The Hay Sidings during the flood of 1912
A Worthington Steam Loco moving a train of wagons carrying grain and casks through the flood waters. On the sidings in the background is the Bass Old Brewery and the Burton Brewery Co. with Midlands Railway ...
The Henry Venables Ltd. timber yard, Stafford
This view shows a spur line from the main Stafford-Uttoxeter railway line leading into the sidings for the sawmill at Venables' timber yard, Doxey, Stafford.
Henry Venables founded his timber business ...
The Lancer at speed
'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 locomotive number 6155, named The Lancer, pictured at speed on a summer's day in 1947.
The locomotive is passing Whitmore water troughs, at the summit of a gradient between Stafford ...
The last passenger train to Cheadle
A special train to Alton Towers taken on 28th March 1985 just after its arrival at Cheadle station and the very last passenger train to leave Cheadle on the Cheadle branch line.
The Cheadle branch ...
The last Sand Train, Oakamoor
A Yorkshire diesel shunting engine pulling a BIS (British Industrial Sand) 'Sand Train' pictured on its last day of operation on the Churnet Valley line in August 1988. Sand was carried from Hepworth's ...
The main railway line near Harecastle
Looking north along the track of the old LMS line as it passes through Chatterley, taken from the Ravensdale Lane road bridge. The higher ground of Harecastle is straight ahead. This photograph was taken ...
The New Post Office, Station Road, Stoke upon Trent
This view along Station Road from near the Leek Road corner shows the New Post Office, built in 1930. It now forms part of Stoke railway station, the main entrance to which is just beyond. Further along ...
The North Stafford Hotel, Stoke-on-Trent
The main entrance to North Stafford Hotel in Winton Square, from Station Road. The building dates from 1863 but is Elizabethan and Jacobean in style. It was built as an integral part of Stoke Station ...
The Old Railway Station, Burton-on-Trent.
The Picknalls, Uttoxeter
A postcard view of Picknal Brook (also known as The Picknalls) and weirs near Hockley Road, Uttoxeter. On the left is a glimpse of the Crewe to Derby railway line, often known as the North Staffordshire ...
The Potteries Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking west from the Josiah Wedgwood Street railway bridge along the Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria. This section of the Loop Line was opened in the early 1860s. The road ...
The Queen Mother at Trent Valley Station, Rugeley
The Queen Mother inspecting the guard on arrival at Rugeley Trent Valley railway station, before she officialy opened Blithfield Reservoir. Later on in the same visit she went on to have lunch at Blithfield ...
The railway at Stockton Brook
The view east along the Stoke to Leek branch railway line close to Stockton Brook station. The bridge in the centre carries the A53 (Leek New Road) over the railway whilst the bridge in the foreground ...
The Railway Line behind St. Luke's Church, Silverdale
This photograph shows a train on the railway line in Silverdale, the former mining village that lies just outside Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Silverdale line was originally opened to serve Silverdale colliery ...
The railway sidings at Uttoxeter
Buntings Brewery chimney can be seen in the background and Eckersley's coal wagons in the centre of this postcard view.
The River Trent near City Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The River Trent flowing through the city near City Road, Stoke. Here the river has been canalised with concrete sides and diverted into culverts beneath the roads and streets. In the background, the ...
The route of the Deep Pit mineral railway, Cobridge
The photograph shows the line of the mineral railway through Cobridge just after it had crossed Waterloo Road. It ran between rows of houses. Those on the left faced onto Portland Street and on the right ...
The site of Trentham Park railway station
Trentham Park railway station was at the end on the short (1 1/2 mile) branch line which ran from Trentham Station on the main line. Opened in 1910 the station had regular trains until the 1930s but was ...