the Birmingham Canal Navigations and served the ...

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 ...

Hednesford Railway Station

A 'pannier-tank' steam train waiting to depart in the direction of Cannock. The road bridge passes over the tracks in the background. The Booking Hall was reached from the far side of the road. The ...

Hixon Rail Disaster

Firemen on the roof of a train carriage. In the group of policemen bottom left are Sgt. John Riley (the Sergeant wearing the helmet) who was stationed at Stone, and the Constable on the extreme left without ...

Ian Allan Potteries Express, Leek

This photograph shows the Ian Allan Potteries Express train, hauled by a 2-6-0 steam engine No 42922, as it enters Leek station with a train full of railway enthusiasts on a special day trip excursion ...

Ian Allan Potteries Express, Leek

This photograph shows the Ian Allan Potteries Express train, hauled by a 2-6-0 steam engine No 42922 at Leek station. Some of the railway enthusiasts on a special day trip excursion to Macclesfield have ...

Ian Allan Potteries Express, Leek

This photograph shows the rear end of the Ian Allan Potteries Express train, hauled by a 2-6-0 steam engine No 42922 at Leek station. The train full of railway enthusiasts stopped here for a while to ...

Ian Allan Potteries Express, Leek

This photograph shows the rear end of the Ian Allan Potteries Express train, hauled by a 2-6-0 steam engine No 42922 at Leek station. The train full of railway enthusiasts stopped here for a while to ...

Ind Coope & Co. Ltd., Burton-upon-Trent

A photograph of an engraving of the Ind Coope & Co., Ltd. brewery, Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent. Founded in Romford, Essex, the Ind Coope company opened its Burton-upon-Trent brewery in 1856. ...

Installing the new signal box, Colwich

The installation of a new London Midland Railway Type 15 electro-mechanical signal box on the Trent Valley line at Colwich. An old LNWR signal box and steam locomotives can be seen in the distance. A ...

Ipstones Bank and Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall, Kingsley

Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the 1930s, ...

Irish Mail train, Cheshire.

This may be the Irish Mail train locomotive on the London and North Western Railway, pictured at an unknown location in Cheshire. The tender does not have coal rails fitted: the London and North Western ...

L N W R Coal Wagon

Photograph taken in an unknown location, possibly Stafford, is from the Bertam Sinkinson collection. The wagon has run into the railway buffers. There is a sign for the 'Midland Railway Carriage and ...