Remains of the Uttoxeter Canal, Denstone
view of the defunct Uttoxeter Canal just north of Denstone. The Churnet Valley Railway line is seen on the left. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall ...
Retirement presentation at Rugeley Trent Valley Station
Mr W. Allsopp (Chief Clerk) presents the retiring Station Master, Mr. J.S.T. Smith with a cheque from his staff, watched by Mr A. Bridges, the incoming Station Master.
A Rugeley Times photograph (courtesy ...
Retirement presentation at Rugeley Trent Valley Station
A photograph taken on the retirement of J.S.T. Smith as Station Master at Rugeley Trent Valley railway station.
Back row (left to right): Ted Slyn, Walter Norman, unknown, Mr. A. Bridges (the new ...
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 ...
River Trent, Trentham Gardens
A view of the River Trent passing through Trentham Gardens, looking south.
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early ...
Robert Hyde & Co, City Road, Stoke upon Trent
The sign over the entrance yard reads "Robert Hyde & Son Ltd. North Stafford Steel Foundry", a company founded in 1910. The City Road foundry was originally the North Staffordshire Railway Locomotive, ...
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 Railway Station on the Churnet Valley line
Rocester railway station and level crossing in the summer of 1891. The view is from the Cheadle road, on the left is the signal box.
This station was completed in the early 1850s. The North Staffordshire ...
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....
Rocester Station
This station was completed in the early 1850s. The North Staffordshire Railway Company's Churnet Valley line ran through this station taking passengers to Leek and Macclesfield. Another service took passengers ...
Rocester station
A train approaches Rocester station in 1962.
This image is taken from the collection of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Rocester Station on the Churnet Valley line
Once rail services were withdrawn in the 1960s, many railway buildings became neglected and derelict, as seen here at Rocester.
Only a few railway workers houses remain as private dwellings.
However, ...
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 ...
Rowing boat on Rudyard Lake
A rowing boat at the northern end of Rudyard Lake. A railway station building can be seen in the background, with the cottages of Wolfdale on the hillside beyond.
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 ...