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.
Steam Train at Stafford Common Station,
Stafford Common Railway Station was built in 1867, to serve the Stafford-Uttoxeter line.
The station closed to passengers in 1939, but continued to carry freight. It closed completely in the 1970s....
Steam Train Leaving Stafford Station,
This shows the Princess Coronation class locamotive number 46244 'King George VI' passing Stafford Station heading north alongside Railway Street.
Steam Train, Grindley,
Steam train leaving Grindley Station on the Great Northern Railway Stafford-Uttoxeter line.
The Stafford-Uttoxeter line opened in December 1867, but nineteen years later the company folded and the ...
Stoke Roundhouse, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the locomotive yard at Stoke Roundhouse in Stoke-on-Trent and the men standing around the engine are likely to be locomotive engineers and company managers. If you look closely you can see that ...
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.
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 ...
Tamworth Railway Station, Tamworth
'Royal Scot' Class locomotive 46111, named 'Royal Fusilier' is pictured travelling through Tamworth Railway Station. Both the Birmingham to Derby and the Trent Valley lines went through Tamworth Station....
Tamworth Railway Station, Tamworth
An engraving from the Illustrated London News, 4 December 1847. Both the Birmingham to Derby and the Trent Valley lines went through Tamworth Station. The original station was opened on 12 August 1839 ...
Tank Engine
A small tank engine, possibly on shunting duties at Leek, awaits instruction as its driver and fireman enjoy a breather.
This image is included by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
The Caledonian 46229 'Duchess of Hamilton', passing through Stafford Railway Station
This station, built in 1862 was the third to occupy this site. Following its demolition in 1961 a new station was built as part of the modernisation programme which saw the introduction of electrification ...
The Cascade, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Cascade, one of various features and themed gardens at Alton Towers including Dutch and Italian Gardens, the Chinese Pagoda Fountain, the Swiss Cottage, Stonehenge and the Gothic ...
The English Electric Company and the LMS 10000
The LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Diesel Electric Locomotive No 10000 under construction at Derby Railway Works.
The locomotive was designed by the LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer, H G ...
The English Electric Company and the LMS 10000
The LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Diesel Electric Locomotive No 10000.
The locomotive was designed by the LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer, H G Ivatt. The English Electric Company was ...
The English Electric Company and the LMS 10000
The LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) Diesel Electric Locomotive No 10000.
The locomotive was designed by the LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer, H G Ivatt. The English Electric Company was ...
The Flying Scotsman locomotive No.4472, Tamworth
Photographed over the Nineteen Arches Viaduct, Tamworth.
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 Lancer at speed, Whitmore
'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 ...