Mixed goods train near Trentham
A train of mixed goods passes the "Monkey Steps" on a raised embankment near to Sideway and Trentham. The brake van is clearly lettered LMS and the 'NE' wagons are painted with the larger initals introduced ...
North Staffordshire Railway locomotive and crew
Rushton station, around 1915.
There would appear to be more than the required crew compliment for this engine!
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
North Staffordshire Railway staff
Train crew and station staff of the North Staffordshire Railway pose for the camera in front of their locomotive.
Three of the pictured staff are teenagers, who would have begun their careers after ...
North Staffordshire Railway steam locomotive
A North Staffordshire Railway 2-4-2 steam locomotive, pictured in around 1900.
This engine would have been built at the North staffordshire Railway's own works at Stoke.
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North Staffordshire Railway steam locomotive
North Staffordshire Railway 2-4-0 steam locomotive number 46 stands at Uttoxeter station in 1900.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Oakamoor
A view taken from the top of Oakamoor Tunnel, looking towards Alton. Botton left is the crossing keeper's house with the terrace of housing built for Bolton's copper workers known as The Island. Oakamoor ...
Oakamoor level crossing
Photograph of the level crossing in Mill Road Oakamoor, and the Crossing Keepers Lodge, Oakamoor railway tunnel portal and crossing in the foreground, with the copper works and Holy Trinity Church in ...
Oakamoor railway station
Members of British Railways' staff go to work with some heavy luggage at Oakamoor station, while the passenger in the background, Ivan Bentley, looks on. Mr Ivan Bentley was the Permanent Way Forman for ...
Oakamoor railway station
Oakamoor railway station lies disused and overgrown in summer 1973.
Designed by A.W.N. Pugin, this style of architecture was a signature of the North Staffordshire Railway.
Varying examples of outstanding ...
Oakamoor railway station
Oakamoor railway station, pictured during the 1950s. This style of architecture was a signature of the North Staffordshire Railway.
Varying examples of outstanding NSR architecture still survive today ...
Oakamoor railway station
A member of British Railway staff, Mrs Rita Ecclestone, Clerk and Porter at Oakamoor Station, taking a moment's ease at Oakamoor station during the 1950s. This station was in a delightful setting, deep ...
Oakamoor signal box
Oakamoor signal box, pictured during the 1960s. A platelayers' hut and crossing gates complete the scene.
This image is taken from the collection of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Oakamoor Station
Oakamoor Station stands on the North Staffordshire Railway's Churnet Valley line. It was built in about 1849 in typical N.S.R. picturesque Tudor style.
Oakamoor station porter
The porter Mr Gordon Brough at Oakamoor station in 1957.
This image is included by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Oakamoor Station. Circa 1958.
The station porter Mrs. Rita Ecclestone has a go at bike riding on the "down" platform of Oakamoor Station during an obvious lull in traffic!
Those carefree days of the commuter seem a long way off ...
Oakamoor's prize-winning station staff
Station staff at Oakamoor are presented with certificates for winning second prize in British Railways' awards for best kept station gardens. The staff holding the awards are Rita Ecclestone and Gordon ...
Open day at Stoke railway station
When this open day took place at Stoke railway station, the public were invited to inspect these three veteran steam locomotives.
In the foreground, a child contemplates the gap between the staircase ...
Passenger service at Alton station
A Leek to Uttoxeter service hauled by grimy Fowler 4P locomtive number 42323 waits at Alton.
Many rural passenger services were withdrawn during the 1960s, and stations like Alton were closed.
However, ...