Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
This small narrow gauge railway runs along the side of Rudyard Lake for 2.4km. It is an ideal way of viewing the stunning scenery and there is also a footpath alongside the narrow gauge railway. There ...
Rudyard railway station
Rudyard railway station, pictured in June 1964. Compare this photo with the previous one taken in 1957. Already the rot has set in, just prior to the Beeching axe!
A narrow guage railway operates from ...
Rudyard railway station
Rudyard railway station pictured in Summer 1957. Note the smartness of the station, staff and platforms. Rudyard was still a popular destination for day trippers by train.
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Rudyard railway station
A Fowler class 4P locomotive arrives at Rudyard station with a passenger service from Macclesfield on a wet day in 1960.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Rudyard Tennis Club
Rudyard Tennis Club was formed in 1922 and existed in to the 1930s. Their court and pavilion stood in a field opposite Rudyard Road's World War II pill box.
Rudyard Village
A postcard scene looking west towards Rudyard village. On the lower left there is a part view of the former Rudyard Railway Station and in the distance on the extreme right Hotel Rudyard can be seen, ...
Rudyard Village from the Station
From 1847 the North Staffordshire Railway Co. owned the lake, and when the Leek-Macclesfield line opened two years later the Company was able to capitalise on the tourist potential of the area.
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
This postcard view could have been taken early on in the development of Rugeley Camp as there are large quantities of timber by the side of the military railway track. The building on the left with the ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Judging by the assembly of some of the huts going on in this image it was taken early on in the development of the Camp. The military railway can be seen crossing the road, left to right going down Brindley ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The military railway can be seen crossing the road, left to right going down Brindley Valley and then carrying on up Penkridge Bank Road toward the White House. There is a sidings adjacent to this line ...
Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
Scattered in front of these huts are loads of building materials so it must be in the early part of the construction of the Camp. The military railway runs from left to right down Brindley Valley from ...
Rugeley No 1 Signal Box
Signalman, thought to be Jack Richards from Cross Roads, Rugeley, pictured inside the Rugeley signal box . He is standing at the manual levers with the mimic diagram above. The box closed in 1974 when ...
Rugeley Railway Viaduct
Photograph of the Rugeley railway viaduct over the river Trent on the branch line to Birmingham from the west coast main line.
Rugeley Town Station
The South Staffordshire Railway opened this station on the line between Rugeley and Walsall on 1 June 1870.
There was initially much confusion between this station, originally called Rugeley (Trent ...
Rugeley Town Station
A postcard view of Rugeley Town Station which was opened by the South Staffordshire Railway on the line between Rugeley and Walsall on 1 June 1870.
There was initially much confusion between this ...
Rugeley Trent Valley Railway Station
The station was on the main Trent Valley Line (TVR) between Stafford and Rugby and the building was designed by John Livock, the TVR Co.’s consultant architect. Construction was commenced by the TVR ...
Rugeley Trent Valley Railway Station
A photograph taken from the deck of Colton Road Bridge showing the first Trent Valley Railway station building and up platform at Rugeley, designed by John Livock, opened in 1847, and demolished in 1908 ...
Rushton level crossing
A man and boy, perhaps father and son, pose beside the gates at Rushton level crossing, in around 1960. The man is believed to be the signalman Ernie Harlow, who later moved from Rushton when that box ...