Wolverhampton Works (Stafford Road)

Wolverhampton Works (Stafford Road) was a Great Western Railway locomotive works at Stafford Road, Wolverhampton. Originally the works of the Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway and the Shrewsbury & Chester Railway (both absorbed into the GWR in 1854), it became the GWR's Northern Division locomotive works under Joseph Armstrong (Locomotive Superintendent 1854–1864) and his brother George Armstrong (1864–1897).

Wolverhampton operated for many years with considerable independence from Swindon and built smaller locomotives, particularly the celebrated 'Wolverhampton Tank' 0-6-0 saddle and pannier tanks, for the GWR's standard-gauge mileage in the West Midlands. Locomotive construction at Wolverhampton ceased in 1908 with the consolidation of GWR engineering at Swindon, but the works continued as a heavy-overhaul facility through the GWR and BR eras until closure on 29 February 1964.