Note that Issues 1 - 4 of the 'Journal' were published under the title of the 'Newsletter'. With effect from Issue number 5 the title was changed to that of the 'Journal'. To avoid confusion with the then title of the newsletter - which is now entitled 'Loop Lines' - the term 'Journal' is used througout the index.
In order that members of the Group can complete their stocks of Journals, as far as it is possible so to do, there are limited stocks of back issues of some Journals available, but only to members. The price per copy of Journals 1 to 5, is £1.20p per Journal. The price per copy of Journals numbered 6 and above is £2.75. The price includes p&p. Orders should be sent to the Membership Secretary, cheques payable to the North Staffordshire Railway Study Group, but do please enquire about availability before ordering.
For a detailed PDF format index of Journals 0 to 12 (for which you will need to Acrobat Reader installed) please click here.
| Journal Number 22 |
- The 'F' Class locomotives of the NSR
- Neil Burgess
- North Staffordshire Railway Free Passes
- Chris Knight
- Luke Longbottom
- Mike Fell
- The Macclesfield District in the years 1914 to 1920
- W.E. Whiston / SLS Journal
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| Journal Number 21 |
- Signal Boxes of the North Staffordshire Railway and its Successors
- Des Brailsford & Chris Knight
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| Journal Number 20 |
- The North Stafford 4-4-0s and the Llandudno Expresses
- Mike Fell
- Whieldon Grove - a personal view
- Mrs. Pat Bromley
- Running Powers and the North Staffordshire Railway
- David Moore
- Hanley Goods
- Mark Smith
- Bridge numbering on the North Stafford section
- David Moore
- A Shelton Iron and Steel wagon plate
- Mark Smith
- A Mystery Goods Shed
- Mark Smith
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| Journal Number 19 |
- Reminiscences of the 'Knotty'
- Des Brailsford
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| Journal Number 18 |
- Mystery Milk Vans for Macclesfield
- David Jolley
- Memories of the Chesterton Branch
- Mike Fell
- An Earlier Engine Built in Stoke? (One More Perhaps)
- Allan C. Baker
- Interesting Passenger Workings over and by the NSR
- Ian Lancefield Walker
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| Journal Number 17 |
- North Staffordshire Railway Ballast Brake Van and Headlamp Codes
- Neil Burgess
- North Staffordshire Railway Locomotives sold to Industry
- Allan C. Baker
- A Day in Bosley Signal Box August 6th 1946
- Des Brailsford
- An Endon postscript
- Mike Fell
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| Journal Number 16 |
- North Staffordshire Railway Ballast Brake Van - a postscript
- Neil Burgess
- A Quartet of Quadrants
- Photo feature
- Endon NSR
- Mike Fell, OBE, FCIT
- Fifty Years of NSR 0-6-0 tender engine development
- Photo feature
- Short of Power
- Allan C. Baker
- the Battery Shunter at Oakamoor
- Allan C. Baker
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| Journal Number 15 |
- Engineers Ballast Brake Van
- Mark Smith
- Every Picture tells a Story (or turning the train round)
- David Moore
- Memories of the Market Drayton Branch
- Mike Fell, OBE, FCIT
- North Staffordshire Railway Signal Box Locations - a postscript
- David Moore
- The Railways of the Biddulph Valley - Part II
- Paul Blurton, Philip Harrison, Roland Machin & David Moore
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| Journal Number 14 |
- Report of Mike Rutherford's presentation on 'The Career of Tom Coleman'
- John Sherratt
- North Stafford No. 23 and John Albert Hookham
- Mike Fell, OBE, FCIT
- Oakamoor Station - a good subject for a model?
- John Sherratt
- Thomas Weatherburn Dodds - "engineer of permanent way", NSR, 1870 - 1874
- Paul Blurton
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| Journal Number 13 |
- Memories of Fenton Manor Station in the 1920s
- Bill Corser & Bill Corser
- A North Staffordshire train at Crewe
- Philip A. Millard
- A North Stafford Man's War
- Mike Turnock
- North Staffordshire Railway Signal Box Locations
- David Moore
- The 'Single' Classes of the North Staffordshire Railway
- David Moore
- The Railways of the Biddulph Valley - Part I
- Paul Blurton, Philip Harrison, Roland Machin & David Moore
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| Journal Number 12 |
- The 2-4-0 Tender Classes of the North Staffordshire Railway - an Overview
- David Moore
- North Staffordshire Railway Passenger Services
- Noel R. Walley
- B. field
- William Ball
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| Journal Number 11 |
- Chatterley Junction Signals and Layout
- Des Brailsford
- Early Railways in Staffordshire - Part II
- J. Sidney Horne
- Reproduced by courtesy of Staffordshire Life magazine
- London & North Western Railway carriage workings
- David Moore
- North Staffordshire Railway working over the GWR
- Rex Christiansen
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| Journal Number 10 |
- Early Railways in Staffordshire - Part I
- J. Sidney Horne
- Reproduced by courtesy of Staffordshire Life magazine
- John Lewis Ricardo
- Paul Blurton
- The Rebuilding of the 0-6-0STs
- Neil Burgess & David Moore
- The Audley Lines - Part IV
- A Study of the Railways and Collieries of the Western Half of the North Staffordshire Coalfield
- Chesterton, Chatterley, Knutton & Apedale
- J.R. Hollick and W. Jack
- Permitted re-production of a paper by the named author's which is deposited in the William Jack Collection, at the Univeristy of Keele
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| Journal Number 9 |
- The Milk Traffic of the North Staffordshire Railway
- Robert Keys
- North Staffordshire Railway Milk Vans
- Bernard Holland
- D Class Driving Wheels
- "nsrail"
- North Staffordshire Railway Timber Wagons
- the late Dr. George Chadwick
- additional notes by Mark Smith
- The Audley Lines - Part III
- A Study of the Railways and Collieries of the Western Half of the North Staffordshire Coalfield
- Alsager to Talke
- J.R. Hollick and W. Jack
- Permitted re-production of a paper by the named author's which is deposited in the William Jack Collection, at the Univeristy of Keele
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| Journal Number 8 |
- Goods Train Operation at Pipe Gate
- January to August 1923
- Bernard Holland
- Motor Lorries owned by the North Staffordshire Railway
- Bernard Holland
- Book Review - The Limestone Quarries of Caldon Low
- by Basil Jeuda
- reviewed by John Sherratt
- Design Evolution
- in the Class M & New M 0-4-4 tank engines of the North Staffordshire Railway
- David Jolley
- The Audley Lines - Part II
- A Study of the Railways and Collieries of the Western Half of the North Staffordshire Coalfield
- Silverdale to Merelake Junction
- J.R. Hollick and W. Jack
- Permitted re-production of a paper by the named author's which is deposited in the William Jack Collection, at the Univeristy of Keele
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| Journal Number 7 |
- The Electrical Connections of the North Staffordshire Railway
- Ian Lancefield-Walker
- The Audley Lines - Part 1
- A Study of the Railways and Collieries of the Western Half of the North Staffordshire Coalfield
- J.R. Hollick and W. Jack
- Permitted re-production of a paper by the named author's which is deposited in the William Jack Collection, at the Univeristy of Keele
- The 2-4-2T Classes of the North Staffordshire Railway
- David Moore
- NSR Mileage Statement
- Extract from the Mileage Statement supplied by the NSR to the Board of Trade
- Book Review - An Illustrated History of Stoke and North Staffordshire Railways
- by Allan C. Baker
- reviewed by John Sherratt
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| Journal Number 6 |
- Meeting of the NSRSG on Saturday 9th May 1998
- John Sherratt
- Meeting Report
- A Guided Tour of the Churnet Valley Line - Part 1
- reported by John Sherratt
- Report of a tour guided by Basil Jeuda
- Sunday 10th May 1998
- Uttoxeter to Alton
- The Manifold Collection
- Bert Proctor
- Recollections of Shelton's Railways
- Bill Shenton
- Locomotive Drawing - North Staffordshire Railway L Class 0-6-2T
- Euan Jennings
- Private Owner Coal Wagons
- Mark Smith
- Three typical vehicles on the NSR
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| Journal Number 5 |
- The Second Anniversary Meeting on Saturday 8th November 1997
- John Sherratt
- Meeting Report
- Meeting on Saturday 10th May 1997
- John Sherratt
- Meeting Report
- A Guided Tour of the Loop Line
- reported by John Sherratt
- Report of a tour guided by Basil Jeuda
- Two NSR Families
- Bill Corser
- Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 5
- Euan Jennings
- 38 Class 2-4-0
- List of Kits & Component Parts for the construction of NSR items
- Roger B Pound
- Items for constructing NSR locos, rolling stock & ancillary equipment
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| Journal Number 4 |
- First Anniversary Meeting on Saturday 9th November 1996
- John Sherratt
- Meeting Report
- Passenger Services over the North Staffordshire Railway
- Ian Walker
- Updated Locomotive Drawing
- Euan Jennings
- 9 Class 2-4-0T
- Silk Traffic on the North Stafford
- Dr George Chadwick
- NSR Family Saloon
- Sylvia & Jeff Saville
- Accidents on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 4
- Dr George Chadwick
- Chartley, 1892
- A Note on North Stafford Horseboxes
- Dr George Chadwick
- Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 4
- Euan Jennings
- M & New M Class 0-4-4T
- Surviving structures of the North Staffordshire Railway
- Mike Price & John Sherratt
- NSRSG Archive Part 2
- compiled by Euan Jennings
- The Bernard Holland / T W 'Smokey' Bourne Collection (continued)
- Modelling News
- compiled by john Sherratt
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| Journal Number 3 |
- The Bosley tramway
- Dr George Chadwick
- The Development & Demise of Clifton Station Building
- Mike Price
- Accidents on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 3
- Dr George Chadwick
- Uttoxeter, 1892
- A chronology of the 0-6-0 Goods tender locomotives of the NSR
- Euan Jennings
- Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 3
- Euan Jennings
- H and H1 Class 0-6-0
- NSRSG Archive Part 1
- compiled by Euan Jennings
- The Bernard Holland / T W 'Smokey' Bourne Collection
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| Journal Number 2 |
- Accidents on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 2
- Dr George Chadwick
- Uttoxeter, 1890
- Travelling the 'Knotty' nearly 50 years ago
- W L Francis
- The North Staffordshire Railway at Derby
- Godfrey Yeomans
- Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 2
- Euan Jennings
- 9 Class, Converted 9 Class
- Drawing the Locomotive of the North Staffordshire Railway Part 2
- Feedback
- L Class
- Return to the 'Knotty'
- G B Proctor
- A list of NSR Locomotive drawings and sources
- Tony Barnes
- The second meeting of the North Staffordshiore Railway Study Group
- Meeting report
- Guest speaker Robert Cartwright
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| Journal Number 1 |
- Modelling the North Staffordshire Railway in N Gauge
- Mark Higginson
- Background to producing a model layout based on the NSR
- Accidents on the North Staffordshire Railway Part 1
- George Chadwick
- Collision at Harecastle
- Principal dimensions of NSR tank locomotives
- Ian Walker
- Locomotive drawings of the North Staffordshire Railway
- Euan Jennings
- L Class, New L Class
- Modelling the Knotty
- Euan Jennings
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