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Once rail services were withdrawn in the 1960s, many railway buildings became neglected and derelict, as seen here at Rocester.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 ...
Royal Scot Express at Stoke
Royal Scot locomotive number 46101, named Royal Scots Grey, pulls into Stoke railway station with a service to London in April 1960.
These distinctive red locomotives were a common sight in the Potteries. ...
Royal Scot locomotive at Longport
An unidentified Royal Scot 4-6-0 locomotive passes Longport station with a Manchester to Euston service during summer 1953.
Longport had a level crossing at the south end of the platforms.
After ...
Royal Scot, Whitmore
'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 locomotive number 6166, The London Rifle Brigade, pulls out of Whitmore after taking on an unexpected royal visitor in summer 1932.
A note on the back of the photograph tells us ...
Rudyard
We are looking towards Rudyard's railway bridge on a sunny day in 1957.
A small narrow guage railway now runs for a mile or so along a strech of the former track bed in the summer months.
It is ...
Rudyard Lake
A postcard view taken 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 the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is around 2.5 ...
Rudyard Lake
With the coming of the railway, Rudyard Lake became a popular countryside day out for people in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.
Rudyard Lake was built in the 18th century in order to feed the Trent ...