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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 ...

Knotty Rail Motor

Early attempts at motorising the railways met with varying degrees of success. Built by Beyer & Peacock, the Knotty Rail Motor combined a locomotive and carriage in one unit. The North Staffordshire ...

L. & N.W. Scottish Express Train, Milford

London and North Western Scottish express train passing through Milford and Brocton Station. Milford Station closed in 1956. Photographer: Benjamin Karleese.

Lakeside Railway, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth

This postcard view shows the Lakeside Railway at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. In later years the site became known as Drayton Manor Resort, one of the largest amusement parks in the UK with over 100 ...

Last day of generation at Meaford B Power Station

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This video is a record of the last day of generation at Meaford B Power Station. The video includes a short film of one of the Meaford locomotives saved for preservation and now preserved at the Foxfield ...

Last passenger train to Cheadle

A seven coach train, a special to Alton Towers on 28th March 1985. Pictured on the bank coming up from Cresswell to Tean station on the Cheadle branch line. The Cheadle branch line was opened in 1892, ...

Last Rail Journey on the Stafford to Uttoxeter Line

The Stephenson Locomotive Society (Midland Area) ran the last train on the Uttoxeter to Stafford line on 1957. The locomotive is seen here arriving at Chartley & Stowe (Stowe-by-Chartley) Station with ...

Last train across Station Street, Burton-on-Trent.

The Bass Sentinel Diesel No. 7 is pictured here as it is just about to cross Station Street with a train of vans, on 8th May 1967. It was the last train to do so. In the background is the Old Brewery ...

Leek & Manifold Light Railway

A view of a train on the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway between Redhurst and Wetton Mill, moving north. The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 12 March 1934. The route of the ...

Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Manifold Valley

A view of a train on the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway between Redhurst and Wetton Mill, moving south past Darfur Crags. The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 12 March 1934. ...

Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Waterhouses

A view of the Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway as it leaves Waterhouses and enters the Hamps Valley. The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 12 March 1934. The route of the railway ...

Leek & Manifold Light Railway, Wetton Mill

An image from Staffordshire Country Magazine, May 1989 showing Wetton Mill Railway Station in the Manifold Valley on the Leek and Manifiold Light Railway. The railway had a short lifespan, running between ...

Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway

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A favourite trip out was to the Manifold Valley – and a ride on the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, which was closed down in 1934. Passengers would travel on the North Staffordshire Railway via ...

Leek goods yard

A dirty Standard Class 4 locomotive numbered 75030 pulls away from Leek yard in Staffordshire with an empty load of wagons. This picture was taken in 1966 when steam was becoming a rarer sight on Britain's ...

Leek station

A British Railways Ivatt Class 2, number 46430, pictured at Leek station, Staffordshire in June 1957. Leek station had a goods yard, and all manner of goods passed through, from coal mined in the Potteries ...

Leek Station and Yard

Leek Station stood on the North Staffordshire Railway line from Uttoxeter to North Rode in Cheshire. It opened on 13 July 1849. The station closed in 1970 and was demolished in 1973-4. The goods shed ...

Leekbrook Tunnel

A Standard Class 2 locomotive, number 75035, emerges from Leekbrook tunnel in Staffordshire during the 1960s. Despite closure to goods traffic in 1988, this stretch of line through the Churnet Valley ...

Light Railway, Alton Towers

The railway opened in 1953 and ran along a 700 yard long track between Alton Towers' Ingestre Station and Chinese Temple for over forty years until its closure in 1996. The locomotive in this postcard ...