Side tank locomotive 'Monmouth', Cannock Chase
The 060 side tank locomotive "Monmouth" was perfect for the standard gauge, light railway that crossed Cannock Chase to service the Great War Army camps. The number of trucks that they pulled was limited ...
Sidings at Gypsum Mine, Fauld
Petrol locomotive at Fauld Gypsum Works.
Siemens Brothers & Co's Electrical Works, Stafford
View of the factory from Lichfield Road. The pool in the foreground was formed from the Spital Brook.
Siemens Bros. Electrical Engineering Works opened its Lichfield Road factory in 1903, after relocating ...
Signal box at Hademore , Whittington, Lichfield
The old signal box at Hademore which was moved to Chasewater Light Railway in April 2007 following its removal during widening of the West Coast Main Line railway to 4 tracks. The box now stands at Chasewater ...
Signal box, Cold Meece
The signal box at Cold Meece pictured before its demolition in 2017. Cold Meece railway station was built in by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway to serve ROF Swynnerton, a Royal Ordnance filling ...
Signal box, High Street, Burton-on-Trent
View of the signal box beside the Blue Posts in High Street, showing the level crossing in the foreground.
Signal Box, Rugeley
The railway signal box at Rugeley Junction on the Trent Valley line. On the gable is a sign: "Rugeley No. 1".
Signal box. Ford Green, Stoke-on-Trent
Situated on the Biddulph Valley branch line of the N.S.R. this former signal box was very important. The line stretched from the main line at Stoke to rejoin it at Congleton via Milton Junction.
To the ...
Signalman, Stafford,
Stafford Common Railway Station was built in 1867, to serve the Stafford to Uttoxeter line.
The station closed to passengers in 1939, but continued to carry freight. It closed completely in the 1970s....
Silverdale Railway Station
The disused Silverdale Railway Station building. The station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway Company in 1863 and closed to passengers in 1964. It continued to be used for a number of years ...
Site of Newcastle Railway Station, King Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The site of Newcastle railway station after demolition, looking towards the Borough Arms Hotel. The road that can be see going in front of the hotel and over the bridge is King Street. The railway line, ...
Sneyd Pipe Works, Burslem
Beehive kilns at Sneyd pipe works as seen from the Potteries Loop Line, just north of Hot Lane. The works lay to the west of the line, behind the camera would have been Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks. ...
Soldiers at Alton Towers
A group of soldiers at Alton Towers in May 1944.
During the Second World War Alton Towers was used as a centre for training officers of different regiments for specific tasks.
Most of these men ...
South Portal of the Railway Tunnel, Shugborough
During the 1840s two railways were constructed through the park at Shugborough. To minimise damage to the landscape a large cutting was made to accommodate the line. Fences and trees were used to hide ...
Sparrowlee station, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A stretch of the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway showing Sparrowlee station in the Hamps valley, about 1.5 miles north of Waterhouses. The station served Lee House Farm.
The railway had a short ...
Sparrowlee, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A stretch of the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway at Sparrowlee in the Hamps valley, about 1.5 miles north of Waterhouses. The railway had a short lifespan, running between 1904 and 12 March 1934. ...
St. Mary's Church, Swynnerton
The parish church of St. Mary’s has Norman features, notably a very fine west doorway. The chancel and nave are Early English. The church is also notable for a statue of a seated Christ, some seven feet ...
Staff at Tutbury Station
A group of Tutbury Station staff pictured outside W.H. Smith & Sons' bookstall.
Back row: Frank Blood (Porter, later Guard), Joe Preston (Porter), Mr Maynard (Porter, later emigrated to Australia), ...