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 ...
Sand train at Leekbrook Junction
Diesel locomotives 25290 and 25252 at Leekbrook junction.
Sand was carried from Hepworth's sand quarry at Oakamoor to St Helens, Merseyside for Pilkington glass. The last 'sand train' ran down the ...
Sea Lions, Alton Towers
The sea lions were a popular attraction at Alton Towers between 1967 and 1990. Their pool was at the northern end of the Boating Lake but was filled in during 1994.
The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened ...
Shugborough Park Railway Tunnel
Photograph shows a steam locomotive emerging from the tunnel in Shugborough park. The Triumphal Arch is seen in the distance.
Reproduced by Kind Permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain ...
Siemens Brothers & Co's Electrical Works, Stafford
View of the factory from Lichfield Road. The pool in the foreground was formed from the Spital Brook.
Siemens Bros. Electrical Engineering Works opened its Lichfield Road factory in 1903, after relocating ...
Steam freight train at Newcastle Junction, Cliffe Vale, Stoke on Trent
Steam locomotive 44682 pulling mixed freight on the North Staffs Railway. The track on the left of the signal box is the branch line to Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Trent and Mersey canal is on the right, ...
Steam locomotive at Stafford Station
Ex-London Midland Scottish Patriot class locomotive 45506 'The Royal Pioneer Corps' at Stafford Depot coaling stage. To the left is the Great Northern bay for Derby and Nottingham trains and beyond is ...
Steam locomotive at Wolverhampton
LMS origin Royal Scot class 4-6-0 locomotive no. 46169 'Boy Scout' at Wolverhampton High Level Station.
Photographer: John Bucknall
Steam locomotive at Wolverhampton
Great Western Railway class locomotive no. 5050 'Earl of St. Germans' at the coaling stage near Wolverhampton Stafford Road Depot.
Photographer: John Bucknall
Steam Locomotive, Stafford
This locomotive is an ex-LNWR 'Super D' 0-8-0, most likely a G1 designed by Charles Bowen-Cooke. The tall building to the right is the locomotive coaling plant.
Photograph taken on a Box Brownie ...
Steam locomotive, Stone Station
A locomotive standing on the northbound platform on the Trent Valley line at Stone Railway Station.
Steam locomotives at Bescot, Walsall
Locomotives lined up at railway sidings at Bescot, Walsall. The locomotives are mainly ex LMS 2-8-0 Consols and British Rail 2-6-0 43XXX series.
Photographer: John Bucknall
Steam train aproaching Longport
British Rail steam locomotive standard class 5 number 73000 pulling six carriages approaching Longport station. Many of Longport's pottery chimneys can be seen in the photograph.
Stone Station
A diesel locomotive at Stone Railway Station, heading southwards on the Norton Bridge line. The shelter on the left hand, northbound platform no longer stands.
Stone Station
Stone Railway Station was built in 1848 between two railway lines, Norton Bridge and Colwich (on the London line). It was built in the Jacobean style of architecture by H.A. Hunt, which was so often ...
Tackeroo Express, Cannock Chase
'Tackeroo' is the name of an area close to Hednesford where it joined the London & North Western Railway (Cannock Mineral Branch); the military railway inherited this name. This section of the railway ...