Potteries Loop Line, Stoke-Upon-Trent to Kidsgrove, 1930s

Stoke-Upon-Trent to Kidsgrove 1930s on the Potteries Loop Line. A passengers view point on this industrial line for Trainz Railroad Simulator. Indulge in the nostalgia of the 1930s steam era.
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[@peternoble9408]

I used to go visit my gra,ns sister who lived in Longport we went by train on the loopline from kidsgrove in the 1950s great memories

[@RailEnthusiast]

Glad the video could bring back some good memories. I just wish I was alive to have seen the railway like this.

[@peternoble9408]

As I remember the line was gloomy and dirty but then there heavy industries all along its route

[@peterheppenstall654]

Stoke-on-Trent.- It says that on the Station Signs.

[@RailEnthusiast]

Yes I had realised after posting the video. While making the video I was using my old railway maps and on them it said Stoke-upon-Trent when in reality shortly before the 30s it had become Stoke-on-Trent.

[@gordonchell8787]

People may not know the difference between the town name and city name.
The city name is Stoke-on-Trent and is made up of 6 town areas, 1 of which being Stoke-upon-Trent, but generally referred to locally just as Stoke.
Although the station is on the outskirts of the town of Stoke-upon-Trent, it uses the city name rather than the town name, partly as it is the main station for the area on the London to Manchester route, but it's also where the main offices of the North Staffordshire Railway were based and where the directors lived (the properties either side of the North Stafford hotel opposite the main station entrance).
The map showing Stoke-upon-Trent would be correct as that is the area nearest the station.
I hope the above helps 🙂

[@geoffwalker6517]

A splendid journey. Our house, built in 1895 is just after Waterloo Road station. My father was a guard on that line! I was a youngster when it closed. Many memories

[@RailEnthusiast]

Glad the video could bring back some good memories. Sadly I was not around at the time so the game itself for me helps to show me what it was like. And by posting a video, it allows for others to see too and like you said bring back memories.

[@Knappist]

Great job, any chance you do the same with the Cresswell to Cheadle branch going through the dreaded tunnel 😳

[@shakeshaftthomas]

Dreaded tunnel?

[@blakescrewe]

Brilliant

[@knottyal2428]

Those poor passengers! That was a very rainy day, even inside the glass overall roof in Stoke station......
A very good depiction of the Potteries Loop Line, all the same.