Signal box at Leekbrook Junction, Staffordshire
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Signal box at Leekbrook Junction, Staffordshire
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 28 May 2011
Looking towards Leek. The branch of the former North Staffordshire Railway to Oakamoor was opened in 1849, but closed to passengers in 1965 and freight in 1988. The Churnet Valley Railway Company has been running steam trains between Kingsley and Froghall, Cheddleton and Leekbrook Junction, since 2001. (Services around Cheddleton and Consall were earlier). Since late 2010, an alliance with the new Moorland and City Railway Company has resulted in monthly steam weekends up to Cauldon Low. Plans for restoring the lines from here to Stoke, and Leek are in progress.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.079621
Longitude
-2.029666