Alton Castle
View of Alton Castle in 1910.
This image appeared in the North Staffordshire Railway's pocket book of places of interest along its routes.
The image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet ...
Alton Castle
View of Alton Castle taken in 1910.
This image appeared in the North Staffordshire Railway's pocket book of places of interest along its routes.
This image is featured by kind permission of the ...
Alton station
A train hauled by Fowler 4P locomotive number 42331(?) arrives at a flooded Alton station during the 1950s.
The location of the station, on a valley floor and next to the River Churnet, meant that ...
Alton station
Alton station, Staffordshire, in the 1970s. It is built in the classic Italianate style, and possibly designed by H.A. Hunt, the architect who designed Stoke-on-Trent station.
After closure in the ...
Alton station
Alton station, Staffordshire, 1968.
During the Second World War army, navy and air force officers would have used this station during their training visit to Alton Towers.
Imagine this station ...
Alton station
Alton station, Staffordshire, around 1958. Coaches stand at the third platform whilst a through train works the "up" line.
Alton castle stands on the hillside above.
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Alton station
Alton station in flood during the 1950s. Both the main track and the goods siding/third platform on the left are under a couple of feet of water!
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Alton Station. Circa 1910.
A rather dapper young gentleman takes a seat on the "down" platform at Alton Station around 1910.
The station appears to be very quiet; perhaps this was a posed shot taken on a Sunday morning?
This ...
Alton Towers
Clergy and choir at Alton Towers, Staffordshire.
This image is taken from the collection of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Alton Towers Special, Rocester
A British Railways Fowler 2-6-4 locomotive approaches Rocester station with an Alton Towers six-coach special in the late 1950s. After the Second World War the village of Rocester was chosen for the ...
Asylum railway, Cheddleton
A view of the electric engine that powered the asylum train serving Leekbrook Asylum. This engine is now at the National Railway Museum in York.
This image is taken from the collection of the Churnet ...
Asylum railway, Cheddleton
An electric railway ran from Leekbrook to the asylum at Cheddleton. It ran for about a mile and was under the control of the asylum. It carried everything from the workforce, inmates, food and coal! ...
Beer Delivery at the Black Lion
Barrels of beer are delivered to the Black Lion in 1957.
The pub, at Consall Forge, Staffordshire, was built to serve workers in the local limestone industry that was carried on in the Churnet Valley ...
Black Five at Oakamoor tunnel
British Railways 'Black Five' locomotive number 45020 emerges from Oakamoor tunnel with a passneger service in around 1960.
Stanier 'Black Fives' were a popular engine choice for mixed traffic, being ...
'Black Five' bound for Llandudno
British Railways 'Black Five' 4-6-0 locomotive number 45045 prepares to meet a rake of coaches at Leek railway station.
Together, they will form a service bound for Llandudno in North Wales - a long-standing ...
Bolton's copper works
Bolton's Copper Works at Froghall, around 1950.
The works stands next to the Churnet Valley Railway. Although freight is now carried by road, the line now operates as a heritage railway, museum and ...
Bolton's copper works
Sidings at Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall, during the mid-1960s.
Drums of copper wire stand on the empty tracks. Wire manufactured both here and at Oakamoor would form the first Trans-Atlantic telegraph ...
Bolton's copper works
Thomas Bolton's copper works provided much employment in the village of Froghall.
The railway was essential in order to transport wound copper wire out of the valley and to destinations all over Britain ...