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 ...
The southern entrances to Harecastle Canal Tunnels, Tunstall
The Trent & Mersey Canal passes through the higher ground between Tunstall and Kidsgrove using the Harecastle Tunnel. The photograph shows the two tunnels bored to take the canal. On then left is the ...
The station and gasworks, Longton
Photograph taken looking east, St. James's church can be seen in the distance. The entrance to the yard was by Murdoch St.
This is the now site of the Tesco super store and car park.
The Station Hotel, Stafford
Watercolour, pen, and ink painting by P. Carlton. The Station Hotel, originally built as the North Western on Victoria Road in 1866 (opposite the station) to provide accommodation for rail travellers. ...
The Station House and the Dairy, Weston
For many years there were two Stations in the village of Weston. On the left in this postcard view is the Station House for Ingestre and Weston Station and on the right is the Dairy. In-between these ...
The Strand, Longton.
An electric tramcar of the Potteries Electric Traction Company heads down the Strand towards the railway bridge and station. The chapel on the left was demolished shortly after this photograph was taken. ...
The Tackeroo railway, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This postcard view appears to show an official opening or possible joining of the two lines from Hednesford to Milford as there are two guests (a woman and a child) in the front locomotive. It was a standard ...
The Trent in Flood, Burton-on-Trent
The river in full flood and up against the Hay Sidings. The sidings are full of wagons and one of the Bass steam locomotives can just be seen in front of the Old Brewery and Worthington's Maltings.
The Trent Valley Railway Station, Rugeley
A photograph taken from the deck of Colton Road Bridge showing the first Trent Valley Railway station building and up platform at Rugeley, designed by John Livock, opened in 1847, and demolished in 1908 ...
The Vans, Fegg Hayes, Tunstall
The Vans was a colloquial name given to a small train that was used to transport miners from the coal wharf at Tunstall to Chatterley Whitfield colliery. The wagons were originally used by a travelling ...
The Viaduct, Monsal Dale. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a steam train crossing the Monsal Dale Viaduct, Nr. Bakewell, Derbyshire.
The viaduct, spanning the River Wye, was built in the 1860s and carried passengers on the Midland Railway ...
The view from Primrose Hill, Hanford
The view north east towards Sideway from Primrose Hill in Hanford as it was in 1964. In the centre of the photograph is Stafford Colliery with its waste tip, once part of the Stafford Coal & Iron Company. ...
The War Memorial, Hednesford
An early open view of Hednesford's war memorial which was unveiled in November, 1922. Note the rail trucks on the colliery line in the background.
The War Memorial, Hednesford
An early view of Hednesford's war memorial which was unveiled in November 1922. Railway trucks can be seen on the colliery line in the background.
Thor’s Cave, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A colour-tinted postcard of Thor's Cave in the Manifold valley, postmarked July 1906. Also pictured is Thor's Cave Station on the Leek & Manifold Light Railway, which served the village of Wetton and ...
Thor's Cave, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
Thor's Cave looms over the Manifold Valley in this view. Also pictured is Thor's Cave Station on the Leek & Manifold Light Railway, which served the village of Wetton and had a waiting and refreshment ...
Timber yard, Henry Venables Ltd., Stafford
Waogons on the spur line from the main Stafford-Uttoxeter railway line leading into the sidings at Venables' timber yard, Doxey, Stafford.
Henry Venables founded his timber business in Foregate Street, ...
Timber yard, Henry Venables Ltd., Stafford
Sawmill and timber yard at Henry Venables Ltd., Doxey, Stafford.
Henry Venables founded his timber business in Foregate Street, next to Bostock’s shoe manufactory. He made wooden packing cases for ...