SJ9459 : Platform at Hunthouse Wood station
taken 5 years ago, near to Rudyard, Staffordshire, England
The railway along the eastern shore of Rudyard Lake was part of the North Staffordshire Railway's line from Leek to North Rode on the Stoke-Manchester line. Opened in 1850, it closed in British Railways days in 1960.
In 1976 a short-lived 10.25 inch gauge railway was laid running from Rudyard village to the dam by Brian Nicholson. Peter Hanton revived and extended it from 1985 to 1993; in 2000 it became known as the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway, and from 2016 as the Leek & Rudyard Railway. The line currently runs for 2.2km from Rudyard village to Hunthouse Wood, with one intermediate station at Dam, and a passing loop halfway. Extensions to the track are planned by the L&RR.
Sources: Wikipedia entry for the NSR, and the official website: Link