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 ...
Rushton railway station
Rushton railway station pictured in 1959. A three coach local train approches on the "up" line. The train will soon pass the beautiful Rudyard Lake. The North Staffordshire Railway's Churnet Valley line ...
Rushton railway station
No sign of any trains as a mother and her sons wait at Rushton station on a warm day in the early 1960s.
Beyond the station platform, the level crossing remains open to road traffic.
This line once ...
Rushton Spencer
A group of women and children pose for a photograph outside is A. Holland's grocers and provisions shop in Rushton Spencer village
In the background is the station, now a private dwelling.
The ...
Rushton Station
Rushton station, pictured during the 1960s.
Note the 1960s Lambretta scooter parked outside.
Note also the Staffordshire Knot of the old "Knotty" (North Staffordshire Railway Co) emblem on the ...
Rushton station
A postcard showing Rushton station and level crossing in 1900.
Until quite recently, level crossings were constantly manned and operated by a conventional swing gate.
The railway no longer serves ...
Rushton Station and the Railway Inn
The North Staffordshire Railway's Churnet Valley line once connected Macclesfield with Leek and Uttoxeter, via the Churnet Valley. The station closed in the 1960s but the pub remains, since re-named The ...