Installing the new signal box, Colwich
The installation of a new London Midland Railway Type 15 electro-mechanical signal box on the Trent Valley line at Colwich. An old LNWR signal box and steam locomotives can be seen in the distance.
A ...
Ipstones Bank and Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall, Kingsley
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the 1930s, ...
Irish Mail train, Cheshire.
This may be the Irish Mail train locomotive on the London and North Western Railway, pictured at an unknown location in Cheshire. The tender does not have coal rails fitted: the London and North Western ...
J Hewitt Sons works, Fenton.
Joseph Hewitt & Co. operated the Fenton Low Brick and Marl work was alongside the Biddulph Valley and Leek branch of the old North Staffordshire Railway. The line opened in 1859 and was finally closed ...
Keeper's Cottage, Rugeley Road, Hednesford
Looking towards Moors Gorse and Rugeley, the white painted Keeper's Cottage was a popular subject of local railway photographs on Cannock Chase.
The postcard was published by Evans' The Printers, ...
Keeper's Cottage, Rugeley Road, Hednesford
A fine postcard view of Keeper's Cottage which stood alongside the railway line between Hednesford and Moors Gorse. In the foreground is a horse and trap with the driver at the horse's head and the passengers ...
Keeper's Cottage, Rugeley Road, Hednesford
The white painted Keeper's Cottage was a popular subject of local railway photographs on Cannock Chase.
Postcard published by J. Mellor, Cannock Road, Hednesford.
King Street railway station, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle railway station was situated off King street, across from the Borough Arms Hotel. The line, which originally went from Stoke to Newcastle was opened in 1852, with an extension to Market Drayton ...
King Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Looking west along King Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme with the Municipal Hall in the distance and Newcastle Station just visible on the right.
Photographer: Herbert Ogden, Chief Area Surveyor for the ...
Kingsley and Froghall Railway Station
Kingsley and Froghall Railway Station.
Opened in 1849 as Froghall Station, it was renamed as Kingsley and Froghall Railway Station in 1907. It was situated on the North Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) ...
Kingsley and Froghall Railway Station
Kingsley and Froghall Railway Station.
Opened in 1849 as Froghall Station, it was renamed as Kingsley and Froghall Railway Station in 1907. It was situated on the North Staffordshire Railway's (NSR) ...
Kingsley and Froghall Station
A British Railways passenger service hauled by Fowler 4P locomotive number 42454 stands at Kingsley and Froghall Station in 1960.
This image is taken from the collection of the Churnet Valley Railway....
Knotty Rail Motor
Early attempts at motorising the railways met with varying degrees of success.
Built by Beyer & Peacock, the Knotty Rail Motor combined a locomotive and carriage in one unit.
The North Staffordshire ...
L N W R Coal Wagon
Photograph taken in an unknown location, possibly Stafford, is from the Bertam Sinkinson collection. The wagon has run into the railway buffers. There is a sign for the 'Midland Railway Carriage and ...
L N W R Locomotive, Queensville, Stafford
The locomotive is a 910 class 5'6' tank introduced by the LNWR in November 1891. Locomotive 1148 was built at Crewe in April 1894, pulling two L.N.W.R. coaches specially converted to carry newspapers. ...
L. & N.W. Scottish Express Train, Milford
London and North Western Scottish express train passing through Milford and Brocton Station. Milford Station closed in 1956.
Photographer: Benjamin Karleese.
Lakeside Railway, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows the Lakeside Railway at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo.
In later years the site became known as Drayton Manor Resort, one of the largest amusement parks in the UK with over 100 ...
Landing Stage, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view of visitors and boats at the landing stage 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 ...