Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: Stoke

A scene that has changed out of recognition in the last 50 years! The Trent & Mersey Canal meandered through Shelton Bar steelworks and many a splendid industrial vista could be seen from the tow path. The gas holder, cables, pipework and scrap piles cannot hide the impressive Wolstanton church on the skyline.

Climbing Stoke Bank on the East Coast Main Line on British Railways Standard 4-6-2 70013 Oliver Cromwell. We were running engine & coach from Southall shed to Barnetby on the GCR in Lincolnshire prior to pulling The Cheshireman railtour from Cleethorpes to Chester the next day.