Steam Locomotive, Stafford
This locomotive is an ex-LNWR 'Super D' 0-8-0, most likely a G1 designed by Charles Bowen-Cooke. The tall building to the right is the locomotive coaling plant.
Photograph taken on a Box Brownie ...
Steam Locomotive, Longton
A steam locomotive can be seen crossing over Bridgewood Street, Longton.
Steam locomotive, Stone Station
A locomotive standing on the northbound platform on the Trent Valley line at Stone Railway Station.
Steam locomotives at Bass, Burton-on-Trent
View of 6 engines on the tracks at Bass brewery.
Steam locomotives at Bescot, Walsall
Locomotives lined up at railway sidings at Bescot, Walsall. The locomotives are mainly ex LMS 2-8-0 Consols and British Rail 2-6-0 43XXX series.
Photographer: John Bucknall
Steam locomotives, Bass, Burton-on-Trent
Bass Steam locomotives. No. 2 and 3 on the company line with the Bass Fire Station behind. Bass Worthington Beer Tank and Brewery buildings are in the background.
Steam locomotives, Dunston, near Stafford
Two steam locomotives on the West Coast Main Line heading towards Stafford from Wolverhampton, photographed near Dunston just south of Stafford.
The front loco is a Stanier designed 2-6-0 built at Crewe ...
Steam Omnibus
Steam omnibuses operated between railway stations and villages, towns, etc.
They were slow by todays standards, having a top speed of around 20-25mph.
An omnibus like this one operated between ...
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.
Steam Train at Stafford Common Station,
Stafford Common Railway Station was built in 1867, to serve the Stafford-Uttoxeter line.
The station closed to passengers in 1939, but continued to carry freight. It closed completely in the 1970s....
Steam Train Leaving Stafford Station,
This shows the Princess Coronation class locamotive number 46244 'King George VI' passing Stafford Station heading north alongside Railway Street.
Steam Train, Grindley,
Steam train leaving Grindley Station on the Great Northern Railway Stafford-Uttoxeter line.
The Stafford-Uttoxeter line opened in December 1867, but nineteen years later the company folded and the ...
Stoke Road, Stoke-on-Trent
A view not so different from today. The picture looks towards Shelton. The potbank on the right was demolished in the late 1960’s to make way for a major road development. The A500 D-Road now runs ...
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 Steam Shed.
The North Staffordshire Railway Company (The Knotty) built and repaired their own steam engines. A variety of tank engines are undergoing work here around 1910.
The shed was located to the south of Stoke-on-Trent ...
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 ...
Stoke to Leek railway line near Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking south west from the bridge over the railway line near Little Heakley Farm. On the extreme right hand edge of the photograph is the top of the spoil tip of Norton Colliery. The factories ...