The Vans, Fegg Hayes, Tunstall
The Vans was a colloquial name given to a small train that was used to transport miners from the coal wharf at Tunstall to Chatterley Whitfield colliery. The wagons were originally used by a travelling ...
The Viaduct, Monsal Dale. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a steam train crossing the Monsal Dale Viaduct, Nr. Bakewell, Derbyshire.
The viaduct, spanning the River Wye, was built in the 1860s and carried passengers on the Midland Railway ...
The view from Primrose Hill, Hanford
The view north east towards Sideway from Primrose Hill in Hanford as it was in 1964. In the centre of the photograph is Stafford Colliery with its waste tip, once part of the Stafford Coal & Iron Company. ...
The War Memorial, Hednesford
An early open view of Hednesford's war memorial which was unveiled in November, 1922. Note the rail trucks on the colliery line in the background.
The War Memorial, Hednesford
An early view of Hednesford's war memorial which was unveiled in November 1922. Railway trucks can be seen on the colliery line in the background.
Thor’s Cave, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A colour-tinted postcard of Thor's Cave in the Manifold valley, postmarked July 1906. Also pictured is Thor's Cave Station on the Leek & Manifold Light Railway, which served the village of Wetton and ...
Thor's Cave, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
Thor's Cave looms over the Manifold Valley in this view. Also pictured is Thor's Cave Station on the Leek & Manifold Light Railway, which served the village of Wetton and had a waiting and refreshment ...
Timber yard, Henry Venables Ltd., Stafford
Waogons on the spur line from the main Stafford-Uttoxeter railway line leading into the sidings at Venables' timber yard, Doxey, Stafford.
Henry Venables founded his timber business in Foregate Street, ...
Timber yard, Henry Venables Ltd., Stafford
Sawmill and timber yard at Henry Venables Ltd., Doxey, Stafford.
Henry Venables founded his timber business in Foregate Street, next to Bostock’s shoe manufactory. He made wooden packing cases for ...
Train at Leekbrook Junction
A goods train at Leekbrook Junction in August 1988. The diesel locomotive pictured is class 47 number 47532. Note the tall signal box, giving the signalman a clear view down the gradient towards Wall ...
Train at Wall Grange, near Cheddleton
A 'Special' train passing through the closed Wall Grange Station.
Wall Grange Station was opened in 1873. The line was originally constructed as single track throughout from Milton Junction (where ...
Train on the Churnet Branch Line
The train is on Cauldon Branch from Leek Brook Junction and is passing the former site of Winkhill Station heading towards Leek Brook and Stoke. It has stone on board from the Cauldon Lowe quarry.
In ...
Train with brewing equipment, Burton-upon-Trent
Lager vacuum fermentation vessels being transported in Burton-upon-Trent, purchased from the USA in 1899 by Percy Allsopp and installed at his Burton brewery. This photograph marks a very significant ...
Transporting a locomotive, Black Eagle Brewery, Burton-upon-Trent
A Pickfords low loader transporting a locomotive at Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co.’s Black Eagle Brewery which was situated just off Station Bridge, bordering Derby Street.
This Peckett & Sons 0-4-0ST ...
Trent & Mersey Canal and Shelton Steelworks, Stoke-on-Trent
Narrowboat 'DON' belonging to Joseph Beardmore of Lynton Street, Stoke-on-Trent on the Trent and Mersey Canal, carrying a load of coal. This photograph was taken from the Wedgwood factory and in the ...
Trent & Mersey Canal at Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south along the Trent & Mersey Canal in the Sideway area of Stoke, with, in the distance, the A frame and head gear of Hem Heath Colliery. Alongside the canal are sidings belonging to the colliery. ...
Trent & Mersey Canal, near Armitage
The bridge shown is the tunnel next to the Plum Pudding pub at Armitage on the Trent Mersey Canal. It was later opened out into a cutting but is still narrow enough to make for tricky navigation. The ...
Trent and Mersey Canal
A narrowboat moored up on the banks of the Trent and Mersey Canal, believed to be near Colwich. A horse is grazing on the towpath to the right.