BIDDUPLH VALLEY RAILWAYS INDUSTRIES VOL.1 North Staffordshire NEW Steam History

Product Information\n\nRailways and Industries of the Biddulph Valley Volume One by Allan C. Baker\n\nClick on the Image to Enlarge zoom_in\n\nDESCRIPTION\nThis book, the first of a trilogy, forms a detailed study of one of the North Staffordshire Railway\u2019s first branch lines, along the Biddulph Valley from Stoke to the Cheshire town of Congleton, dating from 1860. It also covers the branch from Milton to the Staffordshire Moorland market town of Leek, which opened in 1867, along with the fascinating four-mile Longton, Adderley Green & Bucknall line of 1875, which was originally independent but was absorbed by the NSR in 1895. Within these pages lies a wealth of illustrations, maps and plans documenting earlier railway and canal schemes planned to serve the area, many of which were aborted. This volume takes the reader on a journey from inception to the end of the NSR\u2019s existence with the 1923 Grouping of the railways. Subsequent volumes will cover the history of the lim