I found this immaculate Duple 320 bodied coach at Rugeley on June 22nd 2010, setting out on an afternoon school working.

This coach is owned by a local firm based in the old railway station goods yard and they operate some interesting vehicles. Duple ceased production in 1989 and this looks to be one of the last coaches built before the closure. The Duple factory was in Blackpool, where it was the equivalent of Plaxton's at Scarborough. The coach carries an Irish registration and no chassis badges are visible. However, a few examples of this body was built on the Bedford, some Volvo B10Ms and Dennis Javelins (Dennis and Duple were both then part of the Hestair group), but most were on Leyland Tigers.

Other interesting vehicles operated include a Plaxton Supreme bodied coach bought from (and retaining the livery of) its previous Welsh operator; this visited the Chatsworth Gathering 2010. There were also a white East Lancs bus bodied Tiger and a red Caetano Algarve (a 1990s coach built in Portugal).

Rugeley is on the electrified West Coast Main Line between Lichfield and Stafford. There is also a non-electrified line to Walsall and Birmingham. Just south of the rail station is a large power station served by Freightliner coal trains pulled by Class 66s and the new Class 70s. Passenger trains stopping at the station are worked by London Midland with Class 350 electric units on the Crewe - Stafford - Rugby - London Euston route and Class 153 & 170 diesel units on the Birmingham New Street via Walsall route. Virgin Trains Class 390 Pendolino units pass through at high speed on their dash from London Euston to Manchester and the north. There are also a few Class 221 Super Voyagers used on the London Euston - Crewe - Holyhead trains.

A lot of freight uses the West Coast Main Line, much of it heading for the Crewe and Daventry freight terminals. Operated by Freightliner, DB Schenker / EWS and Direct Rail Services, much of it is hauled by Class 86. 90 & 92 electric locomotives although a few trains are worked by Class 66 diesels.