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Railway sidings, Wilts United Dairies Creamery, Uttoxeter

United Dairies railway tankers on sidings at the Wilts United Dairies creamery, Uttoxeter. Wilts United Dairies creameryoutside the Wilts United Dairies Creamery, Brookside Road, Uttoxeter. Uttoxeter ...

Railway Station, Uttoxeter

A view looking towards the station showing the Churnet Valley line and platforms. The cheese factory can be seen on the right.

Railway Viaduct, Penkridge

This postcard view shows a locomotive and rolling stock on the Seven Arches viaduct on the approach to Penkridge Station. The Seven Arches viaduct over the River Penk, near Penkridge, was built by ...

Rhyl express at Leek station

At Leek station on 15 June 1957, an unidentified 'Crab' 2-6-0 Mogul works its way to the front of the train, ready to take a trainful of passengers to the coast at Rhyl. The locomotive probably owes ...

Robson Street, Hanley

Looking down Robson Street towards the entrance to the Hanley Greyhound and Speedway Stadium (Sun Street Stadium). In the middle distance is one of the gas holders belonging to Etruria gasworks. On the ...

Rocester Goods Yard

This postcard view of a horse-drawn delivery cart in a railway goods yard is believed to have been taken at Rocester.

Rocester Station

The approach to Rocester railway station taken from a diesel special to Buxton in 1959. Image copyright H.B. Oliver. The Oliver Collection of photographs is held at the National Railway Museum, York....

Rolleston On Dove Station

Opened in 1894 on the North Staffordshire Railway Company branch line between Tutbury and Burton-upon-Trent. It was named Rolleston on Dove to avoid confusion with Rolleston in Nottinghamshire. The ...

Rolling stock, Leek & Manifold Light Railway

A Leek & Manifold Light Railway carriage in the crimson lake livery of the London, Midland and Scottish railway (LMS). The engines and rolling stock on the Leek & Manifold Light Railway, were in a ...

Royal Scot

'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 locomotive number 6166, The London Rifle Brigade, pulls out of Whitmore after taking on an unexpected royal visitor in summer 1932. A note on the back of the photograph tells us ...

Royal Scot at Etruria

In the age of steam, expresses between London and Scotland were a regular sight in the Potteries. This service, passing the gasometer at Etruria, is hauled by 4-6-0 locomotive number 46149 The Middlesex ...

Royal Scot express at speed

During the 1930s, the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) prided itself on its swift service between London and Scotland. A spirit of intense competition with their east coast counterparts, the ...

Royal Scot Express at Stoke

Royal Scot locomotive number 46101, named Royal Scots Grey, pulls into Stoke railway station with a service to London in April 1960. These distinctive red locomotives were a common sight in the Potteries. ...

Rudyard Lake

A postcard view taken near the south end of Rudyard Lake. Rudyard Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is around 2.5 ...

Rudyard Lake Steam Railway

This small narrow gauge railway runs along the side of Rudyard Lake for 2.4km. It is an ideal way of viewing the stunning scenery and there is also a footpath alongside the narrow gauge railway. There ...

Sacred Heart Church from the Scotia Lane area, Tunstall

The camera is looking north east from the area of the Scotia Colliery spoil tip towards the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church on Queen's Avenue in Tunstall. The photographer, Bert Bentley, noted that ...

Saddle tank locomotive 'Blackcock', Cannock Chase

One of the locomaotives which operated on the 'Tackeroo' on Cannock Chase during World War 1. The rolling stock for these locomotives tended to be loaned from local colliery companies. Pictured is "Blackcock" ...

Sand train

A sand train passes Wall Grange in Summer 1988. This was the last commercial train to use this line. Some special passenger trains have been run from Stoke to Leekbrook, and the line may well open ...