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Passenger train at Oakamoor

A three-coach passenger service approaches Oakamoor in around 1957, hauled by Stanier class 4P steam locomotive number 42663. Note the spur line to the right, heading into sidings at Bolton's Copper ...

Passenger train passing Rudyard Lake

A Fowler 4P steam locomotive passes Rudyard Lake with a three-coach passenger service from Macclesfield in 1953. This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.

Pinnox junction, Tunstall

A North Stafford Railway locomotive is shown here, about to leave Pinnox Junction with coal from Whitfield Colliery around the turn of the 20th century. To the right, the Tunstall Lower Branch railway ...

Potteries Express at Leek station

The Potteries Express takes on water at Leek station on a summer's day in 1959. A crowd gathers at the trackside to admire the locomotive, a 'crab' 2-6-0 mogul, number 42922. These engines were ...

Quarry sidings, Oakamoor

Moneystone quarry sidings at Oakamoor. The quarries at Cauldon Low and Froghall provided limestone for the agricultural and pottery industries. At one time thousands of men were employed in the quarrying ...

Rail Accident, Great Bridgeford,

Rescue operation after the derailment of a train. Spectators can be seen behind the wooden fencing on the right of the photograph. One of the first people that were at the scene of the accident ...

Rail Accident, Uttoxeter Station, Uttoxeter

This rail accident occurred when a mineral train coming from the Bramshall direction ran into a Class C train. The Class C train was driven into a Midland Railway milk van standing at the rear of the ...

Railway children take to the footplate

Three thrilled youngsters smile for the camera having been invited onto the footplate of a grimy British Railways steam locomotive. The engine in question is class 5F (or 'Stanier Black Five'), number ...

Railway Crew, Stafford,

Stafford Common Railway Station was built in 1867, to serve the Stafford to Uttoxeter line. The station closed to passengers in 1939, but continued to carry freight. It closed completely in the 1970s....

Railway Engine "Isabel", Stafford

The engine is the narrow gauge locomotive 'Isabel', built by W.G. Bagnall Ltd. in 1897 for the Cliffe Hill Granite Company. The engine was named after John Rupert Fitzmaurice's (1865-1949) wife Isabel ...

Railway Engine 'Isabel' at Amerton Railway

This engine is the narrow gauge locomotive 'Isabel', built by W.G. Bagnall Ltd. of Stafford in 1897 for the Cliffe Hill Granite Company. The engine was named after John Rupert Fitzmaurice's (1865-1949) ...

Railway Engine 'Isabel' at W.G. Bagnall Castle Works, Stafford

This photograph dates to around 1955 shortly after Isabel was saved from scrapping after being retired at the Cliffe Hill Granite Company of Markfield, Leicestershire. The engine was named after John ...

Railway Goods Yard, Cheddleton

Cheddleton station goods yard on the Churnet Valley Line. The steam locomotive on the left, number 44422, was built in 1927 and scrapped by British Rail in 1965. In 1977 It was rescued from a scrap yard ...

Railway model engineer, Stafford

This photograph of a railway model engineer was taken for the Staffordshire Newsletter. If you recognise the man or the location please contact us. The model being worked on appears to be similar to ...

Railway Sidings, Stafford

View of the Wolverhampton Road sidings from Stubbs Meeson and Co. No. 3 mill.

Railway Sidings, Stafford

View of the Wolverhampton Road sidings from Stubbs Meeson and Co. No. 3 mill.

Railway sidings, Stafford

The view from the upper floor of Stubbs Meeson & Co's No. 3 Mill on Friars Terrace, looking towards the Wolverhampton Road railway bridge.

Railway Station, Uttoxeter

The G.N.No.23 train seen leaving Uttoxeter Station on the Stoke line bound for Stafford.