Great rare footage of the loop line. I'd like to see a restored, non-colourized version. It's a shame there appears to be no train or footplate footage of the line while operational. I travelled part of the line once as a child and always loved seeing it and the surrounding rail workings during my annual holidays with my parents staying with an aunt in Church Terrace Cobridge. The still-thriving Stoke I loved of the late fifties and sixties is now sadly long gone, and it was very sad to see how far it has declined during a recent visit.
The hotel next to Hanley railway station’s car park was filled in above the old station. If you look closely you can still see the tops of the arches of the station. The road above the station is half there . The southern half was removed when Hanley Tesco Extra was built.
I walked the loop line remains in 1988 I recall that there was a set of BR standard 76XX locomotive driving wheels aswell the GWR prairie loco smokebox and chimney shown on your video. I remember reading that those items came from Barry scrapyard when Di Woodhams scrapped a couple of engines out of the 200 or so that survived the sixty's. I presume the grant for the loop line heritage trail allowed for purchase of the items.
That's why Stoke On Trent went in decline no central station and with no decent bus routes service just quickly built on the lines with money making average minimum wage call centres or warehousing that can't buy a car a backward city
Thanks for taking the time and sharing , superb video and photos.
Superb video, a city centre with no station, bring one back now
Some nice old footage of the loop thanks for posting 👍
Cycletrack. As it now is. We don't need any more bloody roads.
Great rare footage of the loop line. I'd like to see a restored, non-colourized version. It's a shame there appears to be no train or footplate footage of the line while operational. I travelled part of the line once as a child and always loved seeing it and the surrounding rail workings during my annual holidays with my parents staying with an aunt in Church Terrace Cobridge. The still-thriving Stoke I loved of the late fifties and sixties is now sadly long gone, and it was very sad to see how far it has declined during a recent visit.
The hotel next to Hanley railway station’s car park was filled in above the old station. If you look closely you can still see the tops of the arches of the station. The road above the station is half there . The southern half was removed when Hanley Tesco Extra was built.
Staggering what we just threw away.
Interesting history. Liked. Many stations where closed over the past decades
I walked the loop line remains in 1988 I recall that there was a set of BR standard 76XX locomotive driving wheels aswell the GWR prairie loco smokebox and chimney shown on your video.
I remember reading that those items came from Barry scrapyard when Di Woodhams scrapped a couple of engines out of the 200 or so that survived the sixty's. I presume the grant for the loop line heritage trail allowed for purchase of the items.
Thank you such a good video
The ORIGINAL Hanley railway station building still exists, it is or was a lighting shop directly opposite the Grand Hotel.
I wonder where the signage ended up
Ebay
@@Stecluz honestly mate, even the zambezi club?
Seen bits yeah
@@Stecluz big money I guess mate
That's why Stoke On Trent went in decline no central station and with no decent bus routes service just quickly built on the lines with money making average minimum wage call centres or warehousing that can't buy a car a backward city
The county council should have bought the track bed and converted it into a road.
It's owned by the City Coucil, not the County. You expect Stoke Council to invest in something useful?
@@radioman1170 Back when the track bed came up for sale Stoke was not a unitary authority and the roads were the county council's responsibility.