Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway
A favourite trip out was to the Manifold Valley – and a ride on the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, which was closed down in 1934. Passengers would travel on the North Staffordshire Railway via ...
Leek goods yard
A dirty Standard Class 4 locomotive numbered 75030 pulls away from Leek yard in Staffordshire with an empty load of wagons.
This picture was taken in 1966 when steam was becoming a rarer sight on Britain's ...
Leek railway station
A passenger service leaves Leek station on a wet day in 1960.
Leek, in Staffordshire, was a mill town, hence one of the tall factory chimmneys still standing.
The station is now the site of Morrisons ...
Leek station
A British Railways Ivatt Class 2, number 46430, pictured at Leek station, Staffordshire in June 1957.
Leek station had a goods yard, and all manner of goods passed through, from coal mined in the Potteries ...
Light Railway, Alton Towers
The railway opened in 1953 and ran along a 700 yard long track between Alton Towers' Ingestre Station and Chinese Temple for over forty years until its closure in 1996. The locomotive in this postcard ...
Lime Kilns and Canal Wharf, Froghall
Photograph taken from the Foxt Road looking toward the working lime kilns on the lower basin on the Caldon Canal at Froghall. To the right Brunner Mond boats are being loaded in the top lock of the Uttoxeter ...
Limestone tippler at Endon
A North Staffordshire Railway truck carrying limestone is in position ready for tipping into a narrowboat. The railway brought limestone here from Cauldon Low quarries. The tippler was built in 1918-1919 ...
Littleton colliery Steam with Whiston and Wimblebury from the Foxfield Railway
This film footage shows two steam locomotives and a brake van that were visiting Littleton Colliery near Cannock on the 12th to 15th November 1993. The two locomotives 'Whiston' works number HE3694 of ...
Locomotive at Doxey, Stafford
A snowy scene taken near to the Universal Grinding Wheel factory at Doxey, Stafford, looking south towards Stafford Station. The train on the left is a northbound express hauled by Stanier 4-6-2 Coronation ...
Locomotive at Scropton Sidings
Steam locomotive hauling wagons loaded with gypsum blocks from J.C. Staton's Gypsum Works at Fauld, Staffordshire. Pictured at Scropton Sidings, Derbyshire.
Locomotive at Uttoxeter Station
This view of locomotive 42319 standing at the Churnet Valley platform at Uttoxeter Station is thought to have been taken on Market Day on 17 April 1954. This train is probably the 3.00pm awaiting departure ...
Locomotive No. 45091, Burton-upon-Trent
Steam locomotive No. 45091 is pictured in Burton-upon-Trent hauling a train full of enthusiasts on a special excursion day trip.
This R.C.T.S. (Rail Correspondence and Travel Society) The Mercian rail ...
Locomotive No82, Leek Station
A Stanier 2-6-2T locomotive number 82, pictured with a driver and guard at Leek railway station. This locomotive was built at Derby for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1935. This photograph ...
Locomotive on bridge, Derby Road, Burton-upon-Trent
Locomotive 42727 is pictured on a bridge over Derby Road, Burton-upon-Trent. On the right the large sign is advertising Esso petrol with the iconic 1960s slogan “Put a Tiger in Your Tank”. This photograph ...
Locomotive, Burton-upon-Trent
This locomotive is a petrol or diesel shunter. The photograph is believed to have been taken in the Burton-upon-Trent area.
Locomotive, possibly at Meir
A 2-4-0 engine with a train of second and third class carriages on the Stoke to Derby line, possibly at Meir station around 1900.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway....
Locomotives near Stafford Station
A Class 40 disel locomotive-hauled southbound express overtaking a LNWR origin 0-8-0 'Duck 8' locomotive at Crinoline Bend, south of Stafford Station. Crinoline is the most severe main line bend in Britain, ...
Longton Railway Station
An aerial photograph taken on the 22 September 1961 from the top of Harvey’s chimney shows a steam locomotive leaving Longton Railway Station. Longton Station opened on the Crewe-Derby line of the North ...