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- ↑ Dow, George (1970). North Staffordshire Album. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 46. ISBN 0-7110-0128-6.
- ↑ Jeuda, Basil (2010). The North Staffordshire Railway in LMS days. Vol. 1. Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lightmoor Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-1899889-48-8.
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