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Contents of the Journal of the North Staffordshire Railway Study Group

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Journal 52 John Peake, Stationmaster, Silverdale Mike G. Fell OBE
Burton Engine Shed Dave Harris
A Petty Tyranny? The Railway Beard, c.1848-c.1880 Anthony Dawson
North Rode: The Drawings Dr David Jolley
Wedgwood Halt Allan C. Baker and Mike G. Fell OBE
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 51 George James Crosbie Dawson, 1841-1914 Mike G. Fell OBE
Newcastle Goods Yard Capstans and Control Cabinets Bev Stringer
Battery Power at Oakamoor Mike G. Fell OBE
North Rode Station Howard Sprenger
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 50 A Brace of Stations: Stone and Stoke Mike G. Fell OBE
A Fatal Collision Near Harecastle, 1872 Dr. David Woolliscroft
Knotty Tank Engines at Walkden Collieries Mike G. Fell OBE and Gerald Worland
The Shaving Line Mike G. Fell OBE
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Extract from Theodore West's "The Evolution of the Locomotive Engine Howard Sprenger
The Curious Case of Fred and the Missing Drainpipe Mike G. Fell OBE and Gerald Worland
Two Leek and Manifold Gems Mike G. Fell OBE
A Brief History of the NSRSG Journal Howard Sprenger
Journal 49 Francis William Bott and the Branch Line that Never Was Dr. David Woolliscroft
My Late Father's Live Steam Models of Knotty Locomotives Allan C. Baker
A Long Haul – the Gestation of the Model of Newcastle Station Bev Stringer
Is it Really No. 23? Researching the Identity for the Accessible Brake Coach Mark Smith
The Obdurate Farmer Mike G. Fell OBE
Robert Nicol Angus 1811-1875 – A Postscript Mike G. Fell OBE and Allan C. Baker
Journal 48 Robert Nicol Angus 1811-1875 Mike G. Fell OBE
Cylinder-facing and Cylinder-boring Machinery Designed by Robert Nicol Angus Allan C. Baker
NSR New and Secondhand Locomotives 1848-1859 Mike G. Fell OBE
NSR New Locomotives 1860-1875 Mike G. Fell OBE
Journal 47 The Railway at Longton Mike G. Fell OBE
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 46 Unlucky for Some? The Stationmasters of Oakamoor Dr. David Woolliscroft
Etruria Junction Allan C. Baker
Richard Blundell, 1826-1906, Assistant Engineer, North Staffordshire Railway Mike G. Fell OBE
NSR New L Class Plans and Model Bill Castellan
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 45 LMS Traffic Control at Stoke Mike G. Fell OBE
Electric Machinery and Appliances on the North Staffordshire Railway C. Dean, Electrical Dept, NSR via Howard Sprenger
Myles Pennington 1814-1896, NSR Goods Manager Mike G. Fell OBE
Newcastle’s Canals Allan C. Baker & Mike G. Fell OBE
Some Recent Discoveries Allan C. Baker
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 44 Norton-in-Hales Mike G. Fell OBE
150th Anniversary of the Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple Railway
John Curphey Forsyth (1815–1879) Mike G. Fell OBE
The North Stafford Hotel – a Postscript Mike G. Fell OBE
A Photographic Mystery
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 43 The North Stafford Hotel and its Proprietors Mike G. Fell OBE
Rudyard Lake Revisited – a Postscript Basil Jeuda
Charles Lockhart (1808–1894), NSR Coaching and Traffic Superintendent Mike G. Fell OBE
Gillow Heath Stables Compiled by Howard Sprenger
End of the Line at Ashbourne Howard Sprenger
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 42 Rudyard Lake Revisited Basil Jeuda
Railway Letter Post a Brief History Mike G. Fell OBE
Locally Built Locomotives for a Local Company Allan C. Baker
The Knotty’s Steam Omnibus Service Mike G. Fell OBE
NSR Running Powers andWorking Arrangements Charles Dix
NSR Trains at Derby A Collective
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 41 Earning the Revenue: Traffic Charges on the North Staffordshire Railway 1848-1914 Brian Turton
A Missing Link: The NSR Brake Coach Excavation at Rudyard Lake Dr. David Woolliscroft
King Edward VII at Hixon, NSR Mike G. Fell OBE
William Cross (1831-1882), The NSR's Last Carriage & Waggon Superintendent Mike G. Fell OBE
Stone Stationmasters - An Update Mike G. Fell OBE
North Staffordshire Railway Letter Post
Journal 40 John Whalley 1856-1923 - Alsager Shed Foreman A. Collective
Observations on the Stoke-on-Trent - Newcastle Line 1928-1941 Mike G. Fell OBE
Stoke to Market Drayton Mike G. Fell OBE
David Moore's Published Works Dr. David Woolliscroft
"Gone to War" - An Update Dr. David Woolliscroft & Mike G. Fell OBE
Two Families in WW1 Bill Corser
The North Staffordshire Railway and the Disabled Dr. David Woolliscroft
End of the Line at Horninglow Howard Sprenger
Journal 39 Derby Road Crossing - A History D.J. Harris
Memories of Alton Station Brian Allen MBE
The Strange Case of the Winton Square Murder Trial Dr. David Woolliscroft & Richard Warren
J.W. Walker - A Postscript Mike G. Fell OBE
The Leek & Manifold Light Railway J.W. Walker
Frederick Francis Copeland (1827 - 1889) - NSR Stationmaster Mike G. Fell OBE
NSR Miscellany Allan C, Baker
Journal 38 Crime on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 2 Dr. David Woolliscroft
Gone to War: William Edger Wood, 1883 - 1918 Mike G. Fell OBE
The North Staffordshire Railway J.W. Walker
Journal 37 Crime on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 1 Dr. David Woolliscroft
North Staffordshire Railway Company Secretaries - a Postscript Mike G. Fell OBE
Some Early Locomotives of the North Staffordshire Railway Brunel Redivivus via Howard Sprenger
Brass Knots and Numbers Mike G. Fell OBE
A Further Selection of NSR Notices Photo Feature via Allan C. Baker
Journal 36 North Staffordshire Railway Company Secretaries Mike G. Fell OBE
A Former NSR Premium Apprentice’s War Norma O'Keeffe
LMS North Staffordshire Sales Mike G. Fell OBE
A Selection of NSR Notices Photo Feature via Allan C. Baker
Journal 35 The North Staffordshire Railway War Memorial Mike G. Fell OBE
The NSR Stoke Station War Memorial: The Men Dr. David Woolliscroft
George Parker Bidder Mike G. Fell OBE
The NSR's Big Tanks - a Photo Feature Manifold Collection
More on Froghall Wharf David Moore
Journal 34 How to Open a Railway Dr. David Woolliscroft
A Railway Frontier Seventy Years Ago Charles Herbert Veale
North Staffordshire Railway Lamps P.D. Beddoe MSIA (reprised by Howard Sprenger)
The Coronation "Blast" at the North Staffordshire Railway's Limestone Quarries via Howard Sprenger
Journal 33 Frederick Arthur Lowry Barnwell (1877-1945) Mike G. Fell OBE
The Mysterious Case of the Macclesfield Locomotive Superintendents Dr. David Woolliscroft
Picturesque Staffordshire a footnote by Allan C. Baker
Stirrup & Pye a footnote by Allan C. Baker
Helping The War Effort - or Perhaps Not! a note by Allan C. Baker
NSR 'D' Class locomotives at Birkenhead Stan Yates
Biddulph Station, Signal Box and a conundrum a photographic discovery by David Moore
Journal 32 Chairmen of the North Staffordshire Railway Mike G. Fell OBE
The Statutory Origins of the North Staffordshire Railway a note by Allan C. Baker
Tales from the North Staffordshire Railway Dr. David Woolliscroft
Journal 31 The 1873 Hibel Road Accident, and the Railway Politics of Macclesfield Dr. David Woolliscroft
Anthony Pye Phillipps Mike Price
Notes on the North Staffordshire Railway and its Locomotives W. Beckerlegge
Ashford to Brighton via Stoke Basil K. Field - Locomotive Engineer Phil Atkins
The Adams’ Whistle Mike G. Fell OBE
Motor Haltes Allan C. Baker
Correspondence
Journal 30 Some NSR and LMS (North Stafford section) Private Owner wagon models Mark Smith
North Staffordshire Railway Pay & Conditions (1920) via Lloyd Boardman
Engineer's Department Rules and Regulations (poster)
Carriages that Never Were: The North Staffordshire Push-Pull trailers Neil Burgess
Picturesque Staffordshire David Veale
North Staffordshire Railway Working over Foreign Railways via Howard Sprenger
Journal 29 The Railway Through Stone Mike G. Fell OBE
Journal 28 Keele and its Race traffic Allan C. Baker and Mike G. Fell OBE
Herbert Capper Marlow 1870-1941 Mike G. Fell OBE
Thomas Adams 1857-1919 Mike G. Fell OBE
Loop Line Quartet Allan C. Baker and Mike G. Fell OBE
Potteries tram photograph - a letter to the editor David J. Wood
The Mystery Van - photograph
Journal 27 William Douglas Phillipps, General Manager - North Staffordshire Railway Mike G. Fell OBE
Descendants of William Adams - a letter to the editor Mike G. Fell OBE
Two Bidders - More! Mike G. Fell OBE
Francis Alison, Station Master, Bosley Mike G. Fell OBE
Three North Staffordshire Passenger trains - a reprise further information by John Sherratt
1919 Locomotives - photo feature Basil Jeuda and Manifold Collections
Journal 26 The North Stafford and the Cannock Mineral Railway Philip Bryan
Brake Blocks and Tyres - a follow up to Livery Observations Allan C. Baker
Three North Staffordshire Passenger trains Neil Burgess
Workmen's Tickets in the Staffordshire Moorlands in the 1920s Basil Jeuda
Two Bidders Mike G. Fell OBE
The Decline of Milk trains in North Staffordshire in LMS Days Basil Jeuda
Journal 25 A Leek & Manifold Snippet Allan C. Baker
Livery Observations John Sherratt
The Eastern Counties Express Basil Jeuda
Jamage Junction (a note) Allan C. Baker
The Battery Electric Locomotive again -1 Allan C. Baker
The Battery Electric Locomotive again -2 Mike G. Fell OBE
An Old Wive's Tale Mike G. Fell OBE
John Bramley-Moore & Colin Minton Campbell Mike G. Fell OBE
Correspondence
Journal 24 Thomas Weatherburn Dodds Allan C. Baker and Mike G. Fell OBE
Journal 23 John Henry Adams Mike G. Fell OBE
Endon NSR - an update Mike G. Fell OBE
Endon - a follow up Allan C. Baker
Endon Station Diagram
Journal 22 The 'F' Class locomotives of the NSR Neil Burgess
North Staffordshire Railway Free Passes Chris Knight
Luke Longbottom Mike G. Fell OBE
The Macclesfield District in the years 1914 to 1920 W.E. Whiston / SLS Journal
Journal 21 Signal Boxes of the North Staffordshire Railway and its Successors Des Brailsford & Chris Knight
Journal 20 The North Stafford 4-4-0s and the Llandudno Expresses Mike G. Fell OBE
Whieldon Grove - a personal view Mrs. Pat Bromley
Running Powers and the North Staffordshire Railway David Moore
Hanley Goods Mark Smith
Bridge numbering on the North Stafford section David Moore
A Shelton Iron and Steel wagon plate Mark Smith
A Mystery Goods Shed Mark Smith
Journal 19 Reminiscences of the 'Knotty' Des Brailsford
Journal 18 Mystery Milk Vans for Macclesfield David Jolley
Memories of the Chesterton Branch Mike G. Fell OBE
An Earlier Engine Built in Stoke? (One More Perhaps) Allan C. Baker
Interesting Passenger Workings over and by the NSR Ian Lancefield Walker
Journal 17 North Staffordshire Railway Ballast Brake Van and Headlamp Codes Neil Burgess
North Staffordshire Railway Locomotives sold to Industry Allan C. Baker
A Day in Bosley Signal Box August 6th 1946 Des Brailsford
An Endon postscript Mike G. Fell OBE
Journal 16 North Staffordshire Railway Ballast Brake Van - a postscript Neil Burgess
A Quartet of Quadrants Photo feature
Endon NSR Mike G. Fell OBE
Fifty Years of NSR 0-6-0 tender engine development Photo feature
Short of Power Allan C. Baker
The Battery Shunter at Oakamoor Allan C. Baker
Journal 15 Engineers Ballast Brake Van Mark Smith
Every Picture tells a Story (or turning the train round) David Moore
Memories of the Market Drayton Branch Mike G. Fell OBE
North Staffordshire Railway Signal Box Locations - a postscript David Moore
The Railways of the Biddulph Valley - Part II Paul Blurton, Philip Harrison, Roland Machin & David Moore
Journal 14 Report of Mike Rutherford's presentation on 'The Career of Tom Coleman' John Sherratt
North Stafford No. 23 and John Albert Hookham Mike G. Fell OBE
Oakamoor Station - a good subject for a model? John Sherratt
Thomas Weatherburn Dodds - "Engineer of Permanent Way", NSR, 1870 - 1874 Paul Blurton
Journal 13 Memories of Fenton Manor Station in the 1920s Bill Corser
A North Staffordshire train at Crewe Philip A. Millard
A North Stafford Man's War Mike Turnock
North Staffordshire Railway Signal Box Locations David Moore
The 'Single' Classes of the North Staffordshire Railway David Moore
The Railways of the Biddulph Valley - Part I Paul Blurton, Philip Harrison, Roland Machin & David Moore
Journal 12 The 2-4-0 Tender Classes of the North Staffordshire Railway - an Overview David Moore
North Staffordshire Railway Passenger Services Noel R. Walley
B. field William Ball
Journal 11 Chatterley Junction Signals and Layout Des Brailsford
Early Railways in Staffordshire - Part II J. Sidney Horn,
Reproduced by courtesy of Staffordshire Life magazine
London & North Western Railway carriage workings David Moore
North Staffordshire Railway working over the GWR Rex Christiansen
Journal 10 Early Railways in Staffordshire - Part I J. Sidney Horne
Reproduced by courtesy of Staffordshire Life magazine
John Lewis Ricardo Paul Blurton
The Rebuilding of the 0-6-0STs Neil Burgess & David Moore
The Audley Lines - Part IV
A Study of the Railways and Collieries of the Western Half of the North Staffordshire Coalfield
Chesterton, Chatterley, Knutton & Apedale
J.R. Hollick and W. Jack
Permitted re-production of a paper by the named author's which is deposited in the William Jack Collection, at the Univeristy of Keele
Journal 9 The Milk traffic of the North Staffordshire Railway Robert Keys
North Staffordshire Railway Milk Vans Bernard Holland
D Class Driving Wheels "nsrail"
North Staffordshire Railway Timber Wagons the late Dr. George Chadwick
additional notes by Mark Smith
The Audley Lines - Part III
A Study of the Railways and Collieries of the Western Half of the North Staffordshire Coalfield
Alsager to Talke
J.R. Hollick and W. Jack
Permitted re-production of a paper by the named author's which is deposited in the William Jack Collection, at the Univeristy of Keele
Journal 8 Goods train Operation at Pipe Gate
January to August 1923
Bernard Holland
Motor Lorries owned by the North Staffordshire Railway Bernard Holland
Book Review - The Limestone Quarries of Caldon Low by Basil Jeuda Reviewed by John Sherratt
Design Evolution in the Class M & New M 0-4-4 tank engines of the North Staffordshire Railway David Jolley
The Audley Lines - Part II
A Study of the Railways and Collieries of the Western Half of the North Staffordshire Coalfield
Silverdale to Merelake Junction
J.R. Hollick and W. Jack
Permitted re-production of a paper by the named author's which is deposited in the William Jack Collection, at the Univeristy of Keele
Journal 7 The Electrical Connections of the North Staffordshire Railway Ian Lancefield-Walker
The Audley Lines - Part 1
A Study of the Railways and Collieries of the Western Half of the North Staffordshire Coalfield
J.R. Hollick and W. Jack
Permitted re-production of a paper by the named author's which is deposited in the William Jack Collection, at the Univeristy of Keele
The 2-4-2T Classes of the North Staffordshire Railway David Moore
NSR Mileage Statement Extract from the Mileage Statement supplied by the NSR to the Board of trade
Book Review - An Illustrated History of Stoke and North Staffordshire Railways by Allan C. Baker Reviewed by John Sherratt
Journal 6 Report of NSRSG Meetnig on Saturday 9th May 1998 John Sherratt
A Guided Tour of the Churnet Valley Line - Part 1
Report of a tour guided by Basil Jeuda
Sunday 10th May 1998
Uttoxeter to Alton
Reported by John Sherratt
The Manifold Collection Bert Proctor
Recollections of Shelton's Railways Bill Shenton
Locomotive Drawing - North Staffordshire Railway L Class 0-6-2T Euan Jennings
Private Owner Coal Wagons - Three typical vehicles on the NSR Mark Smith
Journal 5 The Second Anniversary Meeting on Saturday 8th November 1997 Meeting Report John Sherratt
Report of Meeting on Saturday 10th May 1997 John Sherratt
A Guided Tour of the Loop Line
Report of a tour guided by Basil Jeuda
Reported by John Sherratt
Two NSR Families Bill Corser
Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 5
38 Class 2-4-0
Euan Jennings
List of Kits & Component Parts for the construction of NSR items
Items for constructing NSR locos, rolling stock & ancillary equipment
Roger B. Pound
Journal 4 First Anniversary Meeting on Saturday 9th November 1996 (Meeting Report) John Sherratt
Passenger Services over the North Staffordshire Railway Ian Walker
Updated Locomotive Drawing 9 Class 2-4-0T Euan Jennings
Silk traffic on the North Stafford Dr. George Chadwick
NSR Family Saloon Sylvia & Jeff Saville
Accidents on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 4
Chartley, 1892
Dr. George Chadwick
A Note on North Stafford Horseboxes Dr. George Chadwick
Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 4
M & New M Class 0-4-4T
Euan Jennings
Surviving Structures of the North Staffordshire Railway Mike Price & John Sherratt
NSRSG Archive Part 2
The Bernard Holland / T.W. 'Smokey' Bourne Collection (continued)
compiled by Euan Jennings
Modelling News compiled by john Sherratt
Journal 3 The Bosley tramway Dr. George Chadwick
The Development & Demise of Clifton Station Building Mike Price
Accidents on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 3
Uttoxeter, 1892
Dr. George Chadwick
A chronology of the 0-6-0 Goods tender locomotives of the NSR Euan Jennings
Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 3
H and H1 Class 0-6-0
Euan Jennings
NSRSG Archive Part 1 compiled by Euan Jennings
The Bernard Holland / T.W. 'Smokey' Bourne Collection
Journal 2 Accidents on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 2
Uttoxeter, 1890
Dr. George Chadwick
Travelling the 'Knotty' nearly 50 years ago W.L. Francis
The North Staffordshire Railway at Derby Godfrey Yeomans
Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 2
9 Class, Converted 9 Class
Euan Jennings
Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 2
L Class
Feedback
Return to the 'Knotty' G.B. Proctor
A list of NSR Locomotive drawings and sources Tony Barnes
The second meeting of the North Staffordshire Railway Study Group (Meeting Report) Guest speaker Robert Cartwright
Journal 1 Modelling the North Staffordshire Railway in N Gauge
Background to producing a model layout based on the NSR
Mark Higginson
Accidents on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 1
Collision at Harecastle
Dr. George Chadwick
Principal Dimensions of NSR Tank Locomotives Ian Walker
Locomotive drawings of the North Staffordshire Railway
L Class, New L Class
Euan Jennings
Modelling the Knotty Euan Jennings
Journal 0
(Preview Issue)
Welcome to the North Staffordshire Railway Study Group John Sherratt and Euan Jennings
Bibliography
Modelling Components
NSR Kits in 7mm scale and private owner transfers
Review
Woodham Wagon Works NSR 2-plank Merchandise Wagon Kit
John Sherratt
Future Attractions
150th Anniversary of the Knotty
Review
Manchester Model Railway Society/HMRS Joint Meeting
Euan Jennings

Note that Issues 0 to 4 of the Journal were published under the title of the Newsletter. With effect from issue number 5 the title was changed to the Journal. To avoid confusion with the then title of the newsletter, the term Journal is used througout this contents list. The newsletter is now titled Loop Lines.

Last updated 13/03/23.