Barton and Walton Station, Barton-under-Needwood
Barton and Walton Railway Station served Barton-under-Needwood in Staffordshire and Walton-on-Trent in Derbyshire. The station was opened by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1839. It closed ...
Barton and Walton Station, Barton-under-Needwood
Barton and Walton Railway Station served Barton-under-Needwood in Staffordshire and Walton-on-Trent in Derbyshire. The station was opened by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway in 1839. It closed ...
Bradwell Woods and Fowlea Brook, Tunstall
Looking south west over the Fowlea Brook towards the higher ground of Bradwell Woods. The photograph was taken from near the end of Watergate Street by Copp Lane. Running across the centre is the main ...
Brindley Heath Railway Station from Moors Gorse, near Hednesford
Roughly midway in-between Hednesford (to the left) and Rugeley, Moors Gorse is the site of a water pumping station that, at the time of this photograph, was steam driven. Its front wall adjacent to the ...
Bucknall and Northwood Station
Bucknall and Northwood Station looking south along the line towards the next station at Fenton Manor. In the distance is Berry Hill spoil tip. The station was at the bottom of Limekiln Bank and the ...
Burton-upon-Trent Railway Station
This view looks south towards Burton-upon-Trent Station and may have been taken from Burton North Signal Box.
Burton’s first railway station opened in 1839. Later with an increase in passengers and ...
Colwich Old Signal Box
Pictured in the Old Signal Box at Colwich are (left to right): David Buckley, Telephone Attendant and Gordon Axten, Signalman ('Box Lad'). David lived in the railway cottages nearby to the Stoke-on-Trent ...
Councillor Charles Jones, Mayor of Stafford
Stafford’s Mayor and Signalman, Councillor Charles Jones, is seen at work in No. 5 signal box near Stafford Station. Councillor Jones was Mayor of Stafford during 1953 and 1954 and he is pictured having ...
Derby Lightweight Train at Stafford Station
This British Rail Derby Lightweight train with yellow whiskers ('cat’s whiskers') on the cab front is pictured standing at the south end of platform 2 at Stafford Station before departing for Birmingham. ...
Diesel engines and carriages, Colwich
Pictured just south of Colwich brickyard are Derby-built English Electric diesel 'twins' 10001 and 10000 on the 'up' London express. 10000 was built in 1947 and was delivered just in time to have LMS ...
Diesel Locomotive, Burton-upon-Trent
This British Rail Class 03 diesel locomotive which is often known as a diesel shunter is pictured in Burton-upon-Trent.
On the left in the background the tower and a part view of the nave and north ...
Down platform, Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station
A view from the down (northbound) platform of Stoke Station. The photographer noted that "smoke from (steam) engines makes it dull". Soon after the photograph was taken, the lines were electrified (1967) ...
Etruria junction, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking north from the Etruria Road bridge just north of Etruria Station. It shows the junction of the Potteries Loop Line (to the right) with the main line to Manchester (straight ...
Etruria Station, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking south towards Stoke Station from the up side platform at Etruria Station. The tank engine is on the down line heading towards Kidsgrove. To the right is Twyford's Etruria Works and ...
Etruria Station, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking south from the down side platform along the down line towards Stoke Station. Etruria Station was opened in 1848, extended with the coming of the Loop Line in the 1870s and finally ...
Fowlea Brook, Longbridge Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent
The view south from the bridge over the Fowlea Brook just north of Longport Station. At this point the Stoke on Trent City boundary runs along the brook: to the right is Newcastle under Lyme. On the ...
Grimwade's Winton Pottery, Stoke Road, Stoke-on-Trent
A view north along Stoke Road from the junction with Station Road. The tall building in the centre is Grimwade's Winton Pottery. The property is in different usage today, but still called Winton House. ...
Hanley Station
Hanley Station was just north of Trinity Street, alongside the old Grand Hotel. This the second Hanley Station, built when the loop line was extended to Burslem in 1873. The first was just south of Trinity ...