Staffordshire

Gates to what was left of the Royal Doulton factory in Burslem. Now all gone and housing on the site under the name 'Kiln Gate'. Streetview of the same location in October 2020. goo.gl/maps/rNu3PaCQgjS84w4u8

The original Beyer Garratt, K1, which was supplied to the Tasmanian Government Railways in 1909 for use on the North East Dundas Tramway. After overhaul at the Statfold Barn Railway it is seen there out in the fields during a 30742 Charters event.

The Winstanley shaft at Chatterley Whitfield colliery has an unusual brick heapstead. The shaft was commenced in 1913 as part of works to improve ventilation after a gas explosion in 1912. The shaft is 5 yards in diameter and 235 yards deep. It was named after the Company's mining engineer Robert Winstanley. The heapstead and winding engine house are constructed entirely of brick; a design adapted from the German 'Malakoff' towers, though Chatterley-Whitfield's version lacks the ornamentation and fortified appearance of those in the Ruhr area. Nevertheless, it is probably unique in British coalmining. It was here that vistors descended into the workings when the museum was open.

Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd No.11 Fiji (Hudswell Clarke 972/1912 )is pottering amongst the fields on the Statfold Barn Railway.

W G Bagnall / Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns diesel hydraulic locomotive 3211 / 8366 of 1962 at Chasewater. The loco was new to R.O.F. Pembrey in 1962 having been completed at Darlington from a kit of parts after Brush took over Bagnall. After a stint at Glascoed it was sold to dealer Alan Keef from where it was sold to Tarmac and heavily cut down for use of the Jubilee Line extension in London with the name 'Myfanwy'. In 2003 it was purchased for preservation at Foxfield and later moved to Chasewater where a project to reinstate the cab to full height was completed in 2019. It is seen here running during the Industrial Railway Society AGM visit to Chasewater in 2021.

KS 3063 of 1918 arriving at Chasewater Heaths on the Chasewater Railway. It being late May in the UK this shoot was characterised by heavy rain, mist and low visibility.

Action at the Hanley Bus Station Farewell event in 2013. EDV 406 is a Crossley 42/7. It was new to Airdrie in 1949 and sold in 1952 to J Wood of Mirfield who gave it fleet number 20. The original Sottish Commercial body was replaced with a Charles H Roe H56R in 1954/5. It is now a part of the Quantock Motor Services heritage fleet.

Hunslet 3783 of 1953 posing as Holly Bank No.3, catches the last of the evening sun whilst heading a short NCB mineral train along the causeway across the reservoir on the Chasewater Railway.

Fowler 13355 of 1912, 'Saccharine' is in charge of a working on the Statfold Barn Railway. The locomotive once worked on the Natal Estates sugar plantation railway in South Africa.

Building for processing and grading stone above the hoppers at Wredon limestone quarry.

Kerr Stuart 3063 shunts the yard on the Chasewater Railway at Brownhills West on what was one of the foulest wet and murky May days ever.

Harrogate Gas Works Peckett 2050 of 1944 hurries its train the fields on the Statfold Barn Railway. The operating days on this line are always filled with interesting locomotives and workings - highly recommended.

44767 is about to cross one of the accommodation arches above Winkhill on the now lifted section of the Caldon Low line. It is such a shame that we can no longer see locomotives working hard up towards the quarries.

37 075 in charge as a train from Caldon Low passes Blackbrook Crossing on the Churnet Valley Railway. This section of the line has now been lifted.

Marl pit serving the Rosemary Hill Tileries on Cemetery Road, Silverdale. The was a brickworks operating on this site from before 1841 when it was occupied by William Brough. John Nash Peake took on the yard in 1875 and then Walley and Alsop making tiles in 1921. From 1926 to 1975 it was T E Walley and then G H Downing Ltd until sold to Steetley brick in 1981. A year later Steetley closed the works and transferred production to Knutton Tileries nearby. The marl hole continued in use to supply other works until after 2006 when it became a landfill with significant subsequent problems for the locals due to smells.

The original Beyer Garratt, K1, which was supplied to the Tasmanian Government Railways in 1909 for use on the North East Dundas Tramway. After overhaul at the Statfold Barn Railway it is seen there out on the line during a steam enthusiasts day at which twelve locomotives were in steam.

Three of the crew watch the road ahead whilst a fourth observes the adjacent line at the Statfold Barn enthusiasts day. KS 3128, 1918 'Roger', ahead of Peckett 1632, 1929, 'Liassic' with Hunslet 3903, 2005, 'Statfold' not visible as train engine.

4wDM 'Morris' (works number 2028) was built at Motor Rail (Simplex) Works in Bedford in 1920 and started out at Exeley & Sons Ltd in Shropshire from new. In 1935 the original petrol engine was replaced by a modern diesel design then was sold that year to Davy Morris Works in Loughborough (hence the name), working there until withdrawal in the late 1980s. It is seen here at Brownhills West on the Chasewater Railway working a couple of nicely restored coal wagons, lettered for local collieries, during the Industrial Railway Society AGM visit to the railway.