North Staffordshire Railway

Hollick, J.R and others (Manifold). The North Staffordshire Railway: a history of the line and its locomotives. Ashbourne: J.H. Henstock Ltd, 1952. 182pp. + plates (130 illus.) + folding diagrs.(maps, plans, gradient profiles). col. front.
Ottley 7168. The other authors were: C.A. Moreton, G.N. Nowell-Gossling, F.M. Page and W.T. Stubbs. The same pseudonym was used for a shorter book on the Leek & Manifold Light Railway. (Ottley 6220)

T.W. Dodds designs
See also biographical page

0-6-0
E Class
A somewhat diverse class as there were distinct differences between the products of the different suppliers. Nos. 74 and 75 were built at Stoke in 1871. WN Nos.642-51 were constructed by Vulcan in 1872 and received running numbers 104-113: these received the Dodds' wedge motion. WN 1348-53 were constructed by Beyer Peacock in 1874 and received running numbers 118-123. Finally, Nos 67 and 68 were built at Stoke in 1875; followed by 72 in 1876 and 77 in 1877. The Beyer locomotives had 24in stroke cylinders, whereas those from Vulcan had 22in. All had 5ft coupled wheels. Hollick

0-6-0 No. 66 probably at Crewe in Jeuda, Basil. Stoke Works. Rly Arch., 2002 (1), 82 middle

Sharp 4ft 6in engines: 1873-4
WN 2346-7 (RN 70 and 60); WN 2378-9 (RN 64-5); WN 2424-7 (RN 114-117). The first two were originally intended for the Furness Railway

0-6-0

John Adams

Goods locomotives, North Staffordshire Ry.  Loco. Rly Carr. Wagon Rev., 1910, 16, 24.

4-4-0

North Staffordshire Ry.  Loco. Rly Carr. Wagon Rev., 1910, 16, 135.

No. 170 intended for through trains to Llandudno: side elevation.

0-6-0T

No.23: 1922: Hookham

This four-cylinder locomotive has already been mentioned in the section on 0-6-0 types in its rebuilt form. It was built to test Hookham's theories on crank settings for four-cylinder designs.

FOUR-CYLINDER tank locomotive, North Staffordshire Ry.. Loco. Rly Carr. Wagon Rev., 1923, 29, 1-4. illus., 3 diagrs. (mcl. s. & f. els.)
New four-cylinder tank engine, North Staffordshire Railway. J. Instn Loco. Engrs., 1922, 12, 732-4 + folding plate (general arrangement side elevation). 2 illus.
A NOTABLE four-cylinder 0-6-0 tank engine. Rly Mag., 1923,52, 122 + plate f.p. 89. illus., diagr.

0-4-4T

Passenger tank locomotive, North Staffordshire Ry. Loco. Rly Carr. Wagon Rev., 1910, 16, 274.
General arrangement drawings

Sekon (Evolution) p. 317-18 Longbottom 2-4-2T illus & main dim

p. 319-20: 2-4-0 6ft driving wheels

and 2-4-0T (Sharp Stewart 1874) now being rebuilt for half-hourly service on Hanley Loop with 1 in 40 gradienst

Rush:

Of the ten engines ordered by the Furness Railway, but cancelled, two actually did run on FR metals; these were Nos. 120 and 121, delivered in 1884 and sold in 1887 to the Liverpool, Southport & Preston Junction Railway. They eventually passed to the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway when that company took over the L.S. & P.J.R. in 1897, but were scrapped without receiving the L. & Y. numbers allotted (1371/2). Of the other eight, two (Sharp Stewart 2339/47 of 1873) went to the Mid Wales Railway, eventually becoming Cambrian Railways 49 and 50 in 1888; two (Sharp 2342/6) became North Staffordshire Railway 69 and 70; two went direct to the Cambrian Railways (Nos. 14 and 15, Sharp 2511/3 of 1875); one to the Denbigh, Ruthin & Corwen Railway (Sharp 2510 of 1875), passing to the LNWR and finally to the Cambrian as No. 18; the last, Sharp 2512 of 1875, was sold by the makers to an unknown customer overseas.