Stoke railway works was set up in 1864 by the North Staffordshire Railway in the city of

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in the county of

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. The railway's first engines were supplied by a variety of outside manufacturers:

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, Vulcan Foundry, Hudswell Clarke,

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, Neilson and Company, as well as Sharp Brothers and Company who supplied six, including "Dragon" which opened the line in 1848. These were of the class known as "Little Sharpes". By 1864, the railway owned 64 locomotives. In 1868 the works was ready to build new machines, producing three 0-6-0

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s similar to a Hudswell Clarke design. New building finished when the LMS took over, and it closed in 1927, with the work transferring to

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. The site and almost all of the old building now makes up Hyde Park Industrial Estate

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* {{Stoke-on-Trent 1864 establishments in England 1927 disestablishments in England Buildings and structures in Stoke-on-Trent North Staffordshire Railway Rail transport in Staffordshire Rail transport in Stoke-on-Trent Railway workshops in Great Britain