Rudyard railway station
Rudyard railway station, pictured in June 1964. Compare this photo with the previous one taken in 1957. Already the rot has set in, just prior to the Beeching axe!
A narrow guage railway operates from ...
Rushton Station
Rushton station, pictured during the 1960s.
Note the 1960s Lambretta scooter parked outside.
Note also the Staffordshire Knot of the old "Knotty" (North Staffordshire Railway Co) emblem on the ...
Rushton station
A postcard showing Rushton station and level crossing in 1900.
Until quite recently, level crossings were constantly manned and operated by a conventional swing gate.
The railway no longer serves ...
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company wharf Buildings, Burslem Branch Canal
This plan shows the wharf building owned by the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company. The building sat on the Burslem branch of the Trent and Mersey canal which has since been filled in, although ...
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 ...
Stanley Road, Stockton Brook
Looking east along Stanley road from the junction with Leek Road (A53). On the extreme left is the edge of the booking hall building at Stockton Brook Station, inn use as a shop. The Joules public house ...
Steam Locomotive, Longton
A steam locomotive can be seen crossing over Bridgewood Street, Longton.
Stockton Brook Station, Stoke-on-Trent
The booking Hall for Stockton Brook Station was on the A53 Leek New Road near the junction with Stanley Road. On the Stoke to Leek branch, Stockton Brook Station was opened in1896, some thirty years after ...
Stoke Roundhouse, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the locomotive yard at Stoke Roundhouse in Stoke-on-Trent and the men standing around the engine are likely to be locomotive engineers and company managers. If you look closely you can see that ...
Stoke Steam Shed.
The North Staffordshire Railway Company (The Knotty) built and repaired their own steam engines. A variety of tank engines are undergoing work here around 1910.
The shed was located to the south of Stoke-on-Trent ...
Stoke Train Station, Station Road, Stoke.
This view from Glebe Street bridge towards the station in Station Road is relatively unchanged. The buildings on the right have been replaced with the railway car park. The office building on the left ...
Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station
This plan shows the front of Stoke-on-Trent railway station.The outer face of the railway station has remained virtually unchanged since it was built but the interior underwent some major modifications ...
The Bradwell Oak Inn, Longbridge Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent
The Bradwell Oak public house was at the eastern end of Peel Street next to the railway line. In the left hand corner of the photograph is the Longport Junction signal box which controlled access to the ...
The site of Trentham Park railway station
Trentham Park railway station was at the end on the short (1 1/2 mile) branch line which ran from Trentham Station on the main line. Opened in 1910 the station had regular trains until the 1930s but was ...
The station and gasworks, Longton
Photograph taken looking east, St. James's church can be seen in the distance. The entrance to the yard was by Murdoch St.
This is the now site of the Tesco super store and car park.
The Strand, Longton.
An electric tramcar of the Potteries Electric Traction Company heads down the Strand towards the railway bridge and station. The chapel on the left was demolished shortly after this photograph was taken. ...
Trentham Station
The up side of Trentham Station and the entrance from Hem Heath Colliery. On this side is just a small waiting room ( the single storey building on the left), on the down side are the main station offices, ...
Trentham Station
This was the view from Trentham Station, looking north towards Stoke, taken from under the bridge that carried Trentham Road over the railway line. The Trentham Park branch (to Trentham Gardens) went ...